As many of you know I recently ran a competition in our local High schools to find a new illustrator for the Alfie Potts books. My aim throughout the books has been to inspire and encourage children to think like entrepreneurs… to find out what it is they love to do, and then turn it into ...…
If you know me or have read my blog or books you’ll know I’m passionate about teaching entrepreneurship and a success mindset to children and young people before they get programmed by family, their peers, and the education system. I’m also passionate about teaching them ‘how‘ to think instead of ‘what‘ to think, so I ...…
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be asked to do a skype interview with social entrpreneur Noam Kostucki from www.seeducation.org. Noam is a lovely guy who has real passion for what he does. He also has a great (but different) interview style! I really enjoyed it and I hope you do too! ...…
This week I was very privileged to be asked to judge the Norfolk area Young Enterprise awards at The Open Venue in Norwich… and what an amazing day it was. A few days previously I’d received a large bundle of ‘Company Reports‘ to go through. There were 15 in total (a record number of entries ...…
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t , pays it… Albert Einstein Something else I didn’t get taught anything about in school was something that the great Albert Einstein called ‘The eighth wonder of the world‘… ‘Compound Interest’! I think I’d have been ...…
The thing I like best about writing the Alfie Potts books is the testimonials I receive from children who have read the stories, and also from their parents and grandparents. Here’s one I heard recently… One night I was at The Business Club, a Norfolk networking group, and during the ‘elevator pitches’ one of the ...…
Yesterday I was privileged to be working with my colleague Robert Whitwood and his company Inspired Change at an enterprise day today at City Academy, Norwich. We asked 155 year 8 students to design some amazing tourist theme parks to promote Norfolk tourism. They came up with some really imaginative ideas, then they all presented ...…
On the way home from a business trip today I was listening to Radio 2 (yes I’m old) and I heard a guy say that the world population of 7 billion is predicted to increase to 9 billion in the next 2 or 3 decades. He went on to say the demand for resources from this ...…
If you didn’t know already it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, and today I’m really excited to be able to post about something that’s been in the pipeline for around a year. It’s the upcoming ‘Trainee Millionaire Club‘, an online community website and resource for schoolboy and schoolgirl entrepreneurs! My aim is to provide an engaging and ...…
Don’t be stupid!…. That’ll never happen!…. Are you getting ideas above your station?…. Who do you think you are?…. You’ve got your head in the clouds! By the time we are 14 years of age we’ve most probably heard all the above and more. So, when you think about it, it’s really no wonder people give up on ...…
