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…never put all your eggs in one basket, and research your markets properly. Sound advice from Conor Woodman (Channel 4’s Around the World in 80 Trades). Particularly that bit about working with animals, as anyone who has seen the show will know.  Conor was speaking at ‘On the Road Less Travelled’ hosted by the Institute for Enterprise at Leeds Met. The event explored joint themes of travel and enterprise, and in addition to amusing anecdotes from the charming Conor there was an excellent presentation on the topic of responsible tourism and all the inevitable gap year story sharing.

A focus group followed with a number of students who had attended the event. In addition to a severe bite from the travel bug, they really responded to the personal experiences shared in the talks and they spoke of being inspired and motivated.  They realised they could use their love of travel in an enterprise – passion into profits some might say – and that starting their own business could be an alternative to the 9-5 desk job they all dread.

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