I’ve recently come across a neat little funding pot managed by St Katharine & Shadwell Trust (SKST) for social and community enterprises in the city of London, Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets.
If you’re running a venture or thinking of starting one up that has a social or ethical purpose you can apply for a Read more…
We all look up to someone to get our inspiration but the question is do our young people have the right people to look up to?
Role models are incredibly important providing positive examples for young people to follow, helping them to understand that whatever life throws at you, you can accomplish your dreams. They provide Read more…
According to today’s paper, rough diamonds make the best entrepreneurs. I believe that anyone who has the passion, skills and determination can start up in business, but what do you think?
Reading the forum this morning, I stumbled across this little gem from our Vanessa B. She asks, can a celebrity be entrepreneur too?
Now this really got me thinking….. Just the other week I was moaning about how Lady Gaga somehow deems herself an entrepreneur. (Memo to Lady Gaga: Wearing big pants, running around with a Read more…
We were pleased as punch to see the fantastic Tenner coverage in The Sunday Times this weekend. If you haven’t had a chance to see it, make sure you have a gander.
Diana x
Make Your Mark Challenge 2009 – Tender Opportunity
Make Your Mark is looking for the support of one organisation to manage the regional stage of its flagship enterprise competition for schools and colleges, the Make Your Mark Challenge. This is a unique opportunity to work at a national scale and make a visible contribution to the delivery Read more…
At 26 years old, he started Britain’s first venture capital firm, Apax Partners. By the 1990s he had grown it to be Europe’s biggest. It now has £32 billion assets under management.
Meet Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital.
Last night, I had the privilege of hearing him speak, and entranced I was! He Read more…
Here at Make Your Mark towers, we clearly love a bit of digital wizardry and no one comes across as more wizard then Carl Smith.
As a researcher and developer at London Met University and my mate, he champions mobile and virtual learning and believes that it can be as adaptable and fluid as we are. Read more…
The new austerity.
New puritans, Vocal heros, Austerity chic, Social indulgers…
In a world of uncertainty, ambiguity and irony, one thing’s for certain; people are spending less. This is hardly breaking news, but have you ever thought about what people are spending their money on and what they’re looking for before they hand over their money?
Well I Read more…
Make Your Mark Ambassador, Anthony Ganjou from Curb, reports back from the European Commission’s Your World Your Business launch event.
It is a pleasure to report that the European Commission is making great strides toward promoting entrepreneurship amongst the youth of the EU. Like many others I believe whole heartedly that entrepreneurship (especially in Britain) has Read more…
SUCCESS CAN BE LEARNED
Last time I described how motivation plays a huge part in the process of success. Without a high level of motivation to do anything in life you will not achieve the end result you are looking for.
This time, we move onto another component of success, which is Clear Aims.
Component Number 2 – CLEAR AIMS
People Read more…
When Howies got bought out by Timberland I wondered if it would retain it’s ability to be entrepreneurial. Happily so far it doesn’t seem to have dented their enthusiasm for innovation and the latest to be launched is Teepay – a site where designers upload their t-shirt designs and, if they receive 30 orders, their Read more…
Last night saw the launch event of the eagerly anticipated MET Academy at Aston Villa Football Club – entitled Creating Young Stars.
Head of MET Academy Debbie West and her Academy Manager Seta Bassi had done a sterling job of putting together the event, which was attended by over 80 Enterprise partners, ambassadors and businesses Read more…
Make Your Mark is on the hunt for a new Ambassador Coordinator! As the outgoing Ambassador Coordinator (outgoing as in ‘heading to pastures new’, not as in ‘the loud person at parties’), I’ve been asked to write a quick outline of what the role involves.
First of all, you get to work with hundreds of incredibly Read more…
Oh, we’re ever so proud. The founder of our brilliant Global Entrepreneurship Week partner, Endeavor Global, has won a sparkly award.
Ms. Linda Rottenberg, CEO and CO-Founder of Endeavor Global, was awarded the 2009 Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship at Brandeis International Business School. Her vision of an organisation that transforms emerging economies through supporting Read more…
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