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Watch Rowena Mead On The BBC

Just a quick reminder to all of you who enjoy Rowena Mead’s series of blog posts here on SmallBizPod - she’s being featured on a Money Programme special this evening at 7.00pm on BBC2.
If you miss the episode, you ought to be able to watch the programme again for 7 days on the BBC’s [...]

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Diary of a Young Entrepreneur - Filaments and Fame

In the fifth of her monthly blog posts charting her journey towards taking an invention to market, young entrepreneur Rowena Mead gets a call from the BBC and drives herself mad completing here own prototype.
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And so at last I had found prototype help – my meeting with Richard Hall shed light on why I [...]

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Diary of a Young Entrepreneur - licensing and light at the end of the tunnel

In the fourth of her monthly blog posts charting her journey towards taking an invention to market, young entrepreneur Rowena Mead finds some valuable contacts and sees light at the end of the prototype tunnel.
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So, the Knowledge Rich scheme was my first attempt at trying to get prototype help. I heard back from two universities, [...]

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Diary of a Young Entrepreneur - market research and PR

In the third of her monthly blog posts charting her journey towards taking an invention to market, young entrepreneur Rowena Mead does her market research and looks forward to product prototypes.
Previous entries in the series:

1. Diary Of A Young Entrepreneur - innovation or bust?
2. Diary Of A Young Entrepreneur - protection and prototypes
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After filing for [...]

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Female Entrepreneur Awards

The closing date for nominations in the Prowess Awards is 12 January 2007.  The awards recognise successful women in business and those who support female enterprise.
I’ve been familiar with Prowess for 4 or 5 years now.  It’s a very positive organisation doing great work to give more women the confidence and inspiration they need to start and run their own [...]

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SmallBizPod #76 - Silver Cross, British branding and international trade

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