Business Development Network
Business Development Network
An initiative to support all local businesses and entrepreneurs. Where the focus is on supporting individual businesses collectively in our community to rejuvenate our local business economy.
Local businesses are up against it with the big national organisations and multiples. If we work together, innovate, and create fresh new ideas, then not only can we hold our own, we can grow, flourish and bring back the idea of buying local. The more spent in our local businesses, the better for the local economy.
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Innovate & Create together
It is time for us to start realising that for our local economy and local businesses to get better we need to be better. No one else is going to make this happen for us. The big companies can afford to do blitz marketing they can afford to throw money at stuff... we have to come up with selling what we have... but what do we have? ... that's where the innovation and creation comes in... now is the time to start bringing back local... there are lots of good reasons why people should buy local... we just need to invent ways make it happen.
Develop & Deepen connections
By working together to solve challenges we begin to understand and learn about our other local business people. We get to know where they are strong, the skills they have and the type of people they can help. This depth of understanding builds a trust and a desire to help each other become successful. We begin to help each other up...
Help each other overcome challenges
Instead of focusing on just our own businesses and what is in it for us we can learn a lot from helping others to resolve their challenges. When we start to invite help from others to think and innovate about situations the magic really does start to happen.
Once we begin to invoke our minds and stimulate creativity then this can be applied in all areas of our lives. We must continue to innovate as things constantly change. Getting used to innovation together and working together we can become a resilient business community.
Connect & Grow local enterprise
We are much stronger together than we are individually. Although networking has existed for a long time, it has really been a collection of local businesses looking out for themselves rather that coming together as a cohesive unit to see what we can achieve as a collaborative business community.
The Business Development Network is about growing our own businesses of course, but just as important about creating an environment where existing businesses can come together and thrive, and, new ones just starting out can join us and tap into all the support and nurturing available.
There really is enough business for us all out there... we need to put an end to the misery of competition and begin to embrace co-operation and collaboration... The UNIONS concept is a great example which can be developed as we grow.
Learn new skills & personally grow
The world is changing at a rapid pace and this effects people in business more than most. A small change in a tool we use can create havoc with our business model.
Finding out what tools are available to use, how these tools might work for what we are doing and then devising a strategy to deploy, monitor, review, amend and go again is vital. Working together, sharing what is working for us, taking advantage of workshops and training to develop ourselves enables us to become better than we were yesterday and constantly improve the products and/or services we provide. This applies not only to our business but all facets of our lives.
Tools to help you grow
Innovation and Networking events : Link4Business in SW Herts
Peer-2-Peer Mentoring (Online / Offline Mentoring Groups) : OMG Mentoring Groups
1-1 Business Development and Growth : Innovation Coaching