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🚀 In my latest blog, I explore how collaboration and entrepreneurship can drive transformative change, especially in Wales and the most deprived parts of the UK. As CEO of Welsh ICE, I’ve seen firsthand the incredible resilience and innovation within our community. 💡🌟 Blog highlights include: 🌄 My personal mission rooted in the South Wales Valleys 🌍 The vital role of diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship 📣 How we can all engage and advocate for meaningful change I’d love to connect with others who are just as passionate about driving local growth and resilience. 🌱🤝 Progress can only be achieved TOGETHER - so let’s work together to build resilient entrepreneurial communities and create a brighter future! 🌟🚀 #Entrepreneurship #Collaboration #DiversityAndInclusion #EconomicGrowth #CommunityDevelopment #Innovation Check out the blog 👇

OxLEP Business Support Success Stories… Get ready to be inspired by the incredible journeys of Oxfordshire businesses. We’re thrilled to shine a spotlight on the innovators, problem-solvers, and visionaries who have harnessed our support to achieve extraordinary things. From startups to established enterprises, these are the companies making waves in our community. Discover their stories, learn from their triumphs, and be motivated to reach new heights. Don't miss out on this celebration of local business excellence. CLICK HERE and dive in and explore the ‘Business Showcase’ today: https://lnkd.in/efNS2tuh #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #business

Great kickoff to the ESTEEM program today. Heard from David Murphy, Neil Kane, Iseli Hernandez, 2022 ESTEEM grad Laura Hession, Abby Green, Audrey Lewis, Germán Estrada Mendoza, and Erik Oswald. Each day, I am getting to know everyone in the class of 52 people. Everybody is very talented, and there is no shortage of diversity of skills. #startups #business #entrepreneurship

How do you go from idea to initial customers when you find sales daunting? As the founder of your new business, it’s not like you can outsource selling to someone else 😅 Special thanks to our panelists Hemanta Sapkota and Louise Neylan for sharing their founder stories and learnings during lunch today! 🤩 Coming up on Friday (yes this Good Friday!), we have Office Hour on Partnerships Strategies for New Businesses with bMightie mentors, Daniel Milton and Peter Justin Yu, MBA. 👉💡Sign up here - lu.ma/bmightie #entrepreneurship #startup #founderjourney #masterclass #salestips #growth #sydneyknowledgehub #universityofsydney #usyd #bmightie

Thank you for the kind words Emma Bardwell 💜 Over the past 10 years, I have grown Talented Ladies Club into a profitable global business with over 120,000 monthly readers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The two things that have helped me most achieve this are planning and sales. Now, I get to work with other founders to help build their businesses! #ExpectGreatThings ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #entrepreneurship #businessowner #smallbusiness #startup

Nominations are open for the 'The Bridges Positive Impact Award' at the 27th annual Growing Business Awards, in partnership with Real Deals. Submit your nomination: https://lnkd.in/eJpAMfnJ The Bridges Positive Impact Award celebrates successful businesses that drive positive change for people and/or the planet, emphasising social and environmental benefits. Judges will look for businesses that have continued to deliver positive impact while growing and scaling. Showcase your achievements as we honour the UK's most outstanding entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses. #GrowingBusinessAwards #SME #entrepreneurs #awards #recognition #smeuk #business #growingbusiness #britishbusiness #entrepreneurship #startups

There are many reasons why founders join Helm (formerly The Supper Club). Hear from Clementine Fortin Schouteden, on how she benefits from being a member of the UK's leading community for scale-up founders. Helm members are exclusively scale-up founders, with an average annual revenue of £21m. A true peer-to-peer community in which founders improve their chances of success, and support each other with a very strong Give-and-Get ethos. Find out more about joining the Club here: https://lnkd.in/gXEdZYUy Thanks Small Films for creating this, and many other of our videos. #foundersjourney #entrepreneurship #scaleups

Join us on June 15th to witness young entrepreneurs impress the jury with their innovative ventures and creative pitches! Stay tuned for an inspiring showcase of talent and ingenuity. Don't miss out on the excitement! Mini Shark Tank StartupYou, coming very soon. #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #StartupYou #YoungEntrepreneurs Srividhya Swaminathan Vivek Shukla Padmapriya Venkatraman Simran Ajwani Riitu Chopraa . Ananthan Suresh Nilanjan Banerjee Darpan S. Rhyma Hussain

We did it again! Last night, we picked up one of the 'Growing Business of the Year' awards at the Growing Business Awards 2023. Congratulations, and a big well done to all of my colleagues at iplicit 🥂 Looking dapper Paul Sparkes and Rob Steele 👌 #GrowingBusinessAwards #SME #entrepreneurs #awards #recognition #smeuk #business #growingbusiness #britishbusiness #entrepreneurship #startups Real Deals Real Deals Media

Success isn’t built overnight. It’s the result of passion, consistency, and celebrating every small win. At LIQUORREAM, our passion drives us to create unique, liquor-inspired ice creams. But it’s consistency that turns this passion into reality - perfecting recipes, delivering quality, and building trust. Every smile, every positive review, every small victory is a sign we’re on the right track. To fellow entrepreneurs: stay passionate, be consistent, and cherish the small wins. They’re the stepping stones to greatness. #Entrepreneurship #Liquorream #BusinessJourney #IceCreamInnovations #liquorinspiredicecream #noalcohol #zeropercentalcohol #startup