Carmen Snipes
She’s lurking at your AGM, earwigging on the train, she sips champagne at your launch parties and she’s chummy with your HR brigade. Miss Carmen Snipes, trained in espionage and surveillance - ousted from the Union of Journalists for gross misconduct - is a renegade reporter on the prowl.
So watch your backs, folks. Carmen Snipes is after the dirty secrets of business success and plans to laugh at all our expense. But at least there’s some comfort in this: nobody’s safe from her poison pen.
Articles
Meet the Dysons of the future
If adversity is the mother of opportunity, recessions have more breeding potential than bunny rabbits.
By Carmen Snipes on
Dec 16,2009
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If adversity is the mother of opportunity, recessions have more breeding potential than bunny rabbits.
Business lessons from the ancient world
Alex Hearn is a paradox. A classics scholar who specialised in ancient Greek literature at Oxford, he’s also an inventor, fascinated by the applications of modern technology.
By Carmen Snipes on
Aug 11,2009
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Alex Hearn is a paradox. A classics scholar who specialised in ancient Greek literature at Oxford, he’s also an inventor, fascinated by the applications of modern technology.
Gnashing about gnashers
I'm uncomfortable with unnaturally white teeth. They scare me. They’re weird and distracting. Worse, still, they’re everywhere these days.
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 21,2009
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I'm uncomfortable with unnaturally white teeth. They scare me. They’re weird and distracting. Worse, still, they’re everywhere these days.
Five business tips from a total stranger
Have you tried Omegle.com yet? If you have, you might not admit it. It’s a strange, otherworldly place. The social network offers no friends. No pictures. No clever formatting. It’s just somewhere ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Apr 02,2009
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Have you tried Omegle.com yet? If you have, you might not admit it. It’s a strange, otherworldly place. The social network offers no friends. No pictures. No clever formatting. It’s just somewhere ...
Dragons' Den 'A veritable temple of rudeness'
David Mitchell, of comedy duo Mitchell and Webb and Peep Show fame, has slated the TV show on his soapbox-style vidcast. His diatribe had my toes wriggling with delight!
By Carmen Snipes on
Mar 24,2009
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David Mitchell, of comedy duo Mitchell and Webb and Peep Show fame, has slated the TV show on his soapbox-style vidcast. His diatribe had my toes wriggling with delight!
Lessons in business from Max Clifford
PR guru and 'kiss and tell' king Clifford shares his tips on gaining publicity (not notoriety) with small businesses.
By Carmen Snipes on
Mar 10,2009
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PR guru and 'kiss and tell' king Clifford shares his tips on gaining publicity (not notoriety) with small businesses.
Big bad eBay
For a while, it seemed like the auction giant could do no wrong. It cracked down on illegal knife sales and put the kibosh on Nazi memorabilia.
By Carmen Snipes on
Feb 10,2009
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For a while, it seemed like the auction giant could do no wrong. It cracked down on illegal knife sales and put the kibosh on Nazi memorabilia.
Richard Branson, mud-wrestling and powder
Verbier, Switzerland is a den of drunkenness, frivolity and skiing. From the eye-popping “nearly nude” night at the Rock Bar to the delights of vin chaud apres ski, it’s little wonder the ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jan 28,2009
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Verbier, Switzerland is a den of drunkenness, frivolity and skiing. From the eye-popping “nearly nude” night at the Rock Bar to the delights of vin chaud apres ski, it’s little wonder the ...
Business lessons from a cabbie
Steve Lazarus plies his trade around London’s west end. He lives in Southend and makes the long journey into the capital every day in his Hackney Carriage...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jan 05,2009
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Steve Lazarus plies his trade around London’s west end. He lives in Southend and makes the long journey into the capital every day in his Hackney Carriage...
Entrepreneurs: God is on your side
I attended midnight mass on Christmas Eve this year, despite being a raging atheist. And what did I find? A blessing for small businesses of course.
By Carmen Snipes on
Dec 30,2008
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I attended midnight mass on Christmas Eve this year, despite being a raging atheist. And what did I find? A blessing for small businesses of course.
All hail ye whistleblowers
Ah, December. My favourite time of year. Not because of Christmas, roaring fires or panto season. Oh no. I’m rubbing my hands with glee over the Bad Company Awards.
By Carmen Snipes on
Dec 01,2008
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Ah, December. My favourite time of year. Not because of Christmas, roaring fires or panto season. Oh no. I’m rubbing my hands with glee over the Bad Company Awards.
Lost your job? Get a cheap holiday
I can’t decide if this man is a genius, or a total imbecile. Either way, check out this petty publicity stunt milking the financial crisis.
By Carmen Snipes on
Nov 25,2008
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I can’t decide if this man is a genius, or a total imbecile. Either way, check out this petty publicity stunt milking the financial crisis.
Lessons in business from a drug dealer
This is the second in a series of business tips from unusual sources. My interviewee, who’s chosen the name Wulf Sternhammer as his alias, plies his pills and thrills to party animals ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Nov 12,2008
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This is the second in a series of business tips from unusual sources. My interviewee, who’s chosen the name Wulf Sternhammer as his alias, plies his pills and thrills to party animals ...
PRs behind bars
It’s no fun being badgered by run-of-the-mill PR bods. Spam emails, phones ringing off the hook, in-tray groaning under the weight of press releases. But I won’t nasty to these guys any ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Nov 07,2008
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It’s no fun being badgered by run-of-the-mill PR bods. Spam emails, phones ringing off the hook, in-tray groaning under the weight of press releases. But I won’t nasty to these guys any ...
Pull the other one Mr Trump!
It seems that Donald Trump has tired of messing about with the (deeply inferior, albeit original) US version of The Apprentice and is making eyes at Blighty. He’s made a beeline for ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Oct 07,2008
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It seems that Donald Trump has tired of messing about with the (deeply inferior, albeit original) US version of The Apprentice and is making eyes at Blighty. He’s made a beeline for ...
The vultures circle
Bye bye Lehman Brothers. Hello smarmy, false, smug pseudo do-gooders circling the slain like vultures on a battlefield.
By Carmen Snipes on
Sep 25,2008
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Bye bye Lehman Brothers. Hello smarmy, false, smug pseudo do-gooders circling the slain like vultures on a battlefield.
Join the Mile High club
No, I’m not talking about surreptitious fumbling at 38,000 feet. This is a new health tonic. Except - whoops! I’m not allowed to say that.
By Carmen Snipes on
Sep 02,2008
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No, I’m not talking about surreptitious fumbling at 38,000 feet. This is a new health tonic. Except - whoops! I’m not allowed to say that.
Lessons in business from a lap-dancer
My pal, let’s call her Bubbles, works at an exclusive strip club in London. She dances, strips, straddles a pole and occasionally goes home with the patrons.
By Carmen Snipes on
Aug 27,2008
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My pal, let’s call her Bubbles, works at an exclusive strip club in London. She dances, strips, straddles a pole and occasionally goes home with the patrons.
Forget the glass ceiling, we’re stuck to the floor
It makes me sick; this abuse of metaphor to categorise the plight of women in business.
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 31,2008
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It makes me sick; this abuse of metaphor to categorise the plight of women in business.
“Hugh Hefner is like a caged animal”
Ah, the blissful shroud of anonymity – it gives me such freedom. I caught up with a director of UK Playboy last week. And under the guise of witless partygoer, gleaned some ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 26,2008
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Ah, the blissful shroud of anonymity – it gives me such freedom. I caught up with a director of UK Playboy last week. And under the guise of witless partygoer, gleaned some ...
“Food is the new pornography”
Clive Cobb is a serial entrepreneur with a penchant for getting his hands dirty. Very dirty. He was elbow deep in fish guts for three years when he ran a seafood restaurant ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 10,2008
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Clive Cobb is a serial entrepreneur with a penchant for getting his hands dirty. Very dirty. He was elbow deep in fish guts for three years when he ran a seafood restaurant ...
With Tarantino’s blessing, Cains is Death Proof
When Quentin Tarantino, maverick gore-hound of the indie scene, proclaimed to the world at large that Cains Finest beer was “totally awesome”, co-founder Sudarghara Dusanj thought he’d died and gone to heaven.
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 08,2008
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When Quentin Tarantino, maverick gore-hound of the indie scene, proclaimed to the world at large that Cains Finest beer was “totally awesome”, co-founder Sudarghara Dusanj thought he’d died and gone to heaven.
The knives are out for James Caan
When I met James Caan last year, he seemed like such a nice fellow. Soft-spoken, self-effacing. He‘d just filmed his first couple of episodes of Dragons Den, but was unaccustomed to the ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 04,2008
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When I met James Caan last year, he seemed like such a nice fellow. Soft-spoken, self-effacing. He‘d just filmed his first couple of episodes of Dragons Den, but was unaccustomed to the ...
PR for Dummies
I met this PR guy for lunch the other day. We¹ll call him Dave. He wined and dined me in a rather exclusive eatery in the centre of town. Lovely ...
By Carmen Snipes on
Jul 01,2008
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I met this PR guy for lunch the other day. We¹ll call him Dave. He wined and dined me in a rather exclusive eatery in the centre of town. Lovely ...
