Global Entrepreneurship Week

Feeding your Enterprising Soul during Global Entrepreneurship Week

This week I am in greater demand than ever as of course we are at the start of ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week’ which kicked off on today.

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The Problem with Entrepreneurs’ Clothes…

…or what not to wear at Enterprise Awards Ceremonies.

What should entrepreneurs wear to award ceremonies? I ask this because I’ve been invited to The Hub Business Awards in Cornwall later this month and the dress code is “funky casual.”

Well the invitations came out and at the bottom was the dress code.  This unusual directive is causing considerable distress to a number of male invitees who have, apparently, been observed wringing their hands and whimpering: “Does this mean I can’t wear a suit?”

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Airport Delays – Good for Business?

When airport delays can be good for business growth.

Well there I was sitting at my local airport which had been suddenly and unexpectedly fog bound. I say unexpectedly because for the last week we in Cornwall have had a late, glorious summer and I was not expecting a sudden onslaught of winter.

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Inspiring small businesses to think like entrepreneurs

“How do you inspire small businesses to become entrepreneurs?” I was once asked

What an intriguing question, I thought.

“We take them away from where they are and give them a holiday – in the sense of thinking about their businesses” I answered, off the cuff.

And that’s exactly what I had the chance to do, courtesy of Scottish Enterprise.

Two years ago, 12 of Scotland’s top hoteliers and hospitality and tourism businesses made their way down to Cornwall for an Enterprise Learning Journey. I designed this with this question in mind: if you can teach people how to become entrepreneurs, can you teach companies to be entrepreneurial as well? The answer, I think, is yes. Read more