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Jan Cavelle

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France, United Kingdom
As seen in: Illumination, Medium, The Startup, YourTango, Bloomsbury Publishing UK, General Assembly, Management Today, Real Business, Better Marketing, Irish Tech News and
Covers:  All aspects of entrepreneurship and interviews
Doesn't Cover: Anything that doesn't pique my interest or curiosity
Author, writer, speaker, semi-retired entrepreneur. All things #startups and #scaleups; books SCALE FOR SUCCESS and START FOR SUCCESS

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Jan Cavelle’s Biography

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I am a semi-retired entrepreneur who always wanted to write and started to contribute to digital publications around ten or twelve years ago no.

Now I write full time. I am a published author (Scale for Success from Bloomsbury Publishing). I have my own website sharing interviews with entrepreneurs and, sometimes, views and tips.

In addition, I still contribute to digital publications, always on some aspect of entrepreneurship, be it from my own experience, interviewing others, features or…

Jan Cavelle’s Journalist Portfolio

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Why Grannie's Special Recipes Won't Go Global - Minutehack

Why Grannie's Special Recipes Won't Go Global - Minutehack

With lockdown and redundancies, more people than ever are thinking about starting a food and drink business. …

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25 reasons to bootstrap a startup for success - Jan Cavelle

25 reasons to bootstrap a startup for success - Jan Cavelle

Bootstrapping was not a term I had even heard of when I started in business. Though I suspect that buying ing…

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Why Rates of Suicide And Depression Are So High For Entrepreneurs

Why Rates of Suicide And Depression Are So High For Entrepreneurs

I was sitting in my office listening to my assistant give me a huge list of calls to return and the equally e…

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Why Rates of Suicide And Depression Are So High For Entrepreneurs

Why Rates of Suicide And Depression Are So High For Entrepreneurs

I was sitting in my office listening to my assistant give me a huge list of calls to return and the equally e…

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Alyson Friedensohn: high tech new help for mental health

Alyson Friedensohn: high tech new help for mental health

Alyson Friedensohn is CEO and founder of Modern Health. Modern Health offers companies a complete service for…

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How leaders are persevering and winning one year into the pandemic

How leaders are persevering and winning one year into the pandemic

How are business leaders managing the challenges of the pandemic one year in? What are their toughest challen…

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Is Your Price Fair? Shh, Nobody Cares But You

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By Jan Cavelle Verified
| Medium
Is Your Price Fair? Shh, Nobody Cares But You Why fair pricing is the biggest marketing fail ever Press enter or click to view image in full size Image courtesty of ChatGPT I spent several years convinced that fair prices were the right thing, the only thing to do. It took an embarrassing amount of time, and one boiler company’s Facebook ad, to realise how wrong I was. “Ring me,” the advertisement said, “and I will give you a fair price.” It niggled me all day. What was wrong with that? Yet..
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The Hardest Sales Lesson is Knowing When to Walk Away

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By Jan Cavelle Verified
| Medium
The Hardest Sales Lesson is Knowing When to Walk Away Almost none of us are taught that our persistence can become the problem Press enter or click to view image in full size When it comes to sales, I’m a firm believer in the old adage “Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey”. Sales is all about relationships, and all relationships take time to build. This isn’t rocket science. Push for the sale too soon, and you lose it. But you can go to the other extreme, and I have done that too.
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When a Client Goes Cold: How to Read the Silence

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By Jan Cavelle Verified
| Better Marketing
A publication by and for marketers. We publish marketing inspiration, case studies, career advice, tutorials, industry news, and more. That quiet moment after a promising conversation is where most deals are won — or lost. Press enter or click to view image in full size Image thanks to ChatGPT Jon Wilson was one of my favourite customers. You know the ones, one of the valued few you really look forward to chatting with, who feel they could become real friends over time.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I freelance

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

How is social media changing news?

Yes dramatically. It has shortened people's attention span, enabled tidal floods of fake news, meant journalists come under fire more.