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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 "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

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