Collaboration is one of the best ways for a business to grow and develop, especially when it involves various young entrepreneurs teaming up to tackle problems as a collective force. The trouble is that it can be difficult to make the right connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs. You often need to meet an awful lot…
It is impossible to underestimate the transformational power of small businesses, especially when they come together to create something great. Ruth Noel-Samaroo is a small business owner – a bookkeeper with a keen interest in small business. Just like Stefan, she wants to help people to get their business idea off the ground. That’s why…
We all know that social media is important for small businesses, but are you really sure how much impact your social strategy is having? If you needed to make changes to your social media strategy would you even know where to start? Those looking for a bit of help with their social media should enter…
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Depending on their line of work, the festive period can either be the quietest or the busiest time of year for an entrepreneur. If your business primarily serves as a supplier to other businesses that shut down during the holidays, you’ll not have much choice but to also close your business too. That’s not usually…
Enterprise Rockers co-founder Tina Boden has been very busy lately participating in the inaugural Local Indie Explorer Challenge. Tina was in friendly competition with Kath Turner, businesswoman and Chair of Federation of Small Businesses North Yorkshire East Coast branch, with the aim of encouraging others to go out and explore the independent businesses on their…
If you’ve ever wanted to pitch on Dragon’s Den – but can only spare about six seconds – then you are in luck. Former Dragon Doug Richard will be using Twitter and the video app Vine to accept very quick six second pitches as part of his Launch Me competition. If you haven’t used Vine…
Clare Rayner, The Retail Champion, is the mastermind behind the Independent Retail Campaign dedicated to providing support and advice to independent retailers in the UK. Independent Retailer Month is the annual centrepiece of the UK’s independent retailers which make up 92% of all retail businesses. The focus this year is tackling the important issue of…
Stefan has been saying for about five years that more cooperation between micro businesses is required, so we’re glad to see that leaders from some of the largest companies in Europe will be gathering in Birmingham later this month to discuss the role that open innovation and collaboration can play in boosting the economy. This…
Business events are an essential way for businesses of all sizes to drive sales and brand awareness. A recent survey showed that 71% of small businesses feel that this is important to the success of their organisation and that small businesses on average hosted 13-14 events per year. However the same survey also found that…
