# Hello Everyone
# introduce my self
# Today I am talking about {title}
# Show of hands
how many guys in here are thinking of starting their own business
How many are in a business that is less than 12 months old
how many have already made and don’t need to learn anything more about business
# Great this means I have everyone’s attention
# After graduation I worked for 2 years, and quickly realised I was made for more than that.
# I resigned from my job and decided to start my first business in 2004
# And it took a good 2 years to grow it to a point that it was paying my living costs
# By 2006 I had managed make all the mistakes one can make as a one man business, I started to gain some momentum# I’m not here to talk about those early stage mistakes …
# So much that I was nominated and won the Young Entrepreneur Of the year award in the Black country
# moved to brum from Black Country
# Loads of press
# I started to believe my own hype
# I partnered with a friend and it was just the wrong match
# My closest clients pulled me to the side and asked me to get rid of him but didn’t do anything about it
# It brought my company to the ground
# moved to brum from Black Country
# Loads of press
# I started to believe my own hype
# A couple of years ago one of my many software ideas received and offer from a global company
# My business partner and I didn’t agree on the exit plan
# And we lost the deal
# We’ve been building for the last 2 years and they have not come
# Until we started selling.
# Touch lesson to learn but extreme common
# We’ve just launched a product called lite.
# Basically our software allows anyone to Capture, Manage & Review Applications Online
# Schools, awards, businesses etc
# moved to brum from Black Country
# Loads of press
# I started to believe my own hype