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Business Basics: Creating a brand – Colin Green of Wildfire Design

by Zarina | 17 May 2012 | 2 comments

Colin Green, Director of Wildfire Design, has used his experience to share some of the processes that need to be considered when creating  a new brand. Colin’s 4 steps when creating a new brand. 1. Vision …

Business Basics: 5 essential PR tips for your new business.

by Zarina | 16 May 2012 | no comments

PR is about creating some noise around your business and exposing it to your target audience. It’s essential to getting your name heard. 1. Offline PR: Call/write to your local paper/radio station and tell them …

Pioneers News 271: Today – Twitter Q + A with Fraser Doherty of SuperJam.

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If you missed out on all of the excitement yesterday, we’re pleased to announce that Dan Watson of SafetyNet has won our Pitch to Richard Branson competition! #VMPitch2Rich Dan Watson, the brains behind SafetyNet Technologies is …

Dan Watson wins ‘Pitch to Richard Branson’ with “sea-shaking” idea

by Erica | 15 May 2012 | 3 comments

Dan Watson, the brains behind SafetyNet Technologies is the winner of Pitch to Richard Branson. His idea for a specialist fishing net to support sustainable fishing captured the attention of the panel and Richard Branson …

Tech Tuesday: Does man or machine drive innovation?

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The BBC recently published an article questioning whether man or machine drove innovation. The article asked: ‘Can we still say that innovation is truly driven by the entrepreneur or are eureka moments increasingly only coming …

Pioneers discuss ‘is having a career before starting a business is necessary?’

by Zarina | 12 May 2012 | one comment

VMP team member Katherine asked Pioneers whether they thought that working for someone else for a long period of time was a necessary step to take before becoming a successful entrepreneur… Pioneer responses: Stuart of …

Pioneer of the Week: Tim Knight – Amaze Magazine

by Zarina | 11 May 2012 | 4 comments

This week’s Pioneer of the Week is Tim Knight. Tim will join the running for May’s Pioneer of the Month. Why we’ve chosen Tim: We’ve selected Tim as Pioneer of the Week for his fab introduction …

The Round-Up: 13.6 % of the British working force work remotely.

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Do you work remotely? A recent report indicates that the proportion of people who work remotely has been increasing steadily over the past few years. More people work remotely than you might imagine ‘The UK Labour …

Business Basics: 5 top tips on managing your cash flow – Bernard Willis of AIMS

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Accountant Bernard Willis examines some of the finance issues that SMEs face when starting a business and shares his top tips on how you can resolve them. Five things to remember when running a business: …

Business Basics: Top 5 tips when starting out – Fraser Doherty of Superjam

by Zarina | 10 May 2012 | 4 comments

Fraser Doherty, now 23, set up SuperJam at 14 using his Gran’s jam 
recipes. Read on for his top tips on starting a business and then join him for a live Twitter Q&A on May 16, …