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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
Posts tagged "entrepreneuers"
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
Simple Objectives, Simple Strategies, Simple Success
I think one of the reasons I’ve always found businesses easier to start and grow than most people, is that I have such simple objectives. I like spending money for stuff I want and on people I like. To do that I need income. Therefore, within broad parameters, I like businesses that make the numbers [...]
Friday 26 February 2010
Featured Entrepreneur: Lizzie Fane of Third Year Aboad
School for Startups Featured Entrepreneur Lizzie Fane’s success with Third Year Abroad, just announced as a Smarta100 company, demonstrates that entrepreneurs profit by turning problems into solutions.
Monday 22 February 2010
Featured Entrepreneurs: ShoppingVouchers
Mike Beech, Ross Williams, Guy Harrington (pictured left to right) and Tom Packer (not pictured), demonstrate that it takes very little in the way of hard cash investment to found a successful business.
Tuesday 16 February 2010
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 [...]
Friday 15 January 2010
Featured Entrepreneur: Nadeem Azam
Emma Jones started her first business at the age of 27 after spending 5 years with global accountancy firm, Arthur Andersen. The company was started from a spare room in Manchester and successfully sold 2 years later to Tenon Group plc. It was this experience that provided the inspiration for Emma’s next venture.
Saturday 9 January 2010
The Price of Money Part 1: Sex, Lies & The Bottom Feeders of the Angel Community
Not all angel investors are created equal. Some are real, some are actually corporate finance houses and should be judged on their track record and some are snake oil salesmen who are taking your money for no good reason. You need to be able to tell them apart.
Tuesday 27 October 2009
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.
Monday 26 October 2009
Why We All Should Care About Promoting Entrepreneurialism Globally
SXSW is the key interactive event. Panels get chosen by the public at large. This year I am trying to get a panel on promoting Entrepreneurialism globally. I hope you vote here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3318?return=/ideas/index/4/q:doug+richard.
Thursday 27 August 2009
UK Entrepreneurs Talk About School for Startups
Doug Richard’s School for Startups offers accelerated instruction to UK entrepreneurs in how to start and run businesses more profitably. The truth is that not all businesses are created equal. Some are better than others. They are better because those who start them have a more useful understanding of what it takes to get a [...]
Tuesday 6 January 2009