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Mompreneurs: working mothers setting up small businesses..

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 10:41 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Don't you just love the term mompreneur? We promise we haven't made this up - it stems of course, from the good old USA. I guess here in the UK we'd say Mumpreneurs instead, but that sounds a bit grumpy. Anyone got any alternative suggestions? Along with Read More...
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You're never too young (or too old) to start in business

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 10:43 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Policemen are getting younger, so are doctors - and so it seems, are inventors. Forget crusty old ‘Q' and think instead of a five-year old boy called Sam Houghton, who has come up with the idea of a double-headed broom which collects large debris, such Read More...
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Biggest financing mistakes by first-time entrepreneurs

Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:59 AM by Microsoft Small Business
To use an American phrase - ‘Cash is the gas that keeps every entrepreneurial engine running'. When companies run out of cash from investors, lenders, or customers - they go out of business. It's that simple. This makes the person managing your finances Read More...
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Focusing on women in business

Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:47 PM by Microsoft Small Business
The budget focus on encouraging women to take on a more entrepreneurial role in the workforce, especially after taking time out to have a family, has – as you would expect - prompted positive and supportive reaction from women-focused websites and organisations. Read More...
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Women - get ready to be inspired

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 10:03 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Female entrepreneurs in Scotland are invited to attend a unique event allowing them to learn from some of the UK's most successful businesswomen. The everywoman Conference Scotland features presentations and workshops led by women with a proven track Read More...
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New Microsoft Office Live webcasts

Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 9:19 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Have you signed up to Office Live yet? Microsoft Office Live Small Business is a set of Internet-based tools to help small businesses quickly and easily create a professional web presence. You can get a free domain name and quickly and easily create your Read More...
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Third-age entrepreneurs older, wiser and setting up businesses

Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 10:18 AM by Microsoft Small Business
There's a great story on the BBC business site, talking about ‘older' entrepreneurs. Interestingly, the over-50s represent a significant proportion of start-ups and, unlike your typical 20-year whizz kid let's-make-lots-of-money scenario, their aim is Read More...
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Overcoming the FUD factor

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:55 PM by Microsoft Small Business
That's Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt by the way... following on from the Women in IT post last month, one reader asked for ideas and suggestions on how to overcome an apparent reluctance on the part of small businesses to adopt new technology, and how to Read More...
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Who said nothing in life is for FREE?

Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 10:57 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Due to popular demand, Startups Live is again underway with a series of exciting events running through October and November to offer advice and inspiration to hundreds of budding entrepreneurs. The Startups Live events are organised by startups.co.uk Read More...
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Women in IT

Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:16 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Did you know... 27% of self-employed people in the UK are women (A Strategic Framework for Women’s Enterprise, Small Business Service, 2003). 12 – 14% of businesses are majority owned by women (A Strategic Framework for Women’s Enterprise, Small Business Read More...
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Idea Volcano looks smoking

Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 1:01 PM by Microsoft Small Business
By Matt Brady A particular story caught my attention this morning in our small business news feed on bCentral. Jamie Murray Wells, the 24 year old founder of Glasses Direct , has launched another cracking site - Idea Volcano - alongside Oli Barrett and Read More...
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