Enterprise Lecture 6 - Don't just get a job

• Do something your passionate about. 
• It's a great time to start a business when at college - collaborate with other students.
• 4 P's - place, product, price, promotion.
• Marketing - Brand longevity, scarcity, copyright matters.
• Risk - take a risk and learn. Overseas trade? 
• People are spending more on experiences rather than goods.
• Write a business plan.
• Find small business financing - bytestart.co.uk    betterbusiness.co.uk
• Status of business determined by what you so with profits:
  Sole Trader
  Partnership
  LTD Company
  Limited Liability partnership
  Public limited company
  Social enterprise.
• Business plan - 4 parts
  Skills required, mission and values
  Resources
  Money needed - where from?
  Marketing - 4p's
• Plan - focus efforts, track progress, clear objectives, raise finances, attract collaborators.
• Where to find a business plan - high street bank. Arts council. businessballs.com   businesslink.gov.uk (shows how to write one).
• Where to find funding
  high street bank
  Arts council
  European fund
  Media Trust
• Matrix culture - people come together - no boss.
• Person culture - most likely to work in (as designers) number of people who all do the same thing.