Why Aren’t We Mowed Down in the Rush…

 
More enterprising communities are stronger, wealthier, happier and sustainable.  
Aren’t they?
The advantages are obvious.
So how come, when we’ve explained the benefits of enterprise so carefully, and offered all the help and support any budding entrepreneur could possibly need, we’re still not mowed down in the rush as enthused and energised communities respond to [...]

Managing ‘Enterprise’ Support

DCLG has sparked a renewed interest in enterprise in deprived communities with its investment in Local Enterprise Growth Initiative.  The focus on enterprise is in danger of being overwhelmed by the much larger and wider  investments going into the worklessness agenda (with more of a focus on routes into employment rather than creating your own [...]

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the US is one of the world’s top organisations for research and development into the SME sector. Although care has to be taken in translating their work (largely research based in the US) to the UK, I always find their publications to be worth a read.
They have just [...]

Supply and Demand

So David Cameron wants to double the number of Health Visitors. Those tackling the worklessness agenda want to use caseworkers to get people off of benefits and back into work. On the Enterprise agenda we have community motivators, enterprise champions, enablers and streetwalkers – all working in communities to encourage individuals to consider [...]

Enterprise is More than Entrepreneurship

One of the things that bugs me (especially when I catch myself doing it) is when we use enterprise and entrepreneurship as if they were almost the same thing.
For me, ‘enterprise’ describes a set of behaviours that are defined at the level of the individual. For example, if Richard Branson were to set [...]

When the Business Idea Just Will Not Work…

I am currently putting together a professional development programme for people who provide a range of ‘enterprise support services’.
I am trying to establish the challenges that they face and where professional or service development support might help. One of the commonest problems reported is that of helping the client to recognise when their business [...]

Barriers to Enterprise

I am starting a collection of barriers to enterprise – reasons why people do not put their enterprising ideas into practice.
My collections is a little small at the moment – so please help me by using the comments box to add to the collection:

If I start my own business I will lose my benefits [...]