Showing posts with label mentor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mentor. Show all posts

Friday, 6 July 2012

Nine Tools for Entrepreneurs


On Tuesday I was asked to join speak on "Inspiring Entrepreneurs: From Battlefield to Business" at the British Library.

Following a keynote speech from Clare Perry, the MP for Devizes Matthew Rock from Real Business, who chaired the event, introduced me, Peter Fitchett of Absolute Rubbish, Sarah-Jane Hill of Bish Bosh Becca and Mark Palmer of Green & Black's.

You can see the full webcast of the event here. My presentation starts at 17:17.

I shared nine tools that I believe can help service leavers in their journey from the Forces to Entrepreneurship. The nine tools are:
  1. Determination
  2. Adaptability
  3. Financial Analysis
  4. Marketing
  5. Timing
  6. Capital
  7. LinkedIn
  8. Coffee
  9. Crowds
I'll explore each of these tools in more detail in following posts.

After the presentation we faced questions from the audience and also via twitter from the online viewers. I asked what tools other people would recommend and "Mentor" was a frequent suggestion - what additional tools would you suggest?