ChangeThinking with SmithMartin

Category: entrepreneurship

Startup Britain – a useful web resource?

The ‘Startup Britain’ web site has the support of the Prime Minister – but is it, as some commentators have cynically described a government backed web link-farm – offering already available resources to…

Authorities – give away your space?
Become an ideas enterprise…

We were reading an interesting web article about the internet giant AOL and how they had made available, at no charge, the 225,00 square feet of office space they own in Palo Alto…

Time and the social entrepreneur

We are regular readers of Entrepreneur.com – a great source of inspiration, ideas and shared experience for start-ups. Although U.S. based, the site does often contain the stories of UK and European organisations and…

The Start UpToolkit

What is my route to market? Who will buy our product or service? The website thestartuptoolkit.com is a great place to begin pulling together ideas for your new social businesses. Created by Rob…

Entrepreneurship – social or otherwise

Europa have just released the latest 2009 state of entrepreneurship survey – which interestingly shows that 45% of Europeans would like to be their own boss, if they could. The EU survey suggests that entrepreneurs…

Social Enterprise Management
A featured title

Doherty, Foster, Mason et al have produced a great primer for the person intent on mastering the management of social enterprise. Published in 2009 the book Management for Social Enterprise contains a wide ranging…

Social Entrepreneurs 25 – 35 needed

The Arthur Guinness Fund, UnLtd and Rathbone have joined forces to create the Guinness Bring It To Life Awards, offering new young entrepreneurs with a community changing idea the chance to get started. Aimed at ideas driven…

Increasing digital participation!

The Digital Participation Fund deadline is approaching. Applications have to be with the fund by 5.00 p.m. on the 1st. June 2010, for this first round. Designed to support initiatives that increase participation in…

Social entrepreneurship – boring?

Nathaniel Whittemore has just published an interesting reflection on the role of business practices in social entrepreneurship. His work appears on the change.org site. The context of his article was a critique of the management…

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