As recently reported in the Guardian, the UK’s addiction to gadgets is translating into higher emissions and higher energy bills. While the Guardian was addressing costs in the home, the truth is that businesses the UK are falling prey to the same higher costs.
More computer screens, more tablets, more phones…every device you plug in comes with a cost that goes beyond the purchase price. Use the following checklist to make sure you’re doing your part to conserve energy and to...
Want to have a successful business? Want it to be relatively quick and easy to build? Here’s what you do.
First, look around and identify the largest group of people you can reach easily. If you are a member of the chandler’s union and you know how to reach several thousand candle makers free, they’d be a good group to start with.
Second, study those people and figure out what one thing they want most. For example, your candle makers may need...
MIXUP is social venture that provides opportunities for young people to showcase themselves to the entertainment industry. They offer Events for artists between the ages of 13 and 20 where they can showcase their material to capacity crowds. Through these events MIXUP also provide training in stage management, light engineering, sound engineering and house operation to 16-19 years olds that want to work behind the scenes. MIXUP also offers offer Artist Development through an advisory body that delivers information packages,...
Etsy.com is the leading sales solution for independent designers and craft-based businesses in the world. Setting up a Etsy shop takes just a few minutes, but the storefront application is sophisiticated enough to support a custom user interface hundreds of products, and several payment methods.
Designers can even connect their domain name to an Etsy store. Just buy a domain on GoDaddy.com or any other domain name provider, then “forward” that domain to the Etsy store. The...
Doug Richard, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, has announced an aggressive one-year training & mentoring program for creative professionals called School for Creative Startups. The aim of the program is to teach the critical skills that new creative businesses must have to survive and prosper, and to provide them with monthly mentoring to support them as their businesses take root and grow. Complete details about the program can be found at http://www.schoolforstartups.co.uk/school-for-creative-startups/mentor-programme/
This class is open to writers, fine artists, actors,...
When you work for School for Startups, you learn something new every day. It’s one of the best parts of the gig. Sometimes we’re running events here in the UK, sometimes we’re off to other countries to help aid economic development, sometimes we’re working with sponsors, and sometimes we’re developing curricula. That kind of task diversity results in new insights all the time.
Well, this week…
Doug Richard has said a thing to me about thirty times in the last few months and...
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.
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 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...
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 ....
