Great teaching: Entrepreneurship, enterprise & business
Discover how pioneering teachers and trainers approach the subjects of entrepreneurship, enterprise and business
Teach & Defeat Deafening Silence
Being able to defeat deafening silence is a behaviour most entrepreneurs must demonstrate
Teaching budding entrepreneurs about finance, marketing and business plans etc. is commonplace.
But why is it so many courses forget to include a fundamental issue virtually all start-ups face? Read More
Have You Been Mis-sold Christmas?
Calls you don't want
Hold onto to your festive hats folks.
It's emerging billions of people worldwide may have been mis-sold Christmas.
You may be affected.
Mis-sold Christmas - what, more porky pies?
Stories about flying reindeer, sacks of presents disappearing down chimneys and a white-bearded jolly soul riding a sky-high sleigh, may, just may, contain a whiff of untruth... Read More
My Biggest Fear: Time to Confess and Confront
Fears: confess and confront
Last month's post was published days before I completed my first marathon. For me, the run was three hours of joy followed by 96 minutes of unrelenting pain. Finishing provoked elation, tears and disbelief... Read More
Detecting Meaningful Success
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In fewer than 7 days I embark on another uncertain journey in search of meaningful success. But, unlike my current solo visit to Colombia, I am questioning my ability to complete the 'trip' and know 'pain' will be a regular companion... Read More
Brainpower Waste
Waste: a subject loved by lateral-minded, innovative entrepreneurs
THERE is nothing I want more than for good minds to go to waste.
I joke not. Brilliant young brains in all aspects of education – especially budding entrepreneurs who could and should be applying themselves to turning brainpower waste into lolly... Read More
How to Make a Fast Entrepreneurial Fortune
To make a fast entrepreneurial fortune in business requires the right mindset
If you want to make a fast entrepreneurial fortune today, buy a lottery ticket.
But if you possess some skills, resilience, patience and a preparedness to read the rest of this post, there is an alternative... Read More
Entrepreneurship Awards for You to Win
What entrepreneurship awards are up for grabs?
Remember how a Compendium of Games was always a standard, delightful gift under your Christmas tree?
Well, ho, ho, ho, I have a similar offering for you, which should bring fascination throughout 2016 – and perhaps for years to come... Read More
Business advisers must nurture people
Whilst my work involves frequent presentations to people within education, it's rare for me to be in a primary school.
But this last week, one audience was a class of enthusiastic Year 6 pupils from the Yorkshire town of Selby... Read More