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Dragon’s Den Star To Host Business Boot Camp In St Asaph

A FORMER Dragons’ Den star will host a business boot camp in North Wales on Friday. A series of one-day events sponsored by the Welsh Government are aimed at small businesses wanting to grow their online trade. Former entrepreneur and School for Start-Ups Social Enterprise Founder Doug Richard will be holding three one-day workshops to show small businesses how they can exploit the benefits of the internet. The workshops are being held in St Asaph, Cardiff, and Swansea and will...

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Ex-Dragon Doug Richard To Whip Welsh Entrepreneurs Into Shape

“The future is arriving very quickly,” says Doug Richard, in his trademark California drawl. “It’s a fire hose of information and entrepreneurs need to be prepared.” And you’re the man to help them, Doug! The Welsh Government has drafted in the one-time Dragons’ Den panellist and founder of School for Startups to teach free intensive web training courses in Cardiff, Swansea and St. Asaph. The aim: to help Welsh entrepreneurs turn their ideas into fast-growth successful online businesses.

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Welsh Government Drafts In Doug Richard

School for Startups founder Doug Richard has been drafted in by the Welsh government to help entrepreneurs set up online businesses.

The initiative will see Doug Richard delivering one-day bootcamps in Cardiff, Swansea and St Asaph. Sponsored by the Welsh government, the founding Dragons’ Den panellist will help more than 450 businesses in Wales to grow and thrive.

“In this economic climate it has never been more important for Wales to consider how it can generate wealth and employment opportunities,” says Richard....

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Welsh Government Provides Free Web Training For Businesses

Entrepreneur Doug Richard, former panellist on BBC’s Dragons’ Den and founder of School for Startups, has been drafted in by the Welsh Government to deliver free intensive web training courses that aim to help Welsh entrepreneurs turn their ideas into fast-growth successful online businesses. The practical training courses in how to reach a global audience through the web, which will be held in Cardiff, Swansea and St. Asaph, aims to help over 450 businesses in Wales to grow and thrive,...

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Ex-Dragon To Advise On Exploiting Net

FORMER Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard will take part in a series of one-day workshops across Wales to advise small businesses looking to grow revenues online.

The School for Start Ups founder will hold three one-day workshops later this month organised by the Welsh Government

They are being held in Cardiff, Swansea and St Asaph and will help almost 500 businesses in Wales.

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Student ‘flirting’ website Fitfinder relaunched as floxx.com with backing from Dragon Doug Richard

Rich Hall’s idea for a student ‘flirting’ website led to his Fitfinder receiving five million hits in 50 universities in a month. It also saw Hall, 21, forced to close the site and fined £300 for bringing his college, University College London, into disrepute. But last week the site, which allows users to post flirty messages about good-looking people they have spotted, was relaunched as floxx.com, with backing from former Dragons’ Den judge and entrepreneur Doug Richard.

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Top 10 Google Adwords Tips from Doug Richard

Google AdWords is the single most effective, trackable, targetable method for putting products and services in front of thousands of people in a matter of hours.  Used wisely it can be a very fast track to a profitable enterprise.

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There are just a few things you need to keep in mind as you begin to use Google AdWords to promote your business:

Use Google AdWords when you have time to track your...

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