What a 40-year BBC and CNN journalist thinks about when he's not on deadline. Business observations you won't find in a management textbook.
Not passive income fantasies. Specific, documented methods real business owners use to build revenue — without needing a team, a loan, or a pitch deck.
The decisions founders don't talk about in interviews — the pivots, the near-misses, the moments where the business nearly ended. Reported accurately, not polished for TED Talks.
Social platforms change their rules constantly. This is what still works regardless — and why most content strategies fail before they begin.
AI is being adopted faster than it's being understood. These articles separate the tools that are genuinely useful from the hype — and explain what's actually happening underneath.
Most businesses never raise VC funding. Most successful ones don't need it. Here's how founders built real companies with revenue instead of runway.
Live events create the one thing digital marketing cannot replicate: a room where people chose to show up. How to make that count.
Not motivational. Not a listicle of morning routines. The specific ways successful founders think differently about risk, time, and failure — extracted from real conversations and reported case studies.
Freelancing is easy to start and hard to scale. The pricing, client, and positioning decisions that separate a sustainable independent practice from a perpetual hustle.
Independent retailers have consistently outperformed expectations for two decades. What they know about their customers that Amazon cannot buy its way into knowing.
Every company that lasts does something that shouldn't work — and something that does. Five counter-intuitive rules per case study, taken from brands, musicians, institutions, and founders who built something worth studying.
Email is the only marketing channel you own outright. These articles are for people who understand that — and want to use it with precision rather than frequency.
Forty years of watching how companies build audiences — and why most marketing fails to survive contact with a real customer. Reported analysis, not agency opinion.
Online retail is maturing fast. Margins are thinning, customer acquisition costs are rising, and the operators winning now understand things that weren't true five years ago. What's changed and why it matters.
Read success stories from the Alun Hill Community members.
Financial confidence, independence, and wealth-building strategies for women at every stage of life.
Practical strategies for preparing, valuing, and selling a business at the best possible price.
How cognitive biases, decision-making shortcuts, and human behavior shape business outcomes.
Competitive advantage, positioning, pricing, and the strategic decisions that determine which businesses endure.
How your beliefs about money shape your business decisions — and what to do about it. Pricing, profit, growth, and the psychology that drives (or stalls) every entrepreneur's financial life.