The BIG Event - The Wit and the Wisdom

If you found Friday's review of The Big Event a bit too long for your liking, I thought I'd offer you a taste of the great advice on offer from the main platform:

"Being successful in business is all about thinking big, starting small and moving fast. Start-ups change the World as small becomes big. We need more Charles Dunstones."
Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital and Dragons Den Online

"We access abundance not from our network but through them"
Christopher Jones-Warner, Playing Hamlet

"You need to be writing, publishing and speaking so that others write, publish and speak about you".
Mindy Gibbins-Klein, The Book Midwife and Ecademy Press Publishing

"Choice (and information) is now abundant, while attention is scarce. People have to come to you, and once you have attracted them you need to keep their attention forever."
Grant Leboff, Sales Therapy

"Investors aren't interested purely in profit and financial potential. For many this is money they can afford to lose and they are looking for fun. They are more interested in you than your business plan"
Bill Morrow, Angels Den

"If you can't smile, don't open a shop."
Dexter Moscow's Grandfather!

"Nobody wants facts, they want a story"
Alan Stevens, The Media Coach

"Help others to reach the next level, once you reach there yourself, send the lift back down".
Julie Meyer

"The single biggest thing in our business is that we are good at relationships".
Julie Meyer

"Life, and business, is about being a friend"
Penny Power, Ecademy

"You can kiss a lot of frogs online, but can then choose to meet your princes offline"
Penny Power

"Embed friendship and trust in your business, that is the killer app"
Penny Power


I hope that there are some ideas that get you thinking there. You can read my full review of the event here and see Dianna Bonner's excellent pictures here.

Safety in Numbers....the networking benefits to sharing an office.

In Saturday's Financial Times, Jonathan Moules asked for my advice to accompany an article about the benefits for small businesses of sharing an office.



I talked about three major benefits for small businesses working together:

1 - Taking advantage of economies of scale when sourcing suppliers, leading to cost savings and better support.

2 - Combining resources to tender together for larger projects than they could manage on their own.

3 - Sharing challenges and getting feedback from other entrepreneurs in a similar situation.

You can read my comments in full here.

Top Class Speakers in London this Weekend

I don't often promote individual events on this blog because of the sheer number going on every week. However, this week sees one with a bit of a difference. On Sunday 5th August, five of the best speakers from around the world are speaking at an event at the London Palladium Theatre.

AKASHA 2007 is set to be one of the most enticing, entertaining and enlightening events of the year.

You have probably heard of these world class speakers:

Bob Proctor: The Law of Attraction
Dr John Demartini: Breaking Through the Illusions that Ru(i)n Your Life
Roger Hamilton: Finding your Flow and Creating Your Legacy
Getrude Matshe: Creating More and Contributing More
Christopher Howard: Turning Passions into Profits

The event is hosted by Triumphant Events who have a great track record for running quality events and attracting the right people to network with. I know that they have already sold well over 1000 tickets to the event.

All tickets to this event are currently just £39 and are allocated on a first booking - best seating basis so if you are around London on the 5th of August make sure you head to this event with your team.

Visit Triumphant Events for info and tickets.