WATCH: How do we encourage more entrepreneurship?
Inspiration
Sandy Kennedy, CEO of Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation and Go Further Index Ambassador shares his top tips on how to attract more investment and reflects on how to support more entrepreneurs.
Watch this video interview to get unique insights from one of Go Further Index's Ambassadors on:
- Attracting early stage investment
- Unlocking entrepreneurship in young people
- Advice for budding entrepreneurs
- Encouraging a more entrepreneurial mindset in larger businesses
- Tips for established entrepreneurs
- Resources to learn about entrepreneurship
- Becoming an Ambassador for the Go Further Index
Key takeaways...
- When looking for early stage investment, make sure you understand your local landscape; for guidance on what's available in your area click here.
- Role models can play a vital part in showing young people the different types of entrepreneurs.
- Developing an entrepreneurial culture in larger businesses should involve your employees, suppliers and customers.
- Read around the subject of entrepreneurship will give you a deeper understand of what it means - such as Eric Ries' The Lean Start Up and Bill AuLet's 24 Steps to a Successful Start up
The Go Further Investment Index is an opportunity to engage, showcase and celebrate progressive businesses that are pushing through and achieving their inspirations through access to finance, impactful collaborations, and the foresight to inform and respond to the changing world around them.