The Business Ladder Blog

Congratulations to Stone & Co. of Stourbridge, West Midlands who trained through The Business Ladder via our Letting4Success and Property Agency Training channels.

The letting and property management agents were assessed for accreditation and, fulfilling our assessment criteria, we were thrilled to award them both our ‘Building Better Business’ and ‘Accredited Property Agency’ certificates.
To [...]

An interesting article discussing the effects of sometimes bizarre (and sometimes malicious) restrictions in the USA on honest grass-roots enterprise… the same grass-roots enterprise the ‘powers that be’ always say they want to encourage and foster…
Have a read here.
There are certainly lessons to be extracted from such considerations, as across the globe entrepreneurs of all [...]

Another encouraging development as business skills and enterprise continue to go mainstream, especially for young people. This time it’s the 100+ year-old movement commonly known as the Scouts who are taking steps to encourage members into the field of enterprise.
“The Scout Association will today launch an entrepreneur badge, adding an enjoyment of commerce and [...]

Here’s a look at five key qualities that make an outstanding entrepreneur. See here at the BBC News site.

Entrepreneur Rory James MacLaren-Jackson successfully completed the 6.5km Crisis Square Mile Run 2010 last Thursday in a time of 35mins 40 secs (and he’s got the T-shirt and blisters to prove it!)

Thank you to everyone who sponsored Rory and helped him get well over the £100 target that Crisis were aiming for from each runner. [...]

Businesses of all sizes routinely send out invoices but so often miss a trick in the promotional potential of this usually humdrum document. In fact, including promotions with your invoices can not only promote repeat business but it can even attract new customers.
You could mention a special offer providing a discount when presenting the invoice [...]

Here’s the story of a bright young Palestinian entrepreneur out to help others in her community through business and enterprise. US President Barack Obama has invited her to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, which he will host in Washington on April 26–27!
Have a read here.

Entrepreneur Magazine reveals its top entrepreneurs of 2009 and shares secrets of their brilliant success.
Have a look here.

Entrepreneur® Magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2009 Award Winners

The FT looks at using profitable new ideas and techniques developed during ‘Web 2.0′ in a business context. Have a read here.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c473802-e4c4-11de-96a2-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=5a8bf232-e39f-11de-9f4f-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1a

“The buzzed-about social media platform presents a direct channel to customers, a launching pad for new projects and a sounding board for innovation.”
From the excellent December 2009 issue of Entrepreneur magazine, the 2010 trends issue.