Examining companies, ideas and products that have become highly successful within their industry.
With only a few pounds in his pocket and the will to succeed, a young entrepreneur has proved his teachers wrong by setting up his own business now worth over £250,000.
Stuart Edney dropped out of a university course in entrepreneurship when he was 22 with the idea of starting his own company. …continue reading the story
called Young Entrepreneur Proves Teachers Wrong
The increasing battle for a share of the blog search market is moving in Google’s favour, as new figures show the search giant is gaining a larger share of the market.
Google’s Blog Search, which trawls the internet for blog sites as opposed to any other type of website, has been particularly successful in the past few months and according to metrics firm Hitwise, it has now become the top blog search site in the world. …continue reading the story
called Conquering the Blog Search Market the Google Way
Entrepreneurs often start their careers young, but many won’t get the break they’re seeking until they are well into their professional life. Indeed, many entrepreneurs do not have the experience or contacts to successfully strike out on their own until they have been working for a concerted period of time.
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called Return of the Million Dollar Page
One of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs is to be rewarded for his efforts by his hometown university.
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has announced that it is to honour Larry Kinch, an oil entrepreneur and technologist who has been instrumental in the development of the world’s oil industry over the years.
Mr Kinch is to be presented with an honorary degree from the university, which will make him a Doctor of Technology.
Mr Kinch is a great believer in the importance of technology in driving growth and moving the sector forward. On the announcement of his honorary degree from Robert Gordon University, he explained: “Technology is actually the great provider for this industry but many people fail to understand that.” …continue reading the story
called Larry Kinch - Oil Entrepreneur Honoured
With publicity about businesses’ alleged exploitation of workers or undesirable practices becoming more widespread than ever, it is increasingly useful for a firm to make efforts to be seen as ‘ethical’ - and to bear out its promises with positive actions.
Consumers are increasingly savvy about environmental issues, as well as those involving the exploitation of people who produce firms’ products. Questions will inevitably be asked about how a product is produced, what from, where it came from and what the economic situations are of the people who made it. Therefore many firms, as well as ensuring that their own activities are up to the mark, are actively looking to change the way things are in the wider world. …continue reading the story
called Turn Your Company Profits Around - Running Your Business The Ethical Way
To what extent does force of personality make or break an entrepreneur? It sounds a bit like an exam question, but it’s well worth pondering by casting the eye over the successful businessmen we’ve already profiled.
Sir Richard Branson has already been cited as an example of somebody who was ineffective academically but grew to thrive through, in part, force of personality. Never failing to exude an almost boyish charm, he thrives on spontaneity and the ability to come out with a pleasing soundbite which will make others feel good and promote a positive image of himself or his own ventures. But that’s not to suggest that he isn’t genuine - he once explained that “having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them,”and this has been borne out in his career. He is an altruist, somebody who genuinely wants to make the world - and people - better. Profitable relationships and joint ventures are always likely to result from such an outlook, especially when married with an astute business sense. …continue reading the story
called Entrepreneurism And Personality
The 17th century philosopher John Locke spoke of the “tabula rasa” - the blank slate onto which experiences are etched, subsequently affecting our ideas, sensations and characteristics. There were, he said, no innate ideas stamped upon the mind from birth. A budding entrepreneur might construe this as a sign that Locke was suggesting, by extension, that a man must become successful in business through training, application and experience rather than through an innate drive - but can we say that this is true?
A recent survey by the US’s Northeastern University, in Massachussetts, tends to fly in the face of this. Studying the responses of over 200 entrepreneurs from across the Atlantic, it gleaned that a majority (62 per cent) believed they were born with the desire and ambition to found their own businesses - suggesting that nature may be more valuable than nurture when it comes to realising one’s goals. …continue reading the story
called Entrepreneurism - Nature Or Nurture?
