About the Institute for Independent Business (IIB) - by Martin Ramsden FInstIB

So, hello, as you can see my name is Martin Ramsden. Since you have the advantage as I don't know who you are, let me see if I can help you.

If you've clicked a link and landed on this page, there's a good chance that you have been searching about the IIB - the Institute for Independent Business.

You may be an Managing Director or Owner of a business (often called an MDO, or Owner / Manager), possibly a client of an accredited Associate (Executive Associate), or you may be interested in becoming one due to the tremendous benefits offered under the IIB Business Support Program(me)™.

If so, I'm happy to find out more about you, explain what we're doing, and if it makes sense have a meeting. If you want a trusted adviser local to you, I can arrange this. If you're within reasonable travelling distance I'll be pleased to meet,

You may be considering becoming an accredited Associate, and doing your due diligence to check out the IIB. I did, and strongly suggest you do too. And so this is for you…

My view as a Fellow of the Institute for Independent Business (IIB) is that it is not very good - at getting its message across. Hopefully this will change, but there's a lot of confusion. There's an awful lot of total nonsense being written by people (mostly anonymous) obsessed with wanting to damage the IIB reputation.

According to them:

• The Institute for Independent Business is a rip-off
• The Institute for Independent Business is a scam
• The Institute for Independent Business is fraud
• The Institute for Independent Business has lots of complaints

This is all nonsense and I suppose there will always be a minority of people, who have failed to accept the challenge as an entrepreneur and build a business with the help of the IIB, especially as an accredited Associate. The main reason for this is that they do not follow what is taught, or find every excuse under the sun to blame the IIB for their own failure.

So, I have covered some of these topics. These are my views as a Fellow of the Institute. I was accredited in 2002 and have been very active thanks to the opportunity that I seized. It wasn't an easy decision, as you will learn.

So, if you're looking for some facts, suggested reading is:

• Working for yourself
• A practitioner's view of the IIB

If you want to even things out and let me know who you are you'll find how to contact me in those web pages or below. If you need to find your way, and think perhaps I can help, I will be pleased to hear from you so I can see your point of view or concerns.

Oh, just one thing, Please! I occasionally get emails from people using this website contact form, who select "interested in becoming an IIB Associate" and nothing more! No message, nothing about them, what they are interested in (and why), and how they feel I can help. If you looking for some advice, that approach doesn't help me to help you!

If you don't want to contact me (why not? I don't bite!), whatever you decide and whatever journey you take - good luck!

Martin Ramsden FInstIB

Email 1: click to reveal »...@capitis.co.uk
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