Monthly Archives: January 2010

CNBC Television Interview with Doug Richard

Doug Richard advocates a clean sweep of current Government programs.  A “reboot” is necessary to provide new tax cuts for friends and family that invest in small business. Without a revitalization of the small business economy, there will be no recovery. View the video here. ...

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Doug Richard Appears on CNBC to Address Government Red Tape

Doug Richard was recently interviewed on CNBC to talk about government policies and red tape with regard to UK business.

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Download The Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto & Declaration of Rights

A spectre is haunting the United Kingdom - the spectre of Capitalism.

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Ex-Dragon breathes fire over UK enterprise support

Former Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard has called for a major overhaul of the way the government supports small businesses with ineffective schemes ditched in favour of incentives for investors. Read More.

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Ex-Dragon damns UK stance on enterprise

Read about the Entrepreneur’s Manifesto covered by the Sunday Telegraph here.

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The Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto Has Been Released

The Entrpreneurs’ Manifesto will be launched at the “Growing a Successful Social Enterprise” conference at the Royal Institution on Tuesday, January 19th.

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Sign Up For Our Newsletter: See News, Blogs, Classes, Online Events First!

The best way to keep up to date with Doug Richard and School for Startups activities is to sign up for our newsletter. School for Startups delivers new online and face to face courses every month, working with O2, University of Essex, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the British Library, the Transformation Fund and sponsors across the UK to help UK entrepreneurs launch new enterprises and help those who are struggling.

Note, if you have registered for our Community Forum, you are...

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Press Release-Doug Richard to Teach UK Entrepreneurs How to Start and Grow a Business at Newcastle University on February 3

Wednesday, 3 February, Doug Richard's School for Startups together with O2 will deliver a course in how to start a business in collaboration with Finance Tree, Newcastle University Business School & Newcastle University Careers Service and sponsored by Ward Hadaway Law Firm, Newcastle Science City & North East Access to Finance. Register online at www.schoolforstartups.co.uk.

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S4S NEW Website! Blogs, News, Events, Video & Forums

S4S NEW Website!

Blogs, News, Nationwide Events, Live & On-Demand Video Content, Featured Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneur’s Networking Forum!

We are excited to welcome you to our smashing new website! If you hadn’t noticed we have been busy making important changes to our website, ensuring that we are constantly providing you with the most up-to-date information, articles, news and online resource that we can. All of us at S4S hope you enjoy the new features on the website – do stay tuned as there is much more to come in the not too...

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Doug Richard’s 7 Virtues of a Sound Business

Every serial entrepreneur has a set of precepts that govern most of their business decisions.  These “general rules” may not apply to every situation, but they apply to almost every situation and the exceptions are so few and so far between they are almost impossible to anticipate.

While these principles may vary from one business owner to another, almost every successful business owner can agree with all of them.  These principles underpin what I teach at School for Startups. If you...

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