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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Growing numbers of graduates (totaljobs.com say 51%) are looking to set-up their own business after university.
Quoting an article By Daniel Hunter “While recent research from the BIS has shown small businesses are missing out on a potential wealth of future talent through a lack of engagement with graduates, the survey from totaljobs.com uncovers a willing market of untapped graduates able to compete for the 196,000 jobs on offer in today’s SME employment market.
Intrapreneurship
Intrapreneurship, What is it?
Forbes
Move Over Entrepreneurs, Here Come The Intrapreneurs
article is by David Armano, executive VP, Global Innovation & Integration at Edelman.
“intrapreneurs come in handy. Smart organizations will seek out individuals who like to invent, innovate and want to be on the front lines of change. These individuals can work independently but even more important can work seamlessly as part of an integrated team structure and also effectively embrace and embody the culture of the intrapreneur’s host organization. Intrapreneurs are most successful when management/leadership empowers and supports them and in turn the intrapreneurs represent the best interests of their organizations while earning the respect of corporate peers.”
Perfecting Your Pitch
Perfecting Your Pitch.
Pitching your idea and yourself is a skill that can be learned.
Understand what others are looking for!
“Average entrepreneur pitch: 38 slides. Average investor attention span/cranial capacity: 10 slides. Do the math.”
Much of this interesting articles advice can be applied to pitching for Team members and multiple forms of funding and prizes.
Social Capital
Build your Social Capital score for your future.
http://webmarketingcoach.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/build-your-social-capital-with-whuffie.html
Making your own Website with a blog?
Using WordPress gets you started very promptly, it’s very low cost or free, gives access to administrators via web or apps and can be used by a team to co-ordinate start-up’s. Full instructions from the creators. An excellent product.
New to WordPress.com and don’t know where to start? Looking for just the right theme, or wondering how to use all the features in your dashboard? Interested in creating a website, not a blog? Or perhaps you’re ready to do more on your site, from adding image galleries to using built-in tools to connect with the community — and the world.
On our new WordPress.com tutorial site, learn.wordpress.com, you can get the help you need to create the site you want and get it up and running right away.
Learn — our WordPress.com tutorial site — gets a facelift!
We’ve completely revamped and reimagined learn.wordpress.com with lots of new content to help you get the most out of your WordPress.com site, including detailed guides to tasks like:
- Configuring basic settings.
- Navigating your way around your dashboard and Reader.
- Selecting a theme that fits you and your blog and adding…
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Wall Street Journal Memo to Staff Take More Risks!!!!
Memo to Staff: Take More Risks
Many employees at the national hotel chain, which had recently emerged from bankruptcy, were still stuck in survival mode. Worried about losing their jobs, they avoided decisions that might cost the company money, such as making property repairs or appeasing a disgruntled guest with a free night’s stay.
“They were waiting to be told what to do,” recalls the former Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.06% chief executive. “They were afraid to do things.”
Bank to Future
Build your Social Capital score for your future. http://bnktothefuture.com/bankfuturewp/raising-finance/social-capital/
WHAT IS:
CROWDFUNDING?
CROWDINVESTING?
CROWDLENDING?
COMBINED CROWDFUNDING?
Bank to the Future. http://www.banktothefuture.com
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