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School for Startups Entrepreneurs Say:
- This is an excellent programme for startups who face so many challenges and limited budgets – Susan Benjamin
- Excellent Day, Interesting Anecdotes, Energetic Delivery – Matt Robinson
- It’s nice to hear from a man who has done the walk and is able to talk the talk, John Hynes
- Great day – great setting, really interesting and reassuring – Clare Byrnley-Jones
- Great Venue, charismatic presenter and good time slots - Ross Wallin, Pitcher and Piano
- Doug Richard is great, open and has a great sense of humour. Phil Wilkinson was a very valuable addition – Phillip Gibbs, Synergy Linx Ltd
- Thank you for an interesting and inspirational day – lots of humour too! – Colette Grantham, Care Home Quest Plus
- Brilliant, loved the interactive approach with audience to give real on-the-spot examples – Vanessa Knight, 100 Percent Art
- Informative, Interesting and Invaluable – Omran Kier
- Great, practical, and thoroughly motivational day, Crispin Scott, Chadshunt Ltd
- Doug is a very powerful, positive speaker, Gesmay Paynter
- Makes you think outside the box, Gesmay Paynter
- Using volunteers’ ideas to form business solutions was very good. Overall fantastic – Schagufta Anjum
- Dragon’s Den exerts were helpful – Colleen Stephenson
- Intelligent, non-patronising delivery, Thank you – Diana Horner, The Gift Card Company (UK) Ltd
- Thought provoking, good pace, good content, Julien Barber
- Worth it, simple, straight forward help that can be put into practice. Case Studies were helpful – Sharina Shah, Jonny Langford
- A positive day which I can highly recommend to others, Joanna Anthony
There’s Nothing Like a Live Show . . . Welcome to S4Stv
Today is the launch of S4Stv.
Saturday 25 September
S4S NEW Website!
S4S NEW Website; Blogs, News, Nationwide Annual Events, Live & On-Demand Video Content, Featured Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneur’s Networking Forum!
We are excited to welcome you to our smashing new website! If you hadn’t noticed we have been busy making important changes to our website, ensuring that we are constantly providing you with the most up-to-date information, articles, news and online resource that we can. All of us [...]
Friday 15 January
What is a Social Enterprise? Not Another Word for Charity or Non-Profit . . .
Calling yourself a Social Entrepreneur is the latest, dare I say it, fad in business. Not that there aren’t social entrepreneurs, and not that I don’t truly admire them, because I do. In fact, I admire them so much that I hate to see the understanding of what they do watered down in any way.
Saturday 26 December
An Christmas Gift for UK Entrepreneurs: The Secret of Selling Something You Love
Many of my articles and blogs are about the hard realities of starting a business. For example, you can’t borrow your way to success. Loans, grants and outside investment won’t help you buy a business model that works and they might well prevent you from ever acquiring one. Your business plan is probably less valuable than confetti, and most of the people who buy your products will do so for all the wrong reasons. But, in honor of the season, I have decided to write you something uplifting . . .
Tuesday 15 December
The Startup & The Scammer: A Real Story
Finally, Nigel you really do offer an unusual collection of services. I took a look at your website. You offer offshore banking, offshore company formation, secured loans, unsecured loans, venture capital, cashback for reading online subscriptions, business consultancy, IT Training, and even claim backs for unfair credit card charges. You are a talented and diverse man Nigel.
Monday 2 November
The Price of Money Part 4: Say No, No, No, No Till Your Tongue Bleeds
I have been writing a series of articles recently entitled “The Price of Money” that grew out of my unease that people neither understood how great the cost of capital is nor the enormous difficulty involved in pricing capital. I was further dis-enchanted by the rhetoric amongst government ministers reciting mantras of entrepreneurship and access [...]
Saturday 31 October
The Price of Money Part 3: What Angel Investing & 1 Night Stands Have In Common
A friend of mine asks,
“How do you know whether the angel investor has any money to invest? It’s all fine and good that they aren’t asking you for money to pitch; but that doesn’t mean they’re in the money. Do you ask for proof of funds from a bank, references from previous businesses they’ve invested [...]
Friday 30 October
The Price of Money Part 1: Sex, Lies & The Bottom Feeders of the Angel Community
Not all angel investors are created equal. Some are real, some are actually corporate finance houses and should be judged on their track record and some are snake oil salesmen who are taking your money for no good reason. You need to be able to tell them apart.
Tuesday 27 October
Marketing is All About Frames, So Put Your Products In the Picture
Marketing is about framing your product so it can be understood by your customers. It must be integrated into a narrative, a story so they can position it and you can attach it to things they want their products attached to.
Saturday 3 October
Why We Buy What We Buy. Understanding Consumers.
Consumers are driven by unconscious needs and desires. The history of the consumer culture is important to understand. Otherwise we are doomed to rely on our own intuition and naivete.
Saturday 26 September