We covered Doug Richard’s School for Startups at the British Library two weeks ago- the theme was based around PR and how to get your startup featured in a national newspaper. Doug interviewed Richard Tyler from The Telegraph on stage, who was honest and said it’s not always about the product but sometimes the story behind the product which gains the attention of a journalist.
What I really like about Doug is his straight forward, confident and brash style- he has a no bulls**t approach to business which I feel European entrepreneurs lack. Having lived in America, maybe his straight forward approach comes more naturally than us Brits who tend to be self deprecating. I just think life is too short to worry what people think about you or if your idea is good enough. Get out there, be confident, say if you’re good at something, if it fails, no problem, start the next thing until you succeed…or in other words do ‘the Doug’. You can get tickets to Doug’s next event ‘The Art of Securing Investment’ on the 18th November here http://findpitchclose.eventbrite.com
You can get special tickets here:
1. Main 8-hour event at the Royal Institution, with special guest speaker Brent Hoberman
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/443901722/techfluff
2. Live and interactive 90-minute webcast in the last part of the main event (whether Brent participates in this is TBC)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/467210439/techfluff
you can buy tickets here http://schoolforstartups.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20%3Aregister-now&catid=13%3Aregister&Itemid=4
Hi,
You did an interview with me at this seminar regarding my website. Wondered if /when you would be posting it. My site is quite topical at the moment with the issue of “reciprocal childcare” in the news.
Cheers
Tej
Hi Tej,
How are you… yes we did.. we can’t include everyone we interview in the videos… we try and cram as many people as possible into them, but sometimes people get left out.
mail me hermioneway@newspepper.com and we may be able to find it for you,
H;)
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