Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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




Monday, May 21, 2012

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.