The “Do MBAs help an entrepreneur?” question is an old chestnut that never seems to be resolved. Part of the problem is one of ambiguity (what does ‘entrepreneurship’ mean?); sweeping generalisations and stereotypes (what does a typical MBA student or course look like?) and the confusion of definitions (are we talking about the student/graduate, the programme or the business school?)

So, let’s state the obvious, it is not a full-blown Masters in Business Administration, but a short and intense day where you can visit the key points of a 12-month MBA course. In fact, I have just come across a three-hour MBA. Imagine that!

Applied to your own business (and specifically to your marketing) I wondered if it is better to narrow your focus and look for deep activity in a narrow field (niche) or is it better to go broader and shallower?

‘Mastermind Group’ is a phrase that is being bandied around so loosely that it seems to be losing all sense of its original meaning.

Entrepreneur Country does what it says on the tin – it is a community of entrepreneurs, investors, corporate partners and media who believe that entrepreneurship and independent business growth are vital to the future of the UK and Europe. So where are the businesses run by people with disabilities?

I am a great fan of social media. Honest. People have always talked and now those self-same conversations can go so much further and so much quicker. But I hate how most people use it.

Women now influence around 80 per cent of household spending and an increasing share of the business market. Can businesses afford to ignore them?