"The Future Face of Enterprise is a world of choice that remains anchored in place and space. Start-ups are firmly embedded in a locality but will increasingly have a global mindset as they strive to compete in an inter-connected economy."
Whether she’s creating bags made from seat belts or replacing Valentine’s roses with snowdrops, Cyndi Rhoades is helping one person at a time live a more sustainable life.
"Social enterprise will be extremely important in the future face of enterprise. Social enterprise has a virtuous cycle of ‘knock-on benefits’: the enterprise is sustainable because it is a business but its social agenda attracts corporate investment.
"I really think our society has been entrepreneurial throughout history. In the 18th and 19th centuries UK businesses conquered the world. We are not a nation of shop keepers, we are nation of entrepreneurs."
"Last year I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the launch of Enterprise Week. One of my fellow speakers that day was Professor Richard Scase – a top academic and serial predictor of future business scenarios."
"The UK private equity industry is a global success story, but that success is founded in large part, on the talent and vision of a select group known as entrepreneurs."
"Running my own businesses for the least fifteen years has taken me from being a one man show to heading a team of 80 people."
"The Future of enterprise is Female!! The number of small firms in the UK is growing and an increasing number of these are owned and run by women. Girls are now outperforming boys at school and at university."
Inspiring Story: Lisa Tse
"I believe the drive towards an enterprise culture in the UK is due to the change of structure of the UK economy"
"Innovative ideas and the tenacity, flexibility and communication skills to make them happen are essential if we’re going to come closer to bridging the gap between the society we want and the one we have."
"Enterprise is essential to Ravensbourne’s progress as a centre of excellence in Higher Education and enterprise activities are embedded throughout our curriculum. "
"In the twenty-first century we find ourselves in an exciting period of rapid change, both in culture and technology."
"The future face of enterprise will be defined by those who are willing to take risks, experiment vigorously, and continue on in the face of failure."
"Pragmatic sense will define the future face of enterprise in the creative industries. Substitute arts funding with business support funding. Address the issue of non-business-experienced art college lecturers."
"We are witnessing a user-driven revolution."
The entrepreneur spirit is alive and well and is flowing from homes up and down the country.
"Enterprise is the engine of economic growth and as such needs to be seen as a natural choice for people that want to set up businesses in the same way that people go into professions."
"I think that there can be a danger with too much rhetoric about the joys of starting a business – any business. For me, it has been by far and away the most rewarding, but also the most difficult, thing I have ever done."
'We are becoming faster, more connected and more aware, and in our better use of increasingly available resources; we are more powerful enterprise makers."
"Britain has always had many great entrepreneurs, including some with a strong social conscience. But the 2000s have brought a striking shift in how entrepreneurship connects to social needs."
