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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.
Drawing on the Support of Big Business by Simon Devonshire, SME Marketing at O2
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The Secret Good News About The UK & Business
Yesterday I attended and participated in an event hosted by UKTI, The Prime Minister, and Lord Mandelson. The purpose of the event was to communicate directly with the CEO's of some of the world's most important large companies who already have a presence in the UK or who are considering inward investment into the UK.
Featured Entrepreneur: Lizzie Fane
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.
Dragon says Birmingham’s Entrepreneurs can fire up economic fight back
Doug Richard, Dragons’ Den Entrepreneur, calls for Birmingham to seize the startup opportunity03 FEBRUARY – BIRMINGHAM: Birmingham could emerge from recession as a world class capital for entrepreneurs, but needs to be freed from regulatory red tape, according to Doug Richard, one of the country’s leading entrepreneurs.
Manifesto response requires a fact check
Today, the small business website www.startupdonut.co.uk published an article entitled “Red Tape Not a Barrier for Startups, say FSB”. This was subsequently reprinted by another small business site www.is4profit.com, here. The essence of the article turned around two points in the Manifesto. First, that I am simply incorrect in my assertion that it takes too long to start a business in the UK and second that it is inappropriate for the Government to imitate the US set-aside for small businesses in federal procurement.
Featured Entrepreneur: Nadeem Azam
Nadeem Azam is CEO of an award winning marketing firm Azam Marketing. Nadeem illustrates the intelligence, hard work, determination, mental agility and sense of humor that lead to entrepreneurial success.
What does your business do?
Azam Marketing www.azam.net is a full-services online marketing and design agency which unleashes the potential of the internet to grow our clients’ businesses.
A pioneer in the digital arena, our specialists have 102 combined years of experience in affiliate, display, email and search marketing. We also carry out...
S4Stv: Entrepreneurs Talk About School for Startups
AdsPad entrepreneurs present innovative marketing/advertising solution for Universities.
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 business off the ground quickly, who to hire, how to design a product, how to identify a target market, how to sell products and services,...
