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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday, we drew attention to the rise in the number of start-ups in 2011. Unsurprisingly, the number of freelance workers has also gone up – quite a lot, in fact. According to research released by Kingston University in November last year, there were 12 per cent more freelancers in 2011 than in 2008, the start [...]
As published by Enterprise Nation Is the old work/life balance mantra is out of synch with today’s working environment? And surely if you love what you do, you want to do it as much as you can? So why do we have to stop ‘working’ when the corporate world does to have this said balance?Unquestionably, laptops, [...]
Following last week’s #watercoolermoment here are 7 (light hearted) advantages of working from home. Let’s start with what most conventionally employed people always say – you can wear what you want. Realistically, most of still get dressed for work but many probably start on the emails whilst still in our PJs. We have flexible hours. [...]
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