Tag: Entrepreneurship

23rd November 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia

M.Sc. Cvetko Stavreski

Junior advisor for marketing and sales, Strategic Development Consulting Skopje, Establishment of business inclusion project in multi-ethnic communities

Why Many Businesses Fail in the First Three Years

Establishment of business inclusion project in multi-ethnic communities is designed to help potential entrepreneurs start up their companies and helps them survive their critical period with a combination of suitable mentoring courses. The project is supported by the British Embassy and implemented by Strategic Development Consulting – Skopje. At the beginning of the project implementation, […]

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7th September 2015 Khartoum

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by Michael Aron

British Ambassador to Khartoum

Back in Sudan Again

The first question almost everybody has asked me since I arrived back in Sudan after a gap of over 30 years is ‘has Sudan changed?’ I was last here in the early 1980s teaching English in a Secondary School in the northern town of Ed Damer. There are of course lots of new buildings in […]

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13th August 2015 Toronto, Canada

DementiaHack2015: Solving the challenges of living with dementia

Few people underestimate the scale of the challenge presented by dementia. The latest numbers are so large and terrifying that they start to lose meaning: 44 million people living with dementia worldwide, double this amount by 2030; a societal cost of £26 billion in England, treble this by 2030; 25 % of hospital beds in […]

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27th September 2014 Chennai, India

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by Bharat Joshi

British Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai

Unsung heroes

Last month I turned 45. I’m not telling you this so you can congratulate or commiserate with me, although my beloved wife did – very sweetly – remind me that I’m now numerically closer to 50 than 40 (thanks darling). But I do find that birthdays are increasingly occasions for reflection. This year, I was […]

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31st October 2013 Ottawa, Canada

An idea to an award: winning the UKTI’s Graduate Entrepreneurs Festival

The following blog is by our guest blogger, Richard Loat who was part of the team that won 1st place at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival An idea to an award: winning the UKTI’s Graduate Entrepreneurs Festival I have been fortunate in many ways to be a child of the world. British-born, I grew […]

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17th October 2013 Ottawa, Canada

My Experience at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival

The following blog is by our guest blogger, Lorne Grant who recently won 1st place at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival . Lorne is the owner of the shipping service company, Latharn Ltd. My Experience at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival in Manchester, UK By Lorne Grant On September 4th, I left Fort […]

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21st August 2013 Bangalore, India

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by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Startup Showcase Day in London: Be there!

The UK is considered as the digital technology capital of Europe. From the World Wide Web to the micro-computer, UK has been at the forefront of technological innovations, helping  economic growth and promoting social change. The SIN team works closely with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on digital innovations. Merlin Rory Picardo, who is the lead […]

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22nd May 2013 Ottawa, Canada

Investing in the next generation of Entrepreneurs and Innovators

At some point or another, we have all heard the saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. But nowhere is this more apparent, and perhaps even vital, than in today’s economically strenuous times. While national unemployment rates have steadily soared across North America and Europe, the recession and the subsequent shortage […]

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3rd April 2013 Washington DC, USA

Africa, Texas

It is a warm morning, and I’m standing in a crowd of Africans. Many of the women are in brightly coloured dresses; the men sport a variety of styles of headdress. A minibus pulls up and we squeeze more of us on-board than I thought possible. As we’re about to shut the door someone leans […]

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