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£1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards If you're aged 16-30 and need funding to get your new business idea or project off the ground, the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards offers up to to 6 x £1,000 prizes each month to the most innovative or unusual ideas submitted...

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Latest news from the Shell LiveWIRE programme, former award winners and UK small business.

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Welcome to Shell LiveWIRE, the UK's biggest online community for young entrepreneurs (aged 16-30) who are starting or running their own business. Register for your FREE Shell LiveWIRE account so you can; Apply for business funding through our monthly £1,000 Shell...

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Robert Matthams (Shiply.com) crowned Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009

Robert Matthams (Shiply.com) was crowned Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 at the annual award final at 15 Hatfields in London on 27th October 2009. The 25-year-old from London won the coveted title of Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009, walking...

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Win £1,000 and PR for an innovative new business idea

Food for thought: Do you need funding for an innovative new business idea? Just like Aberdeen entrepreneurs Kilian Palop and Glenn Buchan (Adspad), you could win £1,000 cash and PR for your business through the ‘Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards’. ;o) If you're aged 16-30 and...

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The Elevator Pitch

The term ‘elevator pitch’ is used to describe the overview or presentation that an entrepreneur might give to describe their business, products or services to an investor or business angel. As the name suggests, the pitch is usually delivered in the time it would take to ride an elevator...

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Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! 2010 - Speakers

Our Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! event in London on 13th October 2010 will feature the following outstanding speakers and experts; Sir Tom Farmer - Keynote Speaker Sir Tom founded Kwik-Fit in 1971 from which he resigned after the sale to Ford in 1999. He has a number of business interests which...

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Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! 2010

The overall winner of the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010 will be announced at our Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! event in London on 13th October where a host of young entrepreneurs, movers and shakers will come together for a series of top business speakers, workshops...

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Marketing and Promotion - Award Winners Case Study

Getting people to hear about your business is arguably one of the toughest things when starting out as a new business as it can be expensive and targeting the right people can be difficult. We have asked some of our recent Shell Grand Ideas Award winners what different marketing strategies they...

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My Business Kit - Preview

My Business Kit is the place for Shell LiveWIRE members to access all our latest free business start up tools and resources from one place including; 'Premium Content' like our popular free guides on ‘Writing your first business plan’ and ‘Market research for the...

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