Live - Stumbled upon!

1. Q&A - Setting up and running a successful business

Are you interested in setting up and running their own business, perhaps you want to know what you need to get started or how you can move your exisiting business forward:
                             there is a live Q&A session with a range of business advisers running today, 22nd May 2012 from 1 to 2pm.

Find out more at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business-in-you/setting-up-and-running-a-successful-business-live-q-and-aa?newsfeed=true

2. Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Going for Growth

Also,
The British Library has launched its 'Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Going for Growth Event - an opportunity to learn from Stephen Fear, an entrepreneur in residence, who founded the Fear Group with his brother  and has got 50 years of experience gained through 64 different ventures around the world'.

This event is tomorrow, wednesday 23 May 2012 from 6.15pm - 9 pm.  If you are unable to attend the event, you can participate with their live webcast.  You can tweet throughout the event using hashtag #BLgrowth


Find out more at:
 http://www.bl.uk/bipc/workevents/goingforgold.html

Who should attend - Entrepreneurs and SMEs
Place - British Library Conference Centre
To book - contact 01937 546546, Cost - £5

Success stories - Support for your own business ideas

Dear diary,
I stumbled onto this piece on the Guardian website.thought I should share it with everyone. it is very inspiring. It is titled:
       
 Success stories: entrepreneurs and business owners
Guardian interviewed a whole range of business owners to uncover:

1. what inspired them
2. whom they turned to for support
3. how they overcame the challenges of running their own enterprise

 

All you need to do is click on an image on their wall to read a profile of each company and find out where you can go for more support for your own business idea.

 

Here is a link to the page: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business-in-you/interactive/success-stories-entrepreneurs-and-business-owners

Mind Set

Dear diary,
There are so many things going on with me this month.

First:- I think because I keep repeating to myself 'I am an Enterpreneur, I am a business owner, I am the BUSINESS!!!' I can't stop thinking about new ideas. It's got to the point that I sleep and not only dream of new ideas, am actually going through the process in my dream.  Please give me a shout out if it's ever happened or is happening to you and if it hasn't, practice saying this ''I am an Enterpreneur, I am a business owner, I am the BUSINESS!!!' and see if all you think about each day is your business and new business ideas.

Second:- I've been trying to do research on each business idea but I have learnt one thing. Now you will say what did you learn?????
I'll tell you. I've learnt that pursuing so many different ideas at once is like chasing so many birds at once.... You will not catch one. If you want to catch a bird, focus all your energy, plans and target on one viable bird and by golly....will you catch you a bird!!!

All that means is that, its fantastic you have so many different ideas pouring in like the river Niger but you won't get anywhere if you go chasing all of them in one go.

So what do you do...I hear you ask!! I will tell you. Get yourself a dream log/book. Write down every ideas and all the details you can to do with this idea in your log book. Every time you get an idea, put everything (every last detail of that idea) into your dream log book.
Pick one idea, work on it, develop it...run with it. When it's able to stand on it's legs & you don't need to put as much time and energy as you did in the begining, then gradually start on another viable idea (project) but do not total abandon the first project or it could all go wrong.

Remember, your start up business is like a baby. First you have to do everything for it while gradually teaching it to do things for itself. Soon it becomes a teenager....the fact that it can stand on two legs doesn't mean it should be left on its own, it just means you let it find its way while gently nodging it in the right direction. Even when it has become a full grown adult and you don't need to put so much energy into it, it still needs love and care or it will all go pear-shaped.