Who is Entrepreneur for?
Entrepreneur is for people starting up their own business who want to:
- maintain their confidence and motivation during the rollercoaster ride of the first months and years.
- bounce back from knock backs with renewed vigour.
- be more compelling when trying to convince others of their idea.
- be able to meet milestones whilst keeping a sense of fun and experimentation alive.
How is Entrepreneur used?
We have coached 160 Creative Pioneers as part of the NESTA Starter for Six programme. We provide them with coaching in between their NESTA training events, to help raise their confidence, build their resilience and implement their action plans whilst they prepare their bids for funding of up to £10,000. Independent evaluation stated that many participants reported making positive changes to their business and ways of working as a result of the telephone coaching.
"CiaB has been uniquely important for me by providing not just an outlet for intimate business problems, but a constructive and trustworthy dialogue which, over the course of four months, has given me the clarity to sustain my business in the short and (I hope) long term. "
Martin Izod, SafeHinge Ltd
96% of Pioneers giving feedback agreed that "‘I have learnt new skills or knowledge that I will apply to my business"
89% of Pioneers giving feedback agreed that "I have gained confidence to take my business forward"
Feedback from Creative Pioneers, 2008
What is in Entrepreneur?
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Introduction: The First 100 Days Diagnosing your learning style and setting objectives for the programme |
Coach call To establish your learning style and to establish what would make your first 100 days a success |
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Step One: Getting Started This step focuses on how to respond to the pressures and setbacks of starting a business with renewed, rather than dulled, momentum. The step will both introduce the ‘mindtraps’ that kick in and drain our energy whilst also offering practical ways to overcome them and keep going |
Coach call A call to discuss the mindtraps that affect you, why and what you can do about them |
Specialist call An indepth look at an event, how you reacted, and how you can use your new tools to improve your response |
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Step Two: Taking People with you A big component of momentum in a small business comes from your ability to get other people on side. One to one, we will be encouraging you to build momentum within and beyond your network and will be introducing some key tools to assist you in this process |
Coach call Two calls to discuss who you know, who you could know and how to get them on board. We will work to prioritise your network and develop a simple and powerful way of articulating your business idea that really grabs people in a short amount of time |
Specialist call An indepth look at a particularly important relationship |
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Step Three: Sustaining Progress This step looks at how to keep things going, making sure that we keep a sense of adventure as the pressure mounts and that we find ways of bringing the best of our skills to each new challenge |
Coach call Two calls to provide you with some practical tools and ideas to support you through these challenges |
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Note
This example of Coach and Specialist calls is for the Entrepreneur product which is similar, but not identical to, a Silver product. To view an example of a Bronze level product, look at the Coach or Lead product and, for a Gold example, look at the Balance product. See our Prices page for details on the cost of these different levels.