As some of you may know, I sponsor an entrepreneurship award at the University of Brighton. This year’s winner was particularly pleasing to me as the winner came from the artistic side of the university and it was a successful social enterprise. Not only was I impressed that such a project should take place, it...
Month: November 2018
Entrepreneurial lessons from one Brexit week
Over the last week the news has been inundated with the Brexit deal/no deal! As someone that works with entrepreneurs I didn’t recognise any of the behaviours as relating to the world of business. As such I felt the need to identify some lessons on what not to do with your entrepreneurial business. The first...
When will qualities count for more than qualifications?
I regularly apply for, and sometimes get, appointments on European projects. In pretty well all cases the first requirement they specify is a certain academic qualification in a certain discipline. This equally applies to many jobs in the private sector, where an academic qualification is considered to be the primary qualifying parameter. But should we...
Destroying any last hope in entrepreneurial government!
I have long derided the approach to government that seems to override the obvious in favour of kicking the can down the road. However, the lack of intelligent and inspirational thought hit a new low this week. Phillip Hammond, arguably the second most important person in British Government, proposed a Law Commission review to consider...