Last night myself and a plethora of Make Your Markers went to an event hosted by one of our lovely Make Your Mark Ambassadors Priya Lakhani, to celebrate the first year of her company Masala Masala (which creates authentic Indian cooking sauces) – and it’s charitable arm The Masala Masala Project.
We were treated to Bollywood dancing, Read more…
Aside from fawning over Meryl Streep in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and practising my best Wilhemina Slater glare in the mirror every morning, I have also been known to read the news (like Alan Sugar, I’ve been avoiding the ‘Credit Crunch’ Business pages for months) as part of my daily routine.
Today I stumbled upon a Read more…
Some of the very best thinkers in history have passed through the doors of the British Library - they were in good company when our inspirational band of Passions into Profit panellists whirled in on Tuesday evening, each bursting at the seams with great hints and tips on starting a business.
Don’t wory if you missed it: Make Read more…
Yes its true. Well its true in the sense that a man with a laundry business dressed up as Superman and washed some clothes on the plinth in Trafalgar Square.
What a great example of how a small business can punch above their weight and get national exposure – off the back of his appearance he Read more…
At Make Your Mark Towers, we like to think of ourselves as collection of youthful, sprightly folk. Accordingly - consistent with a tradition that has been passed down from one generation of young people to another – we can occasionally be heard grumbling about the parents. Personality defects? We blame the parents; sloppy habits? We blame the parents.
Enough.
Our ongoing Parents campaign should put to rest such ungrateful, ill-founded grumbles.
The Read more…
Do you view celebrities as entrepreneurs?
Their are some very interesting views on this one in the Make Your Mark Forum, to find out what they are join in and have your say. From Rhianna umbrellas to Bill Oddie Binoculars.
Join in on the forum and wet your entreprenuerial appetitie with topics from your big idea to being networked.
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Those clever folk over at BusinessZone are going to hold the grand final of The Pitch during – you guessed it – Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Held in Central London on Monday 16th November, the Pitch grand final will bring to a close a national competition to find the most exciting and innovative small companies in the Read more…
Everyone who leaves the security of their job to venture forth into the business world does so believing sufficiently in themselves and their new venture to take the plunge. In short they believe that they will succeed. The sad reality is many of these courageous adventurers will meet an untimely end! Want to succeed in your first new business venture? Don’t jump ship too soon, stay in the security of your job/studies until you are ready.
Everyone is talking about the very emotive words of wisdom from the parents of Make Your Mark Ambassadors. So for one of those my parents used to say moments
“A negative can nearly always be turned into a positive and if mistakes are made occasionally the golden rule is to learn from them and move on.”
For Read more…
Entrepreneurs tell who their biggest source of support was when they took their first, tentative entrepreneurial steps.
The O2X awards have uncovered some gems of entrepreneurs from across the UK. Amongst those shortlisted (I’m proud to say!) are four Make Your Mark Ambassadors.
Jonathan Phfal, Rockstar group, Priya Lakhani, Masala Masala, Daniel Ox, Fruit for the Office and Rajeeb Dey, Enternships. A big well done from the Make Your Mark team for getting Read more…
So when is the best time to start your business? Many would say that you’d have to be mad to do it in the middle of a recession. In the past 18 months we’ve seen some of the biggest banks, businesses and insurers make massive losses or go out of business. This sharp retraction in Read more…
New research reveals the large number of entrepreneurs aged 50 to 65 – calling time on one of many myths surrounding entrepreneurial activity
We all know our TV entrepreneurs, so it has been great looking a lot closer to home, where we have been speaking to super parents of the fabulous Make Your Mark Ambassadors. There are lots of juicy insights and the nice bits entrepreneurs wouldn’t tell you about themselves(First ventures in the playground and the lows Read more…
Join us on Wednesday September 2nd for our webchat on mentoring and networking.
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