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Diary of a Young Entrepreneur - patience is a virtue!

In the seventh of her monthly blog posts young entrepreneur and inventor Rowena Mead stays patient, has encouraging discussions with multi-nationals and answers some questions.
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Hello again, apologies for my delayed posting, but I’ve been waiting tentatively for quite some time for the results of my meetings with several big multi-nationals. I’ve also been waiting [...]

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Diary of a Young Entrepreneur - finding funding

In the sixth of her monthly blog posts charting her journey towards taking an invention to market, young entrepreneur Rowena Mead secures funding and goes in search of blue chip contacts.
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I can’t believe I’m writing my sixth blog post – the time has flown so quickly. Luckily I’m still here with things to report [...]

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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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SmallBizPod #50 - Martin Webb podcast interview

SmallBizPod #50 - Martin Webb podcast interview

Martin Webb, serial entrepreneur and host of Channel 4's 'Risking It All' on business failure & success.

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SmallBizPod #57 - Enthuse, Exceed, Enjoy.  King of Shaves.

SmallBizPod #57 - Enthuse, Exceed, Enjoy. King of Shaves.

Will King, CEO of King of Shaves, on taking his shaving products business from year one debt of £30k to #2 in the UK market.

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SmallBizPod #65 - David Wei, CEO of Alibaba.com

SmallBizPod #65 - David Wei, CEO of Alibaba.com

Interview with David Wei, ceo of Alibaba.com, the global online marketplace for SMEs, which in 2007 achieved the most successful stock market flotation since Google.

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SmallBizPod #49 - Jason Calacanis podcast interview

SmallBizPod #49 - Jason Calacanis podcast interview

Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com and one of the US's best known and most controversial Web 2.0 entrepreneurs. [Photo: Hyku]

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