Safety in Numbers....the networking benefits to sharing an office.

In Saturday's Financial Times, Jonathan Moules asked for my advice to accompany an article about the benefits for small businesses of sharing an office.



I talked about three major benefits for small businesses working together:

1 - Taking advantage of economies of scale when sourcing suppliers, leading to cost savings and better support.

2 - Combining resources to tender together for larger projects than they could manage on their own.

3 - Sharing challenges and getting feedback from other entrepreneurs in a similar situation.

You can read my comments in full here.

Connecting is not Enough the newsletter.....and the news

This fortnight's edition of the 'Connecting is not Enough' newsletter is now available here.



The latest edition includes:

- A solution to staff talking to each other at networking events.
- It's who knows you, and what they say about you
- Count to ten before commenting online
- Video - How to get the most out of networking.

In addition, Mike Southon has discussed my thoughts on how to leverage your network in tomorrow's edition of The Financial Times. You can read the interview in the entrepreneurship pages of the Money section.