Archive for the ‘Guest bloggers’ Category

There’s ’snow’ business like ‘home’ business

January 15th, 2010 by lindsey

Well, we are all aware of the havoc that has been caused by the snow and ice over the last couple of weeks but here in Yorkshire we thought it was the perfect opportunity to look to the positive – yes there is one… home working!
 
Many of our ambassadors are successful home workers. Nadine Hill Read more…

My very partial perspective on the best of GEW

November 23rd, 2009 by Alex_Goldup

So, that was Global Entrepreneurship Week, that was.
What a week. I attended a microscopic fraction of even the events that were held in UK: the people who attended even this tiny sample of events were drawn from all walks of life and each had their own highly distinctive story to tell. If the week taught me Read more…

Radio ga ga

November 19th, 2009 by Bonnie

Enterprise UK Ambassador Nadine Hill – Founder of The Dream PA was interviewed on the Supermummy Radio Show on Wednesday. Mel and Nadine chat about Nadine’s book The VA Handbook, the growth of the VA industry, Nadine’s latest project and of course GEW!
If you’d like to listen to her interview please click on this link.

GEWing for gold

November 19th, 2009 by Bonnie

 
 Today marks the 4th day of GEW, and I thought I’d drop a quick blog to tell you all about some of the great events I’ve been to since the GEW launch event on Monday.

On Tuesday I headed to Westminster, for an event called People, Planet, Profit, ran by Talent2Trade. This event included brilliant workshops Read more…

Have your say in the 2009 Home Business Survey

October 22nd, 2009 by emma_jones

Place your name in the hat to win a free HP notebook by completing the 2009 Home Business Survey. The Survey is being carried out by home business website, Enterprise Nation, with results being launched on Friday 20th November. Be sure to have your say!
Our Survey says …
Enterprise Nation produces the annual Home Business Report Read more…

It’s good to talk – especially to our expert entrepreneurial ambassadors!

August 19th, 2009 by Alex_Goldup

We here at Make Your Mark love to chat: exchanging entrepreneurial ideas, swapping inspiring stories, and occasionally asking for a nice cup of tea (milk, two sugars) – the commotion never stops. But why should we have all the fun? Click along to our Make Your Mark webchat at 1pm today (Wednesday) to chat with Read more…

My time at Make Your Mark

June 18th, 2009 by Billy

Hiya my name is Billy Alexander i am 16 and from the peter jones national enterprise academy. i have just visited the MYM office for one week on my work experience.
During my week at make your mark i have experienced a lot, they have made me very welcome and like one of the team. i have tried a bit of everything within Read more…

Samata’s musings

June 15th, 2009 by diana

Make Your Mark ambassador Samata Angel is a self taught fashion designer and owner of label to the stars, Samata’s Muse. As a fearless entrepreneur she has bags of useful advice. In the third of our series of exclusive articles, Samata shares her top tips on how online marketing and sales can help you weather Read more…

Time management: how to achieve more by doing less

June 9th, 2009 by Nadine Hill - The Dream PA

We live in the age of information. You can find advice on love, personal finance, business, cooking, parenting, health, travel and style but what about on creating your future?
Time management is one of the key disciplines anyone needs to have to get where they want, but it’s always been a subject with a slightly boring Read more…

‘Sun-believably boring conversation’…

June 5th, 2009 by shed

Hi there! Shed here… Marvellous to be with you…
***STOP PRESS: THE SUN IS OUT***
I know it’s rare for us in Britain to see the rays of our nearest thermonuclear star, but it’s rather baffling that when we finally do get a day or two of full-on ‘get the lotion or we’ll all look like lobsters’ sunshine…
…that WE ALL Read more…

Graduate recruitment and internships in the recession – time to switch focus to start-ups

June 1st, 2009 by chris spavin

We are glad to feature Rajeeb Dey, founder of enternships.com, as a guest blogger at Make Your Mark today:
“The story is a familiar one…on the one hand, large corporates are scaling back recruitment drives leaving graduates and university students with few ‘traditional’ routes to find experience. On the other, start-ups and small/medium Read more…

Samata’s musings

May 19th, 2009 by diana

Make Your Mark ambassador Samata Angel is a self taught fashion designer and owner of label to the stars Samata’s Muse. As a fearless entrepreneur she has bags of useful advice. In the second of a series of exclusive articles, Samata shares her top tips on how cost cutting can help you weather the economic Read more…

Samata’s musings

May 1st, 2009 by diana

Make Your Mark ambassador Samata Angel is a self taught fashion designer and owner of label to the stars Samata’s Muse. As a fearless entrepreneur she has bags of useful advice. In the first of a series of exclusive articles, Samata shares her top tips on how diversifying can help you weather the economic storm. Read more…

The genius budgie

April 8th, 2009 by shed

Who’s a clever bird then?…

Greetings! Shed here… Wonderful to be with you.
Recently I was hugely honoured to have fronted the ‘IDEAS MASH UP’ competition for MAKE YOUR MARK…
The clever team at MAKE YOUR MARK took one of the success tips contained in my latest book ‘IDEAS MAN’ and turned Read more…

Being ‘Enterprising’ at The Enterprise Show, Leeds!

April 2nd, 2009 by Nadine Hill - The Dream PA

At the weekend I was asked to participate at The Enterprise Show, Leeds, which was an event hosted by Business Link as a ‘one stop shop’ for people with a business idea, to attend and get all the information they need to get their business off the ground.
As a Make Your Mark Ambassador, I’m often Read more…