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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 "uk small business"

Woo Hoo! I Am The Mentoring Club Director! That is so cool…

We plan to launch the Mentoring Club in October. Initially we’ll accept no more than 100 members. If you aren’t on our Mentoring Club Contact list go sign up now. I’ll email you to follow up within 24-hours :)

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Entrepreneurs & Disruptive Technologies: A Match Made in Heaven

Technology comes in two types. Sustaining technologies that are incremental in nature and support existing market leaders, and disruptive technologies that represent complete paradigm shifts and displace existing market leaders. Disruptive technologies are the tools used by effective entrepreneurs to unseat market leaders.

Monday 12 July 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

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.

Tuesday 23 February 2010

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.

Monday 22 February 2010

Dragon says Birmingham’s Entrepreneurs can fire up economic fight back

Doug Richard, Dragons’ Den Entrepreneur, calls for Birmingham to seize the startup opportunity

03 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.

Thursday 4 February 2010

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.

Monday 25 January 2010

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’ [...]

Thursday 21 January 2010

S4Stv: Entrepreneurs Talk About School for Startups

AdsPad entrepreneurs present innovative marketing/advertising solution for Universities.

Monday 4 January 2010

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