26/05/2013
Business news with Declan Curry, including starting a new business and keeping it growing and if shows like The Apprentice and Dragon's Den help prepare you for the business world.
How do you start a new business and keep it growing? The man in charge of small business lending for RBS and Nat West tells us what the banks can do to help. And our panel - Doug Richard from the Dragon's Den, Apprentice winner Ricky Martin and entrepreneurs' adviser Emma Jones - run through the alternatives that are out there.
Also, how much can shows like The Apprentice or Dragon's Den really teach you about the real business world?
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Doug Richard
Doug聽is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures. He featured in the first two TV series of Dragon's Den and is the Founder of School for Startups, Co-Founder of the Cambridge Angels and was Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force.
Doug holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor at the University of California School of Law in Los Angeles. In 2006, Doug was an Honorary Recipient of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion and in 2007 he became a fellow of the RSA. In 2009 he received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Essex for his contributions to the teaching of Entrepreneurship.
Ricky Martin
Ricky聽is an Honours Degree qualified Biochemist with six years experience in scientific recruitment. He started his career placing a range of technical experts in to scientific companies across the UK with a focus on mainly entry to mid-level appointments.
Ricky was announced the winner of The Apprentice in June 2012 and has since been in the process of setting up his own niche recruitment consultancy using the investment from Lord Sugar. Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS) is focused on mid-level to senior appointments for the science and technology industries across the European Union.
With his credentials as a scientist in addition to qualifications in professional recruitment practice, Ricky is looking to quickly become a major player in providing recruitment services across the science and technology sectors.
Emma Jones
In 2000, bitten by the dot.com bug, Emma left the firm to start her first business, Techlocate - after 15 months, the company was successfully sold to Tenon plc.
The experience of starting, growing and selling a business from a home base gave Emma the idea for Enterprise Nation which was launched in 2006 as the home business website.
The company has since expanded to become a small business community of over 75,000 people who access content, events and funding; online, in print and in person.
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