Coming up with a good scalable idea and implementing it well is often the work of a few years and on the way to success there are a lot of false starts.
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Matt Black, Business Development Manager of Social Enterprise Magazine
Matt Black is Business Development Manager for Social Enterprise Magazine and co-founder of the Good Deals 2010 conference which helps investors and social entrepreneurs connect in the UK. In this interview he answers some important questions about the conference and his work.
What is the Good Deals 2010 conference? Is it a place where investors find social enterprises? Or an educational conference for social enterprises?Good Deals connects innovative investors and inspirational social entrepreneurs to get good deals done.
Not only will there...
My Startup is Way Too Complex to Explain . . .
If you really hate to describe your business, and your elevator speech never seems to result in people taking more of an interest in your new enterprise, you need to step back and think.
Amanda Ruiz: Ethical Fashion from Andean Alpaca
Amanda Ruiz has a remarkable ethical fashion line, and her company is quickly finding it’s market. Check out what this featured entrepreneur has to say about starting and growing a successful business.
What does your business sell, specifically? Ponchos, cardigans, hats . . . do you have a catalog online?
The garments we sell are all ethically made in Peru (my husband’s country) by skilled artisans in the Andean region of Arequipa. The fibre we use is the amazing alpaca, which is...
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Search Engine Marketing Site & Page Structure Matters
Almost every company on earth needs a website in order to do business these days. That’s how many businesses get most of their customers. Sometimes one person will tell another the name of a business and its domain name, sometimes a customer will simply search Google for the solution they need. In the latter case, your site’s structure must be designed to help connect Google searchers to the products and services you sell. Here’s a quick overview of what to do ....
Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
The Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities is an association dedicated to helping People with Disabilities (PwD) start and run their own businesses. The GNED works as an advocate for disabled business owners worldwide, and serves as an information resource for disabled business owners, disabled people starting their own businesses, local communities, national and international governmental bodies. Most recently, for example, GNED gave presentations to the US Business Leadership Network at their annual conference in Chicago.
Simon Cox, a founder of the GNED, says ““ The GNED is...
Want Your Business to Succeed? You Better Understand “Brand”
People’s attachment to the brand is emotional, not intellectual. The brand becomes a guarantee of value for its customers, and that emotional attachment to the product spurs a large percentage of a well-branded company’s sales.
How to Network Effectively: For the Shy & Polite
Networking is something most entrepreneurs don’t do nearly enough of, and the more you do it the better your business will do. People deliver opportunities. It is unlikely that a multi-million pound customer is going to knock on your front door, but its quite likely several of them will be at the next big local trade show for your industry.
Mass Media Starts & Ends At Your Website
These days, an effective, evocative website is one of the most important tools you can use in selling writers, editors, producers and reporters on the importance of your story.
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Turning Web Traffic into Cold Hard Cash
Millions of business owners host a virtual feast on their website every day and play host to thousands or tens of thousands of visitors every month and yet get next to nothing in return for their efforts. Generally speaking, this is not good business...
