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'Benefit from the real life experience of three businesses & the ongoing commentary of the expert advisers so you don't have to learn the 'hard way'!'
Young entrepreneur Imran Hakim is best known as one of the most successful individuals to win investment on BBC2's Dragons' Den with his innovative iTeddy product. An optometrist by profession, he runs a successful group of independent practices in and around the North West. He has won countless business awards over the years in recognition and last year he received an Honorary Doctorate in Enterprise and Innovation from the University of Bolton as well as making Growing Business’s list of top 40 entrepreneurs in the country under the age of 35. Imran’s interests include mentoring and expanding his business portfolio by incubating and investing other companies.
Intellectual property can make or break a business. I really like the look of Rico Mexican Kitchen in Fishbowl Two. I hope Marcela has looked into the intellectual property side of her business?
As well as running my own businesses, I’m also director for entrepreneurship at University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP). It's our job to whittle professors' ideas down to the best ones which show the most potential to have IP granted.
Terms and conditions can be confusing in business. Marcela’s dilemma is very common one in the food business: she has achieved a listing in a major supermarket chain but the minimum production runs are large and the terms and conditions she has to sign seem daunting.
You often hear that turnover is vanity, profit is sanity…..never more so than with a small business.
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