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So, if you haven't seen already, this week's big story (across the world) is Matthew Robson, 15 (and seven months), who was interning at Morgan Stanley and wrote a report on digital media that was published by the bank - 这份报告来自于摩根士丹利一位15岁的实习生马修·罗布森(Matthew Robson)。以下是报告的主要内容： ·年轻人不想为音乐付费，当然也不愿为CD买单 Executivos da Morgan Stanley pediram a Matthew Robson, um estagiário de uma escola londrina, um estudo sobre os hábitos de consumo de seus amigo 4

This month world-renowned academic Zoltan Acs came into Make Your Mark to discuss his ideas about entrepreneurship - the interview is available on our website - HERE. There are two things he says, in particular, that I think you might disagree with - 1) Entrepreneurship is only for middle class people, not for poor people 2) We shouldn't encourage entrepreneurship - only high growth entrepreneurship 3

Suzanne at the Big Lottery Fund just alerted me to a great resource - a report by the Young Foundation which maps rural needs across the UK. This could be useful for any entrepreneurs wishing to apply to be a Village Champion in the Village SOS project! 0

The HSBC’s Future of Business report has identified four new types of future entrepreneurs. 1) The Referral Economists: commercially-minded folk who have emerged from the social networking boom. 2) The Slash Slash Careerist: the product of the MySpace School of business who see themselves as brands and their customers as fans. 3) The Collaborateer: walks the [...] 0

At Make Your Mark, we’re very interested in what exactly spurs people on to become entrepreneurs. Is it nature or nurture? Are there certain qualities that all or almost all entrepreneurs have in common? And how might these typical features have changed? As this article suggests, some of the assumptions people might have made 25 [...] 2

Last year the number of new start-ups actually rose by 1%, according to figures from Barclays. Interestingly it was female-only start-ups leading the way - with a 9% increase on 2007 - compared with just under 1% growth of male-only start-ups. Even though the credit crunch only got properly underway in September 2008, its still an encouraging [...] 0