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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 "how to start a business"
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
Entrepreneurs Teaching Entrepreneurship
In founding School for Startups, Doug has consciously chosen to hire effective entrepreneurs to support his entrepreneurs. I think this is due to his core belief that entrepreneurship is a skill that can be taught and must be learned. I’ve certainly heard him say that what is wrong with most government and academic programs that purport to teach entrepreneurship is that they are led by people who’ve never, ever, started and run a successful self-sustaining business.
Friday 16 July 2010
Practical Q&A With Doug Richard: Mentoring, Recruiting & Seeing Opportunities
At a recent Start Here: Starting & Growing a Successful Business event held in London, we received the following questions. We’ve taken a moment to respond to them. We thought others might find the answers interesting.
Friday 2 July 2010
Practical Q&A With Doug Richard — Cambridge Starting & Growing a Successful Business Class
At a recent Starting & Growing a Successful Event held in Cambridge, we received the following questions. We’ve taken a moment to respond to them. We thought others might find the answers interesting.
Saturday 5 June 2010
The Pitch 2010 – A Very Important Event for UK Entrepreneurs
If you are a UK entrepreneur, you have every reason to participate in the Pitch 2010. Not only is it a way to get exposure for your business, and get advice from experts and venture capitalists, it is a way to learn more about business professionals with whom you can network and build long term [...]
Tuesday 25 May 2010
An Entrepreneur’s Quick Guide to Closing Online Sales
Making your website do what it is supposed to do doesn’t cost much and doesn’t take long. You just need some practical advice on how to make it work right.
Monday 17 May 2010
Naked Business: Building a Wall of Sound
Marketing is never the job of a few in a business these days. It has to be everyone’s job.
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Social Enterprises Get Some Help Getting Started from UnLtd and School for Startups
School for Startups has teamed up with UnLtd to make competitive Catalyst awards for up to £5,000 which will be given
Thursday 15 April 2010
I Have to Show You: Tubemogul Rapid Deployment of Video Across the Internet
An exceptional tool for UK entrepreneurs and startups, Tubemogul is a free web service that you can use to upload your web clips to twenty or more websites.
Friday 2 April 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