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Non-Profits Tool Kit

Posted on: Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 in: Entrepreneur, Charity

 
Do you have a great idea that would help others in need or a good cause? You really think it would help others and work but don’t want to run it as a business? Then you need a Non-Profits Tool Kit!:
1. Creating a Website
Obviously the first thing you’ll need when bringing your non-profit organization online […]

You are asking for how much!

Posted on: Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 in: Finance

 
Roar of the Dragons!
Many entrepreneurs probably get this reaction often when they pitch their ideas to angel investors.  Immediately the entrepreneur is stuck and the conversation usually can turn awkward quickly.  How can you avoid this?  Put yourself in the investors shoes.1. Angel investors are usually self made millionaires, not billionaires.  Why is this important?  […]

Young Entrepreneur meets UK Candle Making Guru

Posted on: Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 in: Awards, Young Entrepreneur

 
In a charming and wonderfully varied shop, complete with stained glass windows and fluffy cat luxuriating on the doorstep, two candle-makers who are worlds apart in every instance except for devotion to their art are animatedly discussing appropriate ‘wick lengths’.
Not an extraordinarily interesting topic for you, but a fascinating artistry masterclass for David Ssegawa.
Mr Ssegawa […]

The brands of 1989

Posted on: Monday, September 24th, 2007 in: News

 
Miss Sixty The denim specialist Energie and the Sixty company were established in 1989, and Miss Sixty - the Italian high street label associated with fashionable 20-somethings - was launched in 1991. Since then Miss Sixty has opened 380 stores worldwide and last year added a hotel in Riccione, Italy, to its long list of […]

Carphone Warehouse joins FTSE 100

Posted on: Monday, September 24th, 2007 in: News, Business Development, One to watch

 
September has been a momentous month for Carphone Warehouse. It today joins the hallowed ranks of the FTSE 100 - the top echelon of British business - and by way of celebration co-founder Charles Dunstone spent yesterday in the company of Apple boss Steve Jobs, as his high street chain was named as the sole independent […]

Entrepreneur makes waves

Posted on: Monday, September 24th, 2007 in: Entrepreneur, Inspiration, One to watch, Environmental

 
If Michael Whelan’s dream comes true, the Atlantic ocean will soon help keep the lights on in Ireland. And if it does, it will complete a circuit for Whelan: 30 years ago he was a commercial diver working on North Sea oil and gas installations. Returning to Ireland in the 1980s, he started a marine […]

From blog to business

Posted on: Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 in: Entrepreneur, News, Awards

BYOkids founder Leah Squire has been named the Queensland finalist in the Small Business Champion Awards to take place at the Sofitel Brisbane this Saturday night.
In just 18 months, the Noosa mother of two has turned a family travel blog into an online family travel resource and specialist travel agency. The website is forging ahead […]

Crazy Planet Saving Ideas!

Posted on: Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 in: Innovation, What The F!, Environmental

 
Chances are that Louis Michaud is one of very few people who spend their days trying to make tornadoes. A year ago, the retired petrochemical engineer put together what looked a bit like a high-tech kiddie swimming pool. Only rather than splashes, this pool tends to generate twisters about as high as the garage.
Michaud is […]

Unlucky Entrepreneur - David Hayden

Posted on: Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 in: Entrepreneur

 
So profound is the Valley’s belief in redemption, that it’s hard for anyone to accept that a career can lurch merely from failure to failure. Here’s one such story: David Hayden, founder of Magellan and Critical Path and one of Silicon Valley’s most unfortunate entrepreneurs, has suffered yet another reverse. Jeteye, the obscure social search […]

Sports star turns entrepreneur

Posted on: Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 in: Entrepreneur

 
When you’re a sports star, paid thousands each week to be an expert in your chosen sport, you really are the best person to notice a niche in that sector.
Former Indianapolis Colts player Quentin Coryatt has gone from the football field to the hardwoods. Coryatt has become an entrepreneur who has developed The Perfect Jumper, […]