Most start up businesses go bust in their first year.
Not true. In fact, 80% continue past their third year and make big money.
Not yet thought up an idea?
If you’ve not yet thought up an idea, never fear for there are lots still to be found out there! Think of your interests in or out of school and consider if there’s anything there you could take forward.
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
At 39 years of age Stelios, who prefers to be called by his first name, is best known for creating easyJet PLC when he was 28. He is often credited as the pioneer who changed the European aviation scene by offering low-cost, scheduled flights. A serial entrepreneur, Stelios has established more than 16 ventures. Nowadays he sees himself more as the manager of the easyGroup brand and licences it to a wide range of businesses. These cover areas as diverse as Internet cafés, car hire, online price comparison, personal finance, cinema, buses, male toiletries, on line recruitment, pizza delivery, music... read more
Upcoming events on the business calendar
12-18 November 2007 - Enterprise Week!
What are you / your school doing to celebrate Enterprise Week this year? If you need inspiration, go to www.enterpriseweek.org or ask your teacher what is being planned. Enterprise Week is an annual week of activities and events to celebrate how enterprising you and your friends have been over the last year and to inspire you for the future. We would love to hear about the most enterprising thing you have done in the last year - you might be suitable to become a "Local Hero" on this website! If you've done anything enterprising, anything to make your local community or the world a better place, then celebrate your achievements!
Stephen Armitage
Myfotowall is a small team of enthusiastic people. We have developed a revolutionary online design process, which vastly simplifies the process of taking a digital photograph and enlarging it to create a high quality wallpaper that full fits to the required wall space area, without distortion or discernable loss of printable quality. The business was started as we believed there to be an opportunity in the market for a new product that capitalised on both the digital photography revolution and the ever increasing visual awareness and expectation that we all have as consumers. We are based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,... read more
James Howell
James grew up with a fascination for all things mechanical. At just 12 years of age he had a City and Guilds qualification and when he was just 13 years he was operating his own business. When he wasn’t studying James would be fixing electrical equipment sent to him by local colleges that didn’t have the capacity or the resources to fix it! Before his 21st birthday James went to work for a bio-technical company in Cambridge where he established a research and development department. In 2004 he and his business partner took the decision to set up on their... read more