Starting a business under lockdown.
This week, we chatted to Alex Evans from Aluminaire Marketing about the suprising rewards of starting a business under lockdown. 2020 has been an unprecedented and chaotic year so far, but the sudden uncertainty of my future massively motivated me to get working on it. COVID-19 close my university in March, cancelled multiple career opportunities…
5 steps for dealing with competition.
‘Competition’ might just be the scariest word in the entire business vocabulary, but there are some steps you can take to deal with it. 1. Accept the fact that competition exists When you’re first starting out, its very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that your idea is so original and so unique…
Learning for yourself: the keys to growth in business.
This week, we chatted to Dan Simmons at Quensus about the keys to growth in business: learning and putting in the work. Quensus offers smart water metering and leak detection products. We can monitor, diagnose, and control any water supply effortlessly using the power of the internet, which helps to reduce bills and prevent costly…
The dos and don’ts of graduate self-employment.
This week, we spoke to Tom Davenport, Founding Director at TPD Digital about the dos and don’ts of graduate self-employment. What do you do when you’re stuck in a dead-end retail job with nothing to your name besides a Bachelor’s degree that has thus far proven pretty useless? Buying a second-hand camera from Ebay for…
The hard work and rewards of being in business
This week, we chatted to Dr Theresa Simpkin. Terri is an associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and owner of Mischief Business Engineering. I’m currently an Associate Professor and Director, Senior Leadership Degree Apprenticeship – EMBA at the University of Nottingham but I also have my own small company called Mischief Business Engineering. I…
Adjusting your business model to survive amidst the COVID19 outbreak
This week, we chatted to Stephen Roberts, Business Gateway Manager at Keele University, about the support available for small businesses – and how we can adapt to survive the COVID19 outbreak. Gateway is the route in to the University to access our range of ERDF, academic and graduate employment programmes. My role includes signposting and…
Introducing LadderTech
Starting your own business? It’s fun. It’s exciting. It’s hard work. There’s a reason that 90% of start-ups fail, and its not because they’re bad at what they do. Often, its because they’re so good at what they do, that they don’t think of the other things they need to run a business. At a…
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