Networking – 5 Ways to Build Strong Relationships
While everyone speaks about the importance of networking to push forward your personal and professional career, most of us wonder: What’s the secret recipe behind successful networking? It’s sustaining strong relationships and careful, but determined execution! There...
Co-working in Trend – A Look Inside the Collaborative Work Environment
The number of co-working spaces has skyrocket to more than 7,000 players all around the globe over the last three years. Now, co-workers have a great choice whether they want to join a creative common of designers, writers or artists, a diverse member-based crowd in...
IP Considerations SMEs Should Make when Looking to Export
Note: This article was first published on www.realbusiness.co.uk. Often, when deciding where to apply for IP protection, the most difficult challenge is knowing in which countries any new product or service is likely to be most successful. Here are a few IP...
Selling Online to China
There are compelling reasons why you should be selling online to Chinese consumers. Just under half of China’s 1.4 billion people are internet users and there are more than 300 million online shoppers. Latest estimates forecast that online sales of £615m will more...
The Top 4 Criteria on How to Choose the Right Mentor for your Startup
Building a startup is a bumpy journey with plenty of ups and downs. Various skills and strengths are required from an entrepreneur, but how multi-talented do you have to be? Mentors can fill in the knowledge gaps, help to push your thinking into the right direction...
What’s happening right now in the UK SME export market
The latest report coming out from FedEx earlier this week states that 63% UK SMEs are exporting, due to the decline in value of the pound. The report doesn’t state the sectors that have contributed to its’ findings, however it does say that 59% of the total revenues...
Why Having A Mentor Is Key To Small Business Success
Research has been proven that small businesses are more likely to achieve higher revenues and increased business growth if they receive valuable mentoring. At Mentoring Britain, we understand that first-time entrepreneurs are likely to face major implications in their...
The 3 Biggest Mistakes Startups Make
The 3 Biggest Mistakes Startups Make and How To Avoid Them: Running your own business can get tough. It takes a lot of courage to dedicate all of your time, money and energy into something that may or may not work out in the long-run. Being an entrepreneur you have to...
Speed Mentoring for Startups
Mentoring Britain kick-started the week with our Speed Mentoring for Startups event held at WeWork Old Street last Monday. We invited highly knowledgeable and experienced experts to act as mentors for the evening, these mentors were selected from all different fields...
Big event or little event?
Our passion for being involved with smaller events, evolved from the sudden realisation that when attending your average seminar with 100 or more attendees, you were just as likely to meet maybe half a dozen people that could turn out to be practical from a business...