Henry Viola-Heir, Author at The Ethical Entrepreneur

Six mistakes that Ultra High Net Worth investors know not to make

Investing, Personal Finance, Psychology / By Henry Viola-Heir

The ultra wealthy, known as Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs), are wealth holders with a personal net worth of at least one hundred million pounds. Their wealth consists of public and private company shares, real estate investments, and personal investments, such as fine art and jewelry, cars and designer clothing. These individuals understand the […]

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Reader Question: What’s the secret to making ‘great’ investments?

Investing, Reader Questions / By Henry Viola-Heir

Last week, I was speaking to a colleague about investing and why he’s not riding a Rolls-Royce when he spends so much time saving and investing. Once I’d stopped laughing at the idea of driving a Rolls (although I think they’re classy vehicles, I think they’re a horrendous misuse of capital!), I asked him what

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Assertiveness whilst being polite

Marketing, Negotiation / By Henry Viola-Heir

Today, I want to share a personal story with you. I was travelling to Nottingham last month and was getting on the train when I came across a young Mother and her two kids struggling with their luggage. Noticing that she was struggling with her case, I gave her a hand to get it onto

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Why I preach financial discipline

Investing, Personal Finance, Psychology / By Henry Viola-Heir

Despite our lack of financial training and advice at school, the internet is awash with financial gurus teaching different systems and techniques for financial success. From paying off debt, to reducing spending, to investing like the next Warren Buffet, there is no shortage of useful, well-written articles available for an interested reader to dive into.

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Using Seller Financing to Acquire Income Producing Assets

Investing, Personal Finance / By Henry Viola-Heir

Income producing assets are a great addition to your portfolio. The only problem is that they’re often prohibitively expensive to acquire. I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t have £500,000 lying around to acquire ownership rights over a successful business. But what if you didn’t need the money right now? What if you

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Build a Website Series: 4. Re-programming for success

Marketing / By Henry Viola-Heir

Welcome to Part 4 of my ‘How to Build a Website’ series. In this article, I’ll be talking about how to handle challenges and re-programming a schedule to keep things on target when things get challenging. If you’re only just joining us, I’d recommend reading Part 1, where we launched our website project, Part 2,

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Why I always pay myself first

Personal Finance / By Henry Viola-Heir

When I was a small child, I was once given a £50 note for Christmas by my paternal Grandfather and it was more money than I’d ever seen in one place. He wasn’t (and still isn’t) a wealthy man, but he’d saved up for a few months so that all his Grandchildren could each have

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The importance of creating a nest egg

Personal Finance / By Henry Viola-Heir

For nearly two years, I’ve been writing about personal finance. Admittedly, I’ve taken the odd break here or there, but who doesn’t get busy? One of my latest projects had me so busy in May and June that I barely had time to eat and sleep. As I started to feel the usual symptoms of

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Building a Website Series: 3. Wireframing

Marketing / By Henry Viola-Heir

In Part 3 of my ‘How to Build a Website’ series, I’m going to be talking about wire framing, what it is and why it’s important. If you’re only just joining us, I’d recommend going back and reading Part 1 where we launch our project, and Part 2, where we cover the importance of defining

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Where have I been?

Personal / By Henry Viola-Heir

You might have noticed that I haven’t been posting as frequently as I had earlier in the year. I wish I had some super exciting project that was taking up my time, but truthfully, I’ve actually been swamped by the day job. To give a quick precis of what’s been happening, I’ve ended up with

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4 Ways to overcome stress and uncertainty

Marketing / By Henry Viola-Heir

“The only certain thing about the future is uncertainty” Ever since I lost my parents, I’ve embraced my lack of control over much of the world. When we’re young, we feel an almost limitless sense of certainty, but the truth is the world is random and uncertain. Because of this, I put a great deal

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Avoiding an investment scam

Investing / By Henry Viola-Heir

Over the weekend, I was fortunate to be invited to Ascot to watch the races with my company. It was an absolutely fantastic experience – made all the sweeter for being the first time I’d been to the races and being able to take my partner Verity along with me. As my company sponsors the

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Infrastructure Investment, Post Brexit

Politics & Economics / By Henry Viola-Heir

Multiple governments have recognised the need for modern infrastructure, capable of delivering and enabling high performance across our country. As with many issues in the political sphere, ministers have taken it upon themselves to craft a ‘long-term plan’, currently entitled the National Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline. I’ve got to admit, I’m a little sceptical of politicians

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Building a Website Series: 2. Defining outcomes

Marketing / By Henry Viola-Heir

Several weeks ago, I wrote about the work I’m doing on a website rebuild, and promised to use the work as a case study which could provide some insight to the way I carry out website builds. The last article in the series covered my work around auditing content, how I was carrying out the

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The decline of the Labour Party

Politics & Economics / By Henry Viola-Heir

Last week, my concern over the political performance of the Labour party was compounded during a rout of voters in the local elections. It’s highly unusual for a political party to grow their share of the vote whilst being in power, but the Conservatives seem to have managed this during both the 2015 General Election

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