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FREE CONSULTANCY OFFER

June 8, 2018frankBlog

  WE ARE OFFERING FREE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY IN: BUSINESS PLANNING; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; and MARKETING MANAGEMENT; for 4 HOURS PER WEEK over 4 MONTHS. Why? Because we are good at what we do and sometimes its nice to lend a helping hand. F. A. FITZPATRICK & ASSOCIATES  is an independent management consultancy firm with decades of experience…

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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPORTS

May 31, 2018frankBlog

DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPORTS: Ireland is a tiny market and if you want your company to continue on a growth path you need to look at the most attractive export markets in the EU and beyond. This paper highlights 9 fundamental export considerations, taken from a presentation; Development through Exports, by Frank Fitzpatrick.  An experienced entrepreneur,…

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6 BUSINESS BASICS

May 14, 2018frankBlog

Every business deserves to be run efficiently, effectively, ethically, and profitability. And understanding the following 6 Business Basics is essential for managerial competence.  1] CONCEPT: With so many business; books, degrees, courses, professors, advisers, consultants, etc., it is easy to think that the business concept is very complicated. Well, thankfully, it’s not. Basically, the business…

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A NEW DAWN: FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

May 1, 2018frankBlog

When Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, recently launched a €1m Female Entrepreneurship Fund I was reminded of when I lectured at Dublin City University(DCU) in New Enterprise Development and Marketing Management. The New Enterprise Development course had a fairly even split between male and female students, and the overriding memory I have of the female students is their limited…

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TWO STEPS TO SUCCESS

March 1, 2018frankBlog

TWO STEPS TO SUCCESS:   If you even begin to answer the following two questions your business is on the path to becoming more; efficient, effective, and profitable.  How many ways can we increase revenue without disproportionately increasing cost? How many ways can we reduce cost without reducing quality? The answer to the first question lies in…

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WHY BREXIT IS HAPPENING

February 21, 2018frankBlog

Recently I happened to be waiting for a colleague outside the British Parliament when three people carrying placards approached. The placards read:BRITANNIA GREATEST TRADING NATION: BREXIT MAKING BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN: and WE’RE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK. When they passed, to wherever they were going, the messages reverberated in my head and I felt I had just witnessed a microcosm…

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Brexit creates huge risks for Irish food exporters and the gamble can only be minimised by Strategic Planning

HOW TO MINIMISE THE BREXIT GAMBLE

January 18, 2018frankBlog

THE FOOD SECTOR: The other day I had a coffee with the marketing director of a long established Irish food exporter. We were chatting about Brexit and the decline in the value of Sterling and I was astonished when he said; “Ah, we’ve been here before, things will work out.” He was referring to the last…

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HOW HARVARD PROFESSOR SAVED IRISH BUSINESS

November 21, 2017adminBlog

  Actually, the header should read; ‘How Harvard Professor Saved My Irish business?’ Or to be more precise; ‘The 8 Questions That Michael Porter Asked Me That Saved My Irish Business’. Let me explain; I was a few months into my Master’s Business Degree and surprisingly I still hadn’t come across Professor Michael Porter. Then one Saturday…

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