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Why invest in startup businesses? Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By Dr Richard Blundel (The Open University), Richard Farleigh (Guest)

09 February 2012

Entrepreneur and investor Richard Farleigh explains why people are sometimes more important than product when it comes to investing in start-up businesses and early ventures.  Read more : Why invest in startup businesses?

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Do we need more Sugar?BBC

By Dr Roshan Boojiha (The Open University)

09 January 2009

Dr Roshan Boojiha explores the personal and business side of Sir Alan Sugar, and asks if he's a good role model.  Read more : Do we need more Sugar?

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Silicon fen or silicon when?Creative Commons Image Thecameo under CC-BY-NC licence

By Nigel Walton (The Open University)

23 October 2008

Nigel Walton looks at why technology companies struggle to do well in Europe.  Read more : Silicon fen or silicon when?

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Open source innovationCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

14 August 2008

Find out more about how smaller companies are tapping into their customers' ideas  Read more : Open source innovation

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Is flexibility the mother of invention?Copyrighted Image Photos.com

By Dr MariaLaura Di Domenico (The Open University)

04 August 2008

Enterprising mums are choosing to leave employment behind and start their own business. Is flexibility the mother of invention?  Read more : Is flexibility the mother of invention?

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The Entrepreneurial ParadoxCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

16 July 2008

What makes a successful entrepreneur stand out from the crowd?  Read more : The Entrepreneurial Paradox

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Bill Gates - global entrepreneurCopyrighted Image BBC

By Professor Colin Gray (The Open University)

19 June 2008

Because being rich and being a business person are two different things, Colin Gray salutes Bill Gates – global entrepreneur.  Read more : Bill Gates - global entrepreneur

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Apprentices not entrepreneursCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 May 2008

Does 'the Apprentice' give a realistic picture of what being an entrepreneur is all about?  Read more : Apprentices not entrepreneurs

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Virtuality and the mini-multinationalCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

06 May 2008

Increasingly, SMEs are finding advantages in a multi-national approach.  Read more : Virtuality and the mini-multinational

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Fostering 'big gorillas' Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 March 2008

In spite of the enterprise culture, Britain seems unsuccessful in creating major new companies.  Read more : Fostering 'big gorillas'

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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