by Admin | Nov 20, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Personalised
What exactly is intellectual property (IP)? According to the UK Gov.uk website, “Intellectual property is something unique that you physically create – an idea alone is not intellectual property. For example, an idea for a book is not intellectual...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage
When working on your Business Model Canvas (if you haven’t created a BMC, please read this first!), one of the sections involves looking at markets and customers, and how you will sell. This is your route to market. There are many different ways to get your...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, General
Every business needs a business model. But what exactly is a business model? In the most basic terms, a business model is how you plan to make money with your business. You need to ask questions like, “Who is your target customer?”, “How...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Consumer & Retail, Creative & Cultural, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Education & Knowledge, Finance, General, Health & Wellbeing, Personalised, Social Enterprise
Writing a useful business plan takes a lot of thought, consideration and information. So where do you start? And how is it used when you want to start a business? You should check out the Business Model Canvas as well – it is a business tool used...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Consumer & Retail, Creative & Cultural, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Education & Knowledge, General, Health & Wellbeing, IT & Digital, Personalised, Science & Technology, Social Enterprise
The UK government has set out some of the steps to start a business in the UK, including steps for different types of businesses. You can find information about legal definitions, how to register a business, tax and other formalities. There are six different steps...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Personalised
The Business Model Canvas is a business tool used to visualise all the building blocks when you want to start a business, including customers, route to market, value proposition and finance. You could also try the Lean Canvas, a 20min, 1-page business plan template...
