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