Monthly Archives: October 2010

A Halloween Entrepreneur, Sean Fitzpatrick Entrepreneurs

Sean Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur who turned his hobby of pumpkin carving into a viable business. Before starting his own company full time he worked as a mechanic, but after his young daughter aske Read More...

It’s Official YHP Connect is here! Events

That’s right YHP is hosting a networking event in London on the 23rd November 2010 between 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM (GMT) Event Details ABOUT The YHP Connect is a monthly meet up where entrepreneurs Read More...

Ooshma Garg, Founder of Anapata Entrepreneurs

22 year old young entrepreneur, Ooshma Garg is the founder of Anapata (means ‘find, attain, and achieve’ in Swahili). Anapata is a networking platform aimed at connecting diverse law students, att Read More...

Providing a more ethical and effective way to offset unavoidable emissions – Jane Burston Interviews

What are we doing to respect the planet, its biodiversity and the resources in it? I recently spoke with jane burston who runs a social enterprise that provides a more ethical and effective way for co Read More...

Model Entrepreneur, Sarah Finlay founds Miss COCO Entrepreneurs

Sarah Finlay last year graduated from Glasgow University where she studied Geography. Now she is a young entrepreneur after starting her own confectionary company, Miss COCO. In the last year of her u Read More...

It took her only 6 months to turnover £1.46 million, Jessica Grosvenor Entrepreneurs

Jessica Grosvenor is a 25 year old British entrepreneur, who, on the 13th October won the much coveted Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010. After a gruelling day in front of the judges, Read More...

The combination of Jazz and Philanthropy = 16 years old nikki yanofsky Entertainments & Art

Talk about starting early, Nikki is the 16 years Canadian jazz queen who started making waves as early as 13, with performances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival in Japan, Ave Read More...

10 reasons why many start-ups fail Start-Ups

You might have realised that today’s date is 10.10.10 and so in honour here is 10 reasons why many start-ups fail: 1.) Dreaming: The first reason why start-ups fail is because they never get started Read More...

Working in a Start-up, Is it right for you? Start-Ups

First of all if you are thinking about working in a start up because of a potential large pay day, then it probably isn’t right for you! Working at a start-up is something else and tends to offer ve Read More...

Growing Business Awards 2010: Young Company of the Year shortlist Events

You may remember we profiled James Murray Wells who founded Glasses Direct in 2004, aged 22. Well, now a year after winning Growing Business Award 2009: Young Entrepreneur of the Year, his company Gla Read More...

The Journey so far -Anhayla Rene Entertainments & Art

I recently got the opportunity to have a chat with a very talented music artist, Anhayla Rene. They have been a lot of buzz of late about her music, especially her covers on youtube so i decided to ch Read More...

A Facebook for Start-Ups, Angel list. Start-Ups

A new site, AngelList was started up in February 2010 by angel investors Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi. The site is a network which connects entrepreneurs with potential investors online. In the last Read More...