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‘Control Shift: The Rise of Young Entrepreneurs’ at ‘MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival’ Live!

by Zarina | 22 September 2011 | no comments

We’ve  just arrived in Sheffield for MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival. It’s a big day for VMP as we’ll be launching a campaign to really raise the voice of the Virgin Media Pioneers community and young …

Pioneers News 237: The latest VMP updates and opportunities!

by Zarina | 21 September 2011 | no comments

A big hello to all our new Pioneers! This week, we’ve got 2 fantastic Pioneer opportunities, a new video from Richard Branson, highlights from the blog, a glimpse into what Pioneers have been up to …

Tech Tuesday: 5 technologies that you should be incorporating into the future planning of your business

by Zarina | 20 September 2011 | one comment

Mashable recently published an article detailing 8 technologies they believe will shape the future. We’ve whittled them down to the 5  technologies that you need to keep in mind, either for the development of how …

Interview with an entrepreneur: Stacey Williamson of Two For Joy Art

by Zarina | 19 September 2011 | 5 comments

This week’s interview is with Stacey Williamson of Two For Joy Art. Stacey has set up her own business selling her beautifully made hand crafted paper cut art. Here’s how it all started… When and …

Inspired by London Fashion Week? 5 tips on starting out as a fashion designer

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If London Fashion Week has sparked a business idea in your mind , then take a look at a few of our top tips on starting out as a fashion designer. [image by BBC News …

Pioneer of the Week: Craig Richards – Geek – A binary lifestyle

by Zarina | 16 September 2011 | no comments

Well done to  Craig Richards who has been chosen as this week’s Pioneer of the Week. He’ll join the September running for Pioneer of the Month. Why Craig is our Pioneer of the Week: Craig …

The Round-Up: New Pioneer opportunity, enterprise news plus video of the week

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This week’s enterprise news includes trouble for tech ‘treps, Groupon & Facebook collaborations, Topman deemed misogynists over t-shirt line plus the silver lining in unemployment – more entrepreneurs. Hooray! Our video of the week is …

The Virgin Media Pioneers Innovation Challenge – let’s work together!

by Zarina | 15 September 2011 | no comments

Here at Virgin Media we are always looking for the next big thing and the Virgin Media Pioneers Innovation Challenge gives you the chance to design it – and win cash prizes along the way! …

4 popstars that would make fantastic entrepreneurs

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Celebs often become great entrepreneurs. We’ve had some fun and come up with some ideas for 4 popstars that we think could rock entrepreneurship. Florence and the Machine             Suggested …

Pioneers News 236: A brand new Pioneer challenge to sink your teeth in to!

by Zarina | 14 September 2011 | no comments

This week we’ll be launching an exciting challenge for all Pioneers – catch a sneak preview below.  We also look at a query about business plans posted in the Help & Advice group, plus we’ve …