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Get the M-factor through Horsesmouth
MT Rainey - founder of horsesmouth
If you want it straight from the horse’s mouth then visit HORSESMOUTH, the first website committed solely to e-mentoring for life. At Enterprise Week, we met founder, serial entrepreneur and former Chair of Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe (which she sold to WPP), MT Rainey who is the driving force behind the website. She says: “Anyone you ask wants to be mentored or wants to mentor. Getting the M-factor is essential in business and life.”
Promoting the concept of wisdemocracy, the site – which launched January 2008 - combines social networking with social enterprise to allow anyone and everyone the chance to gain hard-earned wisdom from the wise. The site is not just about mentoring for businesses, but covers a world of experiences from recovering from cancer to starting a business and moving abroad. Currently, the site has 6281 mentors, all of whom are volunteers and ready to help at the click of a mouse.
The Quality Living Network seeks mentor
Mirjam Spronk, founder of the Quality Living Network
Whenever we can, thenextwomen tries to bring together entrepreneurs so they can meet, match or work together.
A while ago, Mirjam Spronk got in touch with us, an aspiring entrepreneur who had the original idea to create her own yellow pages for professionals and tradesmen in New Zealand. Her business the Quality Living Network launched a year ago but now Mirjam is looking to grow and expand it. To help her do that, she is looking for mentors, which is why we interviewed her to find out a bit more about her business and why she is looking for mentorship.
Can you offer her useful advice, do you want tot tell her about your experiences with a similar business? Are you her mentor? let us know and we will put you in touch!
How did you come up with the idea of your start-up?
Start-up Interview: Remote Employment
Paula and mentor Karen
An amazing 3,4 million people in the UK work from home and many more millions have flexible employment, knows Paula Wynne, co-founder of remote employment. Her website is dedicated to home based, flexible and remote working and is promoting the idea that a modern day approach to working lives has many advantages; an increase in business productivity and competitiveness, reduction of transport congestion and a harmonisation of work and family commitment.
Since founding Remote Employment in January 2008, Paula has already been recognised as a pioneer in her field. She has been awarded for her business efforts to understand and reduce their impact on the environment and society by BT Business and charity Global Action Plan. In addition, she participated in the FreshIdeas Events competition for a mentor and was awarded, as one of ten promising businesses, a mentor in the form of Karen Darby, founder of comparison site simplyswitch. Karen will mentor and guide Paula for the duration of six months to achieve her business goals.
In our start-ups series, we talked to Paula about her company and her mentor.
How did you come up with the idea of Remote Employment?
Optimistic interim managers see chance in recession
A new survey of around 10,000 Interim Managers shows that 70% feel that Interim Management is where they should be, in spite of the fact there are likely to be fewer assignments around, tougher competition for jobs and less pay. Many Interims are optimistic, convinced that in this climate of constant change, there will be a need for experienced Interim Managers to deal with change management projects, restructuring and recovery situations.
Forum for Interim Women
Women interested in the interim market and the opportunities currently out there for interim working in the UK, particularly in director- and executive positions, can get information through INTERIMWOMEN. The Chair of InterimWomen is Marta Matajz, Head of Marketing and Communications for Savile Group of companies. Read more
Mentor and mentees matched at FreshIdeasEvents
Michelle Peers was matched to
...Polly Gowers of Everyclick.com
10 aspiring business women were successfully matched to a mentor by FreshIdeasEvents this month.
Aspiring businesswomen from across London entered a pitching competition for a chance to be paired with a business veteran that could offer them relevant advice and guidance on setting up or further developing their business. FreshIdeasEvents announced the winners of the competition this week in a ceremony at the BT Tower.
Some of the women with internet ideas that were matched were:
- Michelle Peers
Freshideasevents: Submit for the Mentor competition!
jackie brennan of the mentor competition
What do Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and Batman and Robin have in common? They have all benefited from a successful mentor-mentee relationship, says Jackie Brennan. In a bid to encourage female entrepreneurs, her company FRESHIDEAS EVENTS has launched The Mentor Competition. It will give women the opportunity to have some of the UK’s most high profile and successful businesswomen work with them to help them achieve their goals, offering invaluable insights from their own business experiences. Mentors include female internet heroes Karen Darby and Karen Hanton. Closing date is Friday 17 October 2008. Read more
Female Heroes Interview: Tara Hunt
Every week we will be publishing an interview with one of our female internet heroes. This is an opportunity for you to MEET interesting women, READ about their WORK, THINK about how they PLAY the internet industry and see how you MATCH them. Be inspired! We are kicking off with Tara Hunt.
Whereas most business-minded people may be obsessed by raising capital, Tara Hunt’s message is to raise ‘social capital’. It means finding the communities that matter to your business, connecting with them and spending time in them. Tara Hunt, author, blogger and founder of community marketing company Citizen Agency, brings thenextwomen the message on succesful entrepreneurship: making use of networks, contacts and two-way communication is the way to conduct business in the 21st century. “You need to give to get.”
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Tell me about how you started out in the business?
Citizen Agency is kind of a concept that is in progress, because it is such an new area. essentially what my business does is community marketing. But putting it like that does not capture all we work on. When I work with a client, it is around helping them connect to their customer community. Whether they are already sharing love for product, spending time with them, creating experience with the product. Read more
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