by Admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, People & Organisations
What if you could change the world with your pants? That was the question posed by Sarah Jordan, Founder of social enterprise, Y.O.U Underwear, to the audience at Pitch at the Pub in Oxford on Wednesday 17th January. “Pitch @ the Pub is an awareness raising...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Oxford, People & Organisations
Keen to follow the best advice, when I first started my business I wandered down to a few networking groups. But I found them rather phony and stiff – it seemed to be all about entrepreneurs trying to sell to each other, with business cards being handed out before...
by Admin | Dec 24, 2017 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Creative & Cultural, Exploring Opportunities, General
The poet Keats talked about a special quality of attention that enabled him to see the world differently and turn that into creative expression. He called it negative capability and described it as a state of being “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties,...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, General, Oxford
This is the third blog in the series about intellectual property, “The First Questions to ask yourself when you have that big idea” (Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4) What do people want? Get to know your market, customers and competitors early Sounds like...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, General, Oxford
This is the second blog in the series about intellectual property, “The First Questions to ask yourself when you have that big idea” (Read Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4) Where can you get some help? The most successful ideas always benefit from some! The idea of...
by Admin | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles & Information, Blog & Case Studies, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Personalised
Want to start a startup or working on your next idea? Many ideas fail and you don’t want yours to join this sad list. Even if you have created a successful product before, it doesn’t guarantee the success of the next one. Remember, the same company that sold 1 billion...
