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Kevin Farrar, IBM Global Entrepreneur Lead, UK & Ireland

We recently interviewed Kevin Farrar, who leads IBM's Global Entrepreneur program. This IBM initiative seeks to partner with technology entrepreneurs interested in delivering solutions address issues enterprise customers are facing in the areas of banking, buildings, cities, cloud computing, education, energy, food, government, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, oil, products, public safety, rail, retail, stimulus, telecommunications, traffic, water, and work . . .

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An Entrepreneur’s Quick Guide to First Investors: Family & Friends

"Where can I find investors interested in funding my enterprise?" The answer is, everywhere.

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Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto Press Round-Up

A masterclass in business from Doug Richard

The Journal – February, 4 2010 Entrepreneur and television Dragon Doug Richard visited the region yesterday on a mission to create more businesses and said the region was the perfect place to start up.

Doug Richard launches business manifesto Sideways News – ‎January, 19 2010Dragons’ Den star Doug Richard is set to launch his new Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto at a major conference, Growing a Successful Social Enterprise.Entrepreneurs Manifesto calls for streamlined regulation Startups.co.uk - ‎January 19, 2010Doug Richard suggests...

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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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The Dirty Secret of Credit For Small Business: the Failure of the EFG Scheme

Small businesses do not benefit from the government schemes like the Enterprise Finance Scheme because the banks subvert the schemes to reduce their own risk rather than extending the scope of lending. The incoming government should beware.

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