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		<title>My very partial perspective on the best of GEW</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/23/my-very-partial-perspective-on-the-best-of-gew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex_Goldup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, that was Global Entrepreneurship Week, that was.
What a week. I attended a microscopic fraction of even the events that were held in UK: the people who attended even this tiny sample of events were drawn from all walks of life and each had their own highly distinctive story to tell. If the week taught me <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/23/my-very-partial-perspective-on-the-best-of-gew/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The pains of youth</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/10/05/the-pains-of-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I spoke to one of my friends, a recent graduate, who has been unemployed for a number of months &#8211; a situation I remember well after leaving University, unlike my contemporaries, without a job in the city lined up. We chatted about the sense of worthlessness, the fear and panic that at not <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/10/05/the-pains-of-youth/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s your inspiration?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations for the Queen&#8217;s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened.  Lord Mandelson suggests that &#8216;recipients of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP) are outstanding individuals who are inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and giving them the skills and attitudes they need to succeed&#8217; and that &#8216;they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s the most inspiring entrepreneur you&#8217;ve heard this week?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/whos-the-most-inspiring-entrepreneur-youve-heard-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alistair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been inspired by a wide variety of fantastic entrepreneurs at each event I&#8217;ve been to so far this week. From committed community based social entrepreneurs like Chrissey Townsend, founder of the Teviot Action Group, to energetic dynamic young entrepreneurs Sally Broom of YourSafePlanet and Nathaniel Peat of The Safety Box and , to brilliant innovators <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/whos-the-most-inspiring-entrepreneur-youve-heard-this-week/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edible Entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/edible-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>luc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steakhouse Team have been very impressed by the food at this years EW events. There’s something about the spread laid on by an event that speaks volumes. 
 
The week was kick-started by The Big Debate –Can Entrepreneurs Change The World? Upon arrival we were treated to some lovely bowl food – bangers and mash, <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/edible-entrepreneurship/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The whistleblower</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/the-whistleblower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the young people I&#8217;ve seen this week have been surprised at their ability to do public speaking &#8211; after being asked to do so at Enterprise Week events. One of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Global Fellows spoke in front of 400+ people on Monday (at Chain Reaction) and the confidence it gave her was <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/19/the-whistleblower/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>a video a week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/a-video-a-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote a blog. The mother of all blogs. Internet connection went down, and the blog was left a note floating in cyber-space. So now I post my much anticipated (!) blog:
Well, i&#8217;m sitting here next to a very inspirational women. Sarah, the founder of Pai Skincare. She&#8217;s been running her organic skincare company <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/a-video-a-week/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown joins The Debate!</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/gordon-brown-joins-the-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/gordon-brown-joins-the-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out what the Prime Minister had to say at yesterday&#8217;s Big Debate event in London: 

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		<title>Lamb cutlets at No. 10, the &#8216;buff one&#8217; off Dragon&#8217;s Den and an admission &#8211; I&#8217;m addicted to Twitter</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/lamb-cutlets-at-no-10-the-buff-one-off-dragons-den-and-an-admission-im-addicted-to-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day one of Global Entrepreneurship Week was brilliant. It started slowly as I&#8217;m fighting off a cold but the adrenalin soon kicked in when the TV and radio coverage started rolling in &#8211; BBC Breakfast and the R4 Today Programme quickly followed by more R4 (You and Yours, Women&#8217;s Hour), Working Lunch and BBC Asian <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/18/lamb-cutlets-at-no-10-the-buff-one-off-dragons-den-and-an-admission-im-addicted-to-twitter/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Debate, South Bank, London</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/17/big-debate-south-bank-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Entrepreneurship Week has kicked off in style! I&#8217;m in a great venue in the South bank surrounded by inspiring people, who are all here to discuss The Big Debate &#8220;In the current economic climate, can entrepreneurs change the world&#8221;?
Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Business Secretary opened the event. My favourite statement from his opening speech <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2008/11/17/big-debate-south-bank-london/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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