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Sarah Kelly, founder of paper jewellery business Saloukee, tells us of the struggle to get noticed and get funding when you're first starting out in business. Sarah won a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award in April 2009. Sarah used her £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award to exhibit at an...
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Free downloads of business research by Shell LiveWIRE UK. Click on the links below to read / download each item: The Changing Face of UK Entrepreneurism - A Shell LiveWIRE / London School of Economics Report by Don Slater, Reader in Sociology (June 2007), (PDF, 3.08MB) ‘The Changing...
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Case Study: Daniel Sutherland Design
Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award winner Daniel Sutherland tell us of his experience of prototyping in this case study. The milkistar Baby Bottle is indeed a revolution in terms of product design for baby bottle feeding, however, proving that a revolution could be on the cards is something...
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If you're a startup, writing a business plan (or project plan) is a great way to gather all your thoughts and ideas together in one place, no matter how poorly formed they might be at this stage. In this section you’ll find a free step-by-step guide outlining how to write a good business plan,...
In the first of our many case studies we'll be bringing you over the coming weeks and months Alun Davies of deeg Consultancy provides his top tips for carrying out market research. Alun won a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award for February of 2011. You can read more about Alun and his company deeg...
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Market Research: Grand Ideas Award Winners Case Study
Ask any successful young entrepreneur and they will highlight the benefit and importance that doing good market research can make for a fledgling business. Not only will it help you define your product and its potential place in the market it can also give you much needed insight into your...
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Market Research and Its Issues
This article was kindly written for us by Shell LiveWIRE member Laurence Allen of Smart Setting (www.smartsetting.com), a tableware hire company based in Wiltshire. "To many, including myself, Market Research seemed like one of the easier aspects of running your own business....
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How Well Do You Know Your Market?
Article on the importance of research to help you understand your business market. It may seem obvious to say that every business, however small, should take time to identify its marketplace, its customer types and what benefits these customers are looking for. However, you’d be surprised how...
Article on how to do market research for your business, how to define your product or service, identify potential customers, determine your price and plan your marketing and communication. Whatever your business it will only succeed if customers like your product or service and are prepared to...
