Iain Scott Enterprise Cafe: The Autumn Season!

Entrepreneurs and business startups: who inspires you?

I was recently asked to do an article on inspiration for entrepreneurs and business start ups and this got tme thinking…

I think there are two types of people that inspire you. The first are those who make you so angry about their approach to life and what they do that you want to change it. That was the case with me when I started teaching – with my first head teacher.  She was so profoundly anti-people that it really inspired me to take a different approach to education which I suppose I have been carrying on with ever since. Read more

Where do business ideas come from?

Well. I’ve always said that good business ideas come from conversations.

However the real trick is then to do all the work that is required to test that idea-and yourself to see if it is right for you and for your area.

The big problem I find is very few people think of the customer when they start out – they think about themselves.

I thought it would be useful to jot down a few example for you… so look out for my posts titled ‘Business ideas” for inspiration!