The Role of the Enterprise Coach or Outreach Worker

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Mike Chitty

It seems to me that there are an awful lot of enterprise coaches/outreach workers/community motivators /enterprise enablers out there all of whom are tasked with the similar roles:

to promote an enterprise culture in the community that they work in, and
to help individuals to start their own businesses by providing 121 support and signposting them to [...]

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Enterprise Reports

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Mike Chitty

March and April seems to have been a busy month for the publication of a range of papers relevant to community based enterprise.
First we had the Enterprise White Paper – more spelling mistakes than original ideas – what a disapointment – or have I missed something?  Supposed highlights include:

Improving access to finance for SME’s (now [...]

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Entrepreneurship and community development

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Mike Chitty

Imagine a community that is seeking to develop itself.
Now imagine that you were given the chance to bring 100 people to the community. You had to choose between:

100 artists
100 politicians
100 planners
100 entrepreneurs
100 writers
100 scientists
100 engineers
100 inventors

Which group would you choose?
Why?

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