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Passionate SportStars Scoop Startups Awards

I had the great pleasure of attending the Startups Awards yesterday afternoon to mix with some inspiring new businesses at an event that had a real buzz to it.
The startup to walk away with the overall winner prize was SportStars which provides organised sport coaching sessions for 4-12 year olds through schools and the local [...]

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Employment accolades

Here’s an interesting story that happens to tie in with another of my core activities. A franchise operation, the Dyno Group, has won an award as a good place to work.
Actually there’s a little more to it than that. The franchise’s parent company has won, so the franchise - which no doubt played its part [...]

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Are you the best franchisee?

The search is on for Britain’s best franchisee - click here for the British Franchise Association’s website which carries details on the front page.
Personally I wonder about the validity of this sort of exercise. Yes of course there can be awards for business, but supposing someone is involved in manufacturing something under a franchise agreement. [...]

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A swarm of small business awards

Until I started posting about them on this blog, it hadn’t struck me before how many awards there are for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
I’m all for celebrating success and let’s face it small business owners are well deserving of a few plaudits.  And an award is good for business.  Not only for the winners, but [...]

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Business Startups Awards Launched

Entries are now open for the fourth annual Startups Awards which aim to recognise the most successful new businesses launched in the last three years.

There’s a wide range of award categories, so if you think your business deserves recognition, it’s worth a punt. Generally the amount of effort required to enter this type of [...]

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SmallBizPod #61 - Levi Roots Podcast

SmallBizPod #61 - Levi Roots Podcast

Levi Roots talks about slaying Dragons in the Den, motivation, self-belief and taking your entrepreneurial chances when they come your way.

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SmallBizPod #53 - Thursday 16 August 2007

SmallBizPod #53 - Thursday 16 August 2007

Remarkable entrepreneur, Jennifer Irvine of The Pure Package, talks about her gourmet food business, overcoming adversity, the power of PR and celebrity clients.

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SmallBizPod #38 - Thursday 25 January 2007

SmallBizPod #38 - Thursday 25 January 2007

Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre authors of Mavericks at Work and founders of Fast Company magazine, talk about innovation and open source.

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SmallBizPod #47 - Tuesday 22 May 2007

SmallBizPod #47 - Tuesday 22 May 2007

London Business School, interview with staff, students and participants in the Venture Capital Investment Competition.

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