For guests to network and meet useful contacts

Welcome to Mind of an Entrepreneur (MOAE) - UK’s leading and most diverse event for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium size businesses.

Alexander Amosu made his first million at 25 and has continued the success until this date! Join this very rare business workshop with serial entrepreneur, Alexander Amosu to find out more about his decisions, ideas, and challenges and to find out exactly how he does it!

During this four week intensive course, you will learn to;

Develop winning ideas for your business Start-up a successful business from scratch

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Saturday November 21, 2009 "Business for Tomorrow" London Supports Acumen Fund Fundraiser Soiree

Time: 7pm-midnight Location: the Saint Bar, Rose Street, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ Tickets: £20 / £15 students - proceeds going to Acumen Fund portfolio projects Purpose: to connect supporters of social enterprise and Acumen Fund in London!

Come join us for live jazz, drinks and canapes!

Please purchase your tickets here! http://londonsupportsacumen.eventbrite.com/ Tickets also qualify for raffle prizes on Nov 21!

Personal and Business Planning - Start Up Workshop

It is essential to have a realistic, working business plan when you're starting up a business. This workshop shows you how to create a robust business plan Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Basic Bookkeeping

An introduction to bookkeeping for small businesses including what records you need to keep, how to store information and simple practical exercises.

Date: 21 Nov 2009 Location: Enterprise Business Centre, Admiral Court, Poynernook Road, ABERDEEN AB11 5QX Organiser: Brian Welsh Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 2 Speirsbridge Way, Spiersbridge Bus. Pk, THORNLIEBANK G46 8NG Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Personal and Business Planning - Start Up Workshop

It is essential to have a realistic, working business plan when you're starting up a business. This workshop shows you how to create a robust business plan

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 2 Speirsbridge Way, Spiersbridge Bus. Pk, THORNLIEBANK G46 8NG Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009

Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Despite the current economic climate, the global economy is still expected to nearly double by 2030. To take advantage of this the UK must continue to encourage its current and prospective entrepreneurs to make the most of their ideas, not least through international connections and the emerging global markets.

This event will be the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week with talks from high profile people including:

* Senior Cabinet Minister * Matt Brittin, UK Managing Director, Google * Peter Jones CBE, Entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

Speednetworking Year 7 - a lively activity which engages all the students. Students are paired for 4 minutes and in that time they must use the skills of communication which includes listening to their partner. During the lunchtime allocated to this event, students are given the chance to make contact with up to 5 - 6 other students. Some of these contacts may be new for the first time, but even where they are not , the students are encouraged to find out more about each other by giving a brief comment on a variety of topics.

Local Entrepreneurs were invited to Coloma to talk to Year 10 students about their enterprise activities. The students gained a wonderful insight into what makes an idea work and the qualities and skills needed to succeed in a fast changing workplace. The motto they left the talk with was "just do it" - a slogan attached to the Nike label which summed up the heart of being enterprising. The additional bonus was that the students met an ex-pupil, who through a variety of social enterprise projects has made a great difference in the local area

Maureen Tallis - Training & Development Manager & Richard Page Quarry Manager for the Southern region will be visiting the careers event to promote Aggregate Industries Employment in areas such as geotechnics, engineering geology, mineral exploration/production and environmental remediation, either in the UK or overseas are very common from Cambourne Schools of Mines and very specific to Aggregate Industries that is why this is one of the universities we target each year.

Launch of pilot programme at Ethos in SA1

Launch of 'Dare to be Different': a transformational new programme resourcing social entrepreneurs within every higher education institution in England. A new programme of resources and support for students and staff to start up and grow new social ventures.

Joseph Wright College, Derby, DE1 3PA, 5:00-7:30pm

Come and see the evolutionary stages of the entrepreneur and see how Growth Investment can be the 'missing link'

Featuring East Midlands Entrepreneurs:

Adam Roberts runs on-line restaurant booking service Go-Dine. He started the business 18 months ago and has established it in Nottingham on a limited budget. Adam is now at crucial point. His challenge is in taking advantage of the opportunities in front of him. Should he try to raise finance?

South Thames College Wandsworth High St London SW18 2PP

On arrival at the entrance on Wandsworth High St please report to Reception at the front of the building where you will be met by me or a member of my team. There is no parking on-site although we can arrange for items to be dropped off at the front.

The event will have two parts

Information stands along the main corridor 11am-3pm.

Chairs and tables will be provided.

Please arrive with enough time to set-up.

Workshops in various rooms from 11am-3pm.

Many clients who have attended our programme of Start Up workshops have expressed an interest in networking with other people who are in a similar position - this event is aimed at those in the early stages of their business. Delegates will have the chance to: network with other new business start-ups; give a one minute pitch on their business/idea; meet managers and directors of other successful businesses; catch up with fellow delegates from other workshops to find out how they are getting on. Run in partnership with Herts Chamber of Commerce.

5.45pm LSE Entrepreneurs Tuesday is an informal event ran in HOT for location check: http://1eat.co.uk/hotgossip the purpose of the event which happens every week at the same time is for young entrepreneurs to form groups and start their projects.

The format of the event looks as follows:

Express Pitch Any business ideas you might want to share with others. The idea is to present them without any slides (max 3 minutes) this way you can get the feedback that might 'just' make the difference between a flop or a hit!

Social side

Run in partnership with Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and NatWest RBS. Event aimed at people thinking of starting a business as well as new businesses. Venue: Ramada Encore, Ranelagh Rd. Ipswich, IP2 0AD Times: 11.45-14:00 Run by Business Link in partnership with Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and NatWest RBS