Business basics day

16/11/09

Global Entrepreneurship Week: Day 1

Today we launch Global Entrepreneurship Week here at the Library; a celebration of entrepreneurship around the world. Each day has a theme; today is 'Business basics, the essentials that you must crack when starting or growing a business.

The big launch

Enterprise UK is launching the week in our Conference Centre, with a panel of business leaders, entrepreneurs and politicians, all discussing the topic of 'Driving recovery, seizing opportunity'. You can watch the whole event online with a live webcast. Alibaba will be holding a bustling entrepreneurs market on our Piazza, brimming with new businesses.

9.30 - 14.00, in the Conference Centre and Piazza

Workshops on the 'business basics'

Meanwhile, in the Centre we'll be holding a day of workshops, themed around 'business basics'. Many of our workshops are fully booked, but come along to the Centre to meet our staff, network with other entrepreneurs and find out more about our services.

Our new global industry guide launches today

Are you thinking about trading abroad or working with overseas suppliers? Our brand new 'Global industry information guide' highlights the most useful databases, websites and information sources for taking your business global.
Download the guide now [pdf 97KB]

See our partners on Wordia.com

Wordia, an online video dictionary site, is having a ‘British Library Global Entrepreneurship Week’ theme, with videos of some of our partners: Cally Robson (She’s Ingenious!), Doug Richard (School for Startups), Rachel Elnaugh and Emma Jones (Enterprise Nation) talking about what certain words mean to them.
Visit the site now

Tomorrow: Innovation day

Join us on Tuesday for a day of workshops and events on innovation, ideas and intellectual property. Highlights include 'In conversation with Lord Sugar', a workshop on protecting your intellectual property in America, and much more.