GWIIN (Global Women Inventor and Innovators Network) recognises the good work that organisations are doing for the benefit of many women inventors and innovators. As a result, this year they are selecting a few organisations and presenting them with the GWIIN Organisation ‘Special Recognition’ Award. Make Your Mark will receive one of these along with 10 other companies from all over the globe! MYM receives this award for the invaluable support and assistance that we provide many exceptionally creative and innovative women.
A pat on the back for the Make Your Mark Campaign team & Spark: The National Women’s Enterprise Ambassador Network!!!
Well, as for all the negative press and comments about recessions and credit crunches, at the Women in Business event attended by fourteen entrepreneurs and MP, Yvette Cooper in Castleford today there wasn’t a single moan or groan in sight, just positive comments and the most tremendous inspirational stories.
Each person around the table had a different tale to tell and what made it more interesting was that they were so varied and in some cases sparked off a round of giggles – from recession busting ‘oldies’ to decisions between marrying a rich man or getting a job – the job won!
The winners of the Global Entrepreneurship Week competition, Unleash It, went along to their prize pow-wow with Raj Anand and the social networking geniuses at Kwiqq this week. The ACS (African Caribbean Society) sat down for a one on one with the team and they grabbed the guys to share their thoughts. Take a look…
It’s 9:30 in the morning in Kansas city and I am sitting between Virginia from Argentina and Jolia from Singapore. This is the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, generously hosted by our Global Entrepreneurship Week co-founders, The Kauffman Foundation.
Hosts of last November’s Global Entrepreneurship Week joined together from far and further away, battling the elements to make it to this truly global gathering. The storms have followed us from Chicago to Kansas City but the wind and the rain have been no match for the thunder and lightening unleashed by the 60 nations united in this room - 25,000 events and over 3 million participants during one Week - a stunning achievement by any standard, but when it comes to inspiration (for me)- it’s all in the detail.
Calling all female entrepreneurs. Do you want to be motivated to action? Are you looking for an event where there is laughter, great entrepreneurial spirit, fantastic networking , sense of community and real life stories of women who are making a difference and contribution to the world of business.
Well look no further. You will not want to miss The ‘Black Girls In Business’ event to be held at The Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham, London N15 4RX on Monday 9th March 2009. After the phenomenal success of The ‘Black Boys In Business’ event, this ‘Sista’ version is bought to you by public demand.
Student-based company Elevation Networks, in conjunction with Brunel University’s Entrepreneur Society, recently hosted the event ‘Let’s Talk Business’, with six guest speakers advising ambitious students on gaining financial wisdom for personal business ventures.
National celebrity of Dragon’s Den fame Levi Roots made a guest appearance, sharing the story behind the success of his infamous ‘Reggae Reggae Sauce’, currently the second highest selling sauce in the UK. The self-proclaimed ‘dragon-slayer’ offered a heart-felt take on his humble journey from a stall at Brixton market to owning Sainsbury’s fastest ever selling product. Mr Roots is also due to release an album which he proclaims was the inspiration behind his sauce.
With the tenners being released into the hands of 200,000 young people across the UK very shortly, I ask myself how I would Make My Mark with a Tenner.
With a whole month to generate some hard CASH and young people with lots of spare time, I’m thinking multi sports+tournaments = Fun, competition and cash
By holding lunch time matches, afterschool activities and evening fun you could find someone to donate a few trophy’s and supply squash and orange quarters for refreshment breaks.
ooohh it’s sooo exciting can’t wait to see what our budding entrepreneurs can generate.
Maybe hear at HQ we could try a tournament in the office ?????
In this blog I will briefly explain how if you give me £10, I can make the world a better place. With tea.
After watching a few MakeYourMark folk pondering just what they would do with a tenner, I started to ask myself the same question. How can you make a profit and a social impact with a tenner? Or, if you will, Make Your Mark with a Tenner?
I reckon what I would do is, I would have a tea party. I could probably get a cheap tea pot, some biscuits and some tea bags for a tenner. Everyone might have to bring their own mug – is that allowed?
In 2009 WinWeb will celebrate it’s 15th anniversary by hosting a Business’09 Competition to win £10,000 or an equivalent currency value for small business owners or budding start up business entrepreneurs.
Make Your Mark are supporting this excellent initiative and recommend that you take a look at the details below.
All that is required is that you let WinWeb know what you would do with the money for your business. Would you start your dream business? Start a business from home? Invest it in your current business and finish a long planned project?
My last day of Enterprise Week (booo) was spent at Wolverhampon Molineux Stadium where I facilitated a group of students for the Wolverhampton EBP Business Challenge. The aim was to come up with a business idea that could potentially be franchised in the future. Out of the 9 schools that attended the group that won was, of course… the one facilitated by a Make Your Marker!
This morning I attended the launch of a new women’s support network.
The morning was very well attended by business women and public sector people who can provide invaluable advice and help.I was given a very warm welcome by Phil Cowper and his team from the Tameside Business Familywww.tamesidebusinessfamily.com .
I arrived just in time to hear an inspiring talk by Helen Thomas MD of Meredith Thomas PR Ltd www.meridiththomas.com on what makes an entrepreneur.She surprised us all at the end of her presentation by saying that she was going to be 60 next birthday and had no intention of stepping down from managing her successful business.Helen has agreed to be an ambassador for us and spread the word that it’s never to late to give it a go!
Last night I attended a fab Fab Over 50s event in Preston.Obviously I was only allowed in under my roving reporter remit!The event was light hearted and entertaining aimed at confidence building and presentation skills.
Organised by Spark ambassador, Janet Harrison www.creative-academy.co.uk in partnership with image consultant Cliff Bashforth www.simplyimage.co.uk .Cliff gave image hints and tips to an audience of 70 or more of us hanging on his every word.I found that I’m similar to Kylie (unfortunately not because of my bum) and due to a senior moment (must have been the company) I’m not quite sure why.
Yesterday saw the launch of Speednetwork the Globe with events taking place across the world. The UK’s flagship event took place on the London eye with special guest Lord Bilimoria the founder of Cobra Beer. 60 young entrepreneurs piled into two pods to speed network 443 feet above London.
I shared a pod with Speednetworking legend Oli Barrett. Using the skills he developed as a Butlins redcoat Oli injected the pod with his own special brand of magic before introducing Alexandra Finlay the founder of the shoe company Fin’s. Alexandra told the guests about the trials and tribulations of starting up her own company but finished on a high note saying that setting up her own company had been the most rewarding experience she’d ever had.
I’ve been inspired by a wide variety of fantastic entrepreneurs at each event I’ve been to so far this week. From committed community based social entrepreneurs like Chrissey Townsend, founder of the Teviot Action Group, to energetic dynamic young entrepreneurs Sally Broom of YourSafePlanet and Nathaniel Peat of The Safety Box and , to brilliant innovators such as Celia Gates of Doctor Cook, and famous names like James Caan and Peter Jones.
I’d be interested to hear who has inspired you the most this week?
University-based enterprise societies in eight different countries connected this week for the first time using a revolutionary online Speeddating website called speeddate.com.
The online event was part of Speednetwork the Globe - a signature activity for Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international campaign to inspire and connect the next generation of entrepreneurs around the world. Speednetworking is a fresh take on traditional business networking, where the rules are very simple: (1) you must speak to someone you don’t know, (2) you must have fun, and (3) no “double-dating”, i.e. when the whistle blows, you must move on. Essentially, a whistle blows every three minutes so you are encouraged to meet as many new people as possible in a short period of time - in a fun, friendly way!
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