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Movie – Papadopoulos & Sons

Movie – Papadopoulos & Sons

All I knew……this was about a fish and chip shop so I’d assumed it was British. The low down…Harry has built up an empire from nothing and has taken out a huge loan to build a sky scraper that should be his legacy. He’s widowed and bringing up three kids who live in luxury with [...]

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Business:Making exhibitions work

Business:Making exhibitions work

As published by Handmade UK Once you’ve decided to start selling your lovely handmade items at craft fairs and events, how do you make sure you make the maximise the opportunity and increase your chances of gettting those all important sales? Rickie Josen tells us how… Here at Crafty Skills we run Success Workshops to help support and grow small businesses and one [...]

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StartUp Saturday launches in Birmingham

StartUp Saturday launches in Birmingham

As published on Enterprise Nation Enterprise Nation community member Rickie Josen became our first StartUp Saturday franchisee on Saturday 22nd September, taking a class for new business owners in Hotel La Tour, Birmingham. Here’s her account of the day. The first StartUp Saturday outside Birmingham arrived with seven intrepid business people making their way to [...]

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BUSINESS: Finding Your First Customer

BUSINESS: Finding Your First Customer

As published on UK Handmade Turning your hobby into a fully fledged creative business can be a daunting task but here are a few useful tips from Rickie Josen ofCrafty Skills. Recently we ran a Success Workshop which had the official title of ‘How to sell to those other than friends, relatives and colleagues’. These workshops offer practical tips [...]

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4 hour work week

Book – The 4-hour work week, Tim Ferriss (Part 2)

Am I being productive or active? These are some of the many tips for being productive. One of my often used words is ‘focus’ and Ferriss is big on making every minute count and not creating tasks for yourself. If [due to a heart attack] you could only work 2 hours per day, what would [...]

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4 hour work week

Book – The 4-hour work week, Tim Ferriss (Part 1)

Despite knowing about this book when it first came out, I thought I would dislike it and never got round to picking it up. It was lent to me and now that I’ve read it, not only did I enjoy it, in context, I realise I actually am doing or have done in the last [...]

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What I love about Twitter

As published by Enterprise Nation. What I love about Twitter (and some tips for good tweeting) Freelance writer and Enterprise Nation community member Rickie Josen has previously told us about her love of networking through MeetUp and Jelly. She’s also a regular contributor to our Twitter-based daily #Watercoolermoment. Here’s why Rickie thinks Twitter is such [...]

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Making the Leap from Hobby to Full Time Business

Making the Leap from Hobby to Full Time Business

As written for UK Handmade 24/05/2012 Today, writer, crafts events organiser and trainer, Rickie Josen, examines how to make the leap from hobby to full-time business. Making the leap Have you ever found yourself sitting at the computer, looking longingly at the beautiful photographs of lovely handmade creations made by those clever people who have managed to turn what they [...]

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What holiday habits will you bring into your working life in 2012 to make it more fun?

What holiday habits will you bring into your working life in 2012 to make it more fun?

Each weekday at 11am, we invite Enterprise Nation followers on Twitter to take a short break and join us for a chat. We call it the #WatercoolerMoment and we’ll often pose a question to get the conversation started. Last week we asked: ‘What holiday habits will you bring into your working life in 2012 to make it more fun?’  [...]

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The wonderful thing about Jelly…

The wonderful thing about Jelly…

Regular Enterprise Nation contributor Rickie Josen is a big fan of Jelly. No, not the wobbly stuff you eat with ice cream, but the loose co-working group for freelancers and homeworkers that meets in cafes, home, offices – and other locations – across the US and, increasingly, the UK. This is what Rickie has to say about [...]

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