Nationally we’re all of a quiver about the general election, the closest fought battle for many a year and like a good slap-stick comedy we’re all watching just to see who walks over the open man-hole next, or which guy ducks when the guy with the ladder over his shoulder spins round. We’re not nearly Read more…
President Barack Obama yesterday kick-started the two-day Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, as over 250 delegates from nearly 60 countries – including a number of our Global Entrepreneurship Week hosts from around the world gathered in Washington D.C. The summit is the realisation of a pledge dating back to Obama’s speech in Cairo last summer – Read more…
Enterprise UK is running a series of ‘Manifesto Camps’ exploring the biggest issues for entrepreneurs in the UK and how these problems could be solved; with ideas feeding into the Enterprise Manifesto.This week’s session looked at the future of entrepreneurship, including the best ways to encourage social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Setting the scene for Read more…
Enterprise UK is running a series of ‘Manifesto Camps’ exploring the biggest issues for entrepreneurs in the UK and how these problems could be solved; with ideas feeding into the Enterprise Manifesto.
This week’s session was dedicated to the best ways to support entrepreneurs. Shadow Business Secretary Mark Prisk MP was present and echoed general concern Read more…
The first session discussed enterprise culture and how to develop young people’s entrepreneurial potential through education. The importance of role models was also brought up, along with the need to educate parents that entrepreneurship is an acceptable career path. The old question of whether entrepreneurs are born or bred arose.
In terms of the school curriculum, we need to re-examine what students are assessed on. It was also emphasised that being entrepreneurial is not only about starting a business but about starting anything in life.
This week’s session looked at the enterprise environment and how to make the UK the easiest place in the world to start and grow a business. Guests were asked to imagine enterprise heaven and describe what that would look like. Everyone’s thoughts drifted towards a simple, virtual, 24/7 one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs. It was suggested that everyone could have an Enterprise Passport, collecting ‘credits’ for entrepreneurial activities.
In 2008 we (Enterprise UK – or Make Your Mark as we were known back then) published ‘The Future Face Of Enterprise’, a collection of viewpoints. We asked over 50 entrepreneurs, business people, industry experts, social commentators, academics what they thought would shape the future face of enterprise in the UK.
Two years later and we’re Read more…
Calling for innovative and practical policy ideas towards a collaborative Enterprise Manifesto
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…
‘Wake Up and Smell the Sustainable Coffee’ did not actually feature any coffee, sustainable or otherwise. Whilst that was something of a disappointment for those of us experiencing GEW-related sleep deprivation, the event was brilliant in every other way. It offered practical, detailed advice regarding business plans and models for social enterprises. It was pointed Read more…
…never put all your eggs in one basket, and research your markets properly. Sound advice from Conor Woodman (Channel 4’s Around the World in 80 Trades). Particularly that bit about working with animals, as anyone who has seen the show will know. Conor was speaking at ‘On the Road Less Travelled’ hosted by the Institute Read more…
Social Enterprise day was celebrated in Sunderland’s National Glass Centre today with Mutual Inspiration’s Social Enterprise, Collaboration and Sustainability Conference.
Around 50 delegates from the North East social enterprise arena descended on the fabulous venue to discuss such topics as:
-The recession, social enterprise opportunity or challenge?
-Finance and franchising social enterprises
-Opportunities for social enterprise in the emerging Read more…
GEW – IoD
The Institute of Directors have launched a special offer for Global Entrepreneurship Week that could save you £205.
As a way of supporting new start ups in the UK they are offering IoD membership to all those who are starting out with the election fee completely wavered. IoD membership costs £307 Read more…
A great short video about how the world is changing fast:
Not sure about the source of all the stats – but according to the video:
- the top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didnt exist in 2004
- today’s learners will have more than 10 jobs by the age of 38
- more than Read more…
Not a question you’ll see often but prompted by the exploits of Alex Sobel, general manager of Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber.
Alex is halfway through a challenge to exclusively buy goods from social businesses for the whole of November.
Regen and Renewal magazine tells us that so far he’s had his bike serviced at a co-op, Read more…
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