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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
Posts tagged "doug richard"
Find, Pitch & Close, The Art of Securing Investment. S4Stv Live Web Broadcast
Date: 19 April 2010
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Online Webcast
Following the huge success of our seminars around the UK, Doug and the School for Startups team will present “Find, Pitch & Close: The Art of Securing Investment” at the UCL in London. To support the wider UK entrepreneur community, who cannot attend this face to face event with Doug Richard, School for Startups will [...]
Thursday 18 March 2010
SXSW. Love it. Hate it.
South by Southwest winds down again. And once again I marvel at how useful and useless it is. As a conference where one can hear provocative ideas, learn new things, and see the edge of what’s going on: it sucks. But as a place to meet people who you really should meet, it is unrivalled.
Let me explain. Austin is a city unto itself. It is the anti-Texas. And as many Austin residents will tell you, they pride themselves on being a centre of sophistication in the midst of a state that is anything but. I admit to having held a bias against Texas for a long time and I am not going to soften it in this essay; but I admit that Austin is special.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Find, Pitch & Close – The Art of Securing Investment Hosted by University College London – 19th April
Date: 19 April 2010
Time: 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: London
Following the huge success of our seminars around the UK, Doug and the School for Startups team are presenting at University College London. A must-attend event for any budding entrepreneur, “Find, Pitch & Close: The Art of Securing Investment” is hosted personally by Doug Richard and is a cornerstone of the School for Startups curriculum.
Thursday 11 March 2010
Prices Are Discovered
This morning, we posted an article by Doug called “Successful Startups Almost Never Compete On Price”. Due to the popularity of the article, within hours, our website started to receive an unprecedented amount of traffic.
Naturally, this tells us we’ve hit upon a key issue that faces most entrepreneurs.
We thought it would be helpful to post [...]
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Successful Startups Almost Never Compete On Price
I have counseled and supported many thousands of entrepreneurs over the years, and something that never ceases to amaze me is how many initially enter the market with the intent of competing on price. Since I have an extensive background in sales and marketing, and since I’ve managed more than my fare share of sales teams, the idea of maximizing the number of low margin sales a business makes just seems completely insane. Startups rarely have the returns to scale or the marketing and sales efficiency to do large volumes of business profitably at a low price.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Secrets to Marketing & Sales on the Internet, London, April 6th
Date: 6 April 2010
Time: 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: London
Location: The British Library
Time: Noon – 7pm
Bring your computers because this is a hands-on day. It’s a new class from School for Startups specifically focussed on what you asked for: how to increase your marketing and sales for your business leveraging everything new on the net.
This isn’t a lecture. It isn’t a dry Powerpoint. We [...]
Monday 8 March 2010
Start Here! Starting & Growing a Successful Business, Brighton, Jun 15th
Date: 15 June 2010
Time: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Brighton
Following the huge success of our seminars around the UK, Doug and the School for Startups team are taking their nationwide tour to Brighton. A must-attend event for any budding or established entrepreneur, “Start Here! Starting and Growing a Successful Business” is hosted personally by Doug Richard and is the cornerstone of the School for Startups curriculum.
Monday 8 March 2010
You’re Not Dead at 50: The Best Entrepreneurs are Silver
As a very happy entrepreneur over fifty, I encourage my peers to join the entrepreneur revolution required to keep the UK wealthy and prosperous well into the next century. Innovation, invention, insight and good implementation can build a good business at any age.
Monday 8 March 2010
You Don’t Know Anyone: How to Hire in Perfect Ignorance
Last week I began a story about how, with my nominal time management skills, my overflowing inbox, a small business with no offices…
Friday 5 March 2010
Dragon’s Den star says now is the perfect time for startups
The Hull Daily Mail has covered School for Startups’ Start Here! Growing a Successful Business event at the University of Hull. To read the full story, click here.
Wednesday 3 March 2010