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TESTIMONIALS
Susan Benjamin:
This is an excellent programme for startups who face so many challenges and limited budgets
Matt Robinson:
Excellent Day, Interesting Anecdotes, Energetic Delivery
John Hynes:
It’s nice to hear from a man who has done the walk and is able to talk the talk
Clare Brynley-Jones:
Great day – great setting, really interesting and reassuring
Ross Wallin, Pitcher and Piano:
Great Venue, charismatic presenter and good time slots
Phillip Gibbs, Synergy Linx Ltd:
Doug Richard is great, open and has a great sense of humour. Phil Wilkinson was a very valuable addition
Vanessa Knight, 100 Percent Art:
Brilliant, loved the interactive approach with audience to give real on-the-spot examples
Joanna Anthony:
A positive day which I can highly recommend to others
Announcement: Smarta come on board as official MADE In 48 Hours partners
School for Startups is pleased to announce that Smarta, a leading resource for entrepreneurs in the UK, has chosen to become an official partner of MADE in 48 HOURS, the School for Startups marketing event for new business owners and small to medium enterprises in the UK. Business owners who attend [...]
Friday 30 July 2010
MADE In 48 Hours
Whether you’re a one-man band or have 100 employees, you make socks or build sock factories, you need to be online, and you need to how to use that online presence. That is the core principle behind the impressive-looking MADE in 48 hours event, being hosted by Doug Richard and School for Startups in Sheffield [...]
Thursday 29 July 2010
3 Exceptional Business Events in Sheffield September 8 – 11
Looking for an exceptional business event in the North of England? We have something Amazing to recommend. MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival is coming to Sheffield September 8 through September 11.
There are 3 events at the festival we particularly wanted to highlight.
TED is Coming to Sheffield
September 9, from 1.30pm – 6pm
TED is an annual event hosted [...]
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Luke Johnson and Dragons’ Den: Is it Good or Evil?
In a vitriolic attack on the BBC, Luke Johnson a noted private equity investor and very successful entrepreneur in his own right, wrote a column yesterday in the Financial Times in which he asserts quite harshly that the whole of the BBC assumes “that business is ruthless, domineering and egotistical,” and that Dragons’ Den is [...]
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Never Let Someone Else Write Your Business Plan
Letting someone else write your business plan is almost always unnecessary and almost certainly unwise.
Tuesday 27 July 2010
MindBites: The Place to Sell Video Training
MindBites is much like YouTube except that every tutorial has a price and they are, as a group, of somewhat longer duration and much better quality than the kind of content you typically find for free.
Monday 26 July 2010
Entrepreneur Festival For City
A national festival for entrepreneurs will be staged in Sheffield later this year.
MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival is the first event of its kind in the UK and offers training opportunities to entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Measuring the Metrics That Matter
If you were to make a list of the 100 things you and those who work with you spend most of your time doing, you would likely discover that more than 90% of the tasks you undertake have no proven economic value. You think they help generate money, but you can’t prove it. And for the most part . . . you’re probably wrong.
Thursday 22 July 2010
MADE in 48 Hours: The event that will change your business
Every small business wants to be more successful. In 2010 that means coming to grip with the revolution of the internet. Whether you are a local business or an aspiring global business, whether you sell a hand-crafted product, your own time or highly machine aerospace parts, you have one thing in common: you must leverage [...]
Wednesday 21 July 2010