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| SOUTH WALES BUSINESS REVIEW ADOLYGIAD BUSNES DE CYMRU |<br />
inside<br />
Autumn<br />
3 Editorial:<br />
START-UP NATION<br />
4 The Big<br />
Interview:<br />
CAROLINE THOMPSON<br />
6 WHAT THE LARGE<br />
PRINT GIVETH,<br />
THE SMALL PRINT<br />
TAKETH AWAY<br />
7 WILL YOUR BUSINESS<br />
SURVIVE BY LUCK<br />
OR DESIGN?<br />
8 BOOSTING LOCAL<br />
ENTREPRENEURSHIP<br />
- THREE INITIATIVES<br />
TO KNOW<br />
13 THE VALUE OF SOCIAL<br />
MEDIA TO START-UPS,<br />
EMMA GRAY<br />
14 BEING ENTERPRISING IN<br />
EDUCATION, WHERE<br />
ARE THE DOTS TO BE<br />
JOINED UP?<br />
16 OUR BUSINESS IS<br />
FUTURE-PROOFING<br />
CONSTRUCTION SKILLS<br />
EIN BUSNES YW SICRHAU<br />
SGILIAU ADEILADU AT<br />
Y DYFODOL<br />
2018<br />
Volume 7 Issue 4<br />
20 BUILDING AN<br />
ENTERPRISING ECONOMY<br />
– THE CASE FOR<br />
MALAYA-WALES<br />
21 Review:<br />
“JUST START: TAKE ACTION,<br />
EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY,<br />
CREATE THE FUTURE”, DR.<br />
COLIN JONES<br />
22 News and Events<br />
24 Next Issue<br />
‘BE MY GUEST’<br />
PRODUCTION TEAM<br />
Editor: Kathryn Penaluna<br />
Editorial Board:<br />
Manjit Biant<br />
Sian Harris<br />
Christopher Thomas<br />
Jayne Woodman<br />
Rebecca Weicht<br />
Design & Print:<br />
<strong>UWTSD</strong> TEL Department<br />
Editorial:<br />
Start-Up Nation<br />
Kath<br />
Penaluna<br />
Editor<br />
Does it take a village to make a start-up thrive, or could it take the region? In this<br />
issue of South Wales Business Review, we are excited to connect the dots and<br />
celebrate many great home-grown initiatives that support entrepreneurship and<br />
entrepreneurs in Wales! Here at <strong>UWTSD</strong> we are extremely proud of our graduate<br />
businesses, with 567 businesses in 2016, we were ranked third in the UK. Their<br />
creativity and innovation keep us connected to current thinking, and you can<br />
hear from one of them, Jo Ashburner (page 10).<br />
10 In Conversation:<br />
JO ASHBURNER FARR<br />
ON DOING BUSINESS<br />
In our Big Interview, we hear from BeTheSpark’s CEO Caroline Thompson and get<br />
a personal insight into her vision to empower Wales’ entrepreneurial ecosystem.<br />
BeTheSpark wants to ensure that innovation and commercial opportunities are visible,<br />
that key influencers, decision makers and financiers connect with each other, and<br />
make the entrepreneurial landscape in Wales as simple as possible to understand and<br />
navigate for everyone. It’s a vision for all.<br />
Also in this issue, we discuss the importance of contracts (page 6), networking (page<br />
7), and social media (page 13) for start-ups. We highlight three organisations that<br />
boost entrepreneurship (page 8).<br />
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ISSN 2049-5544<br />
Disclaimer: The articles in this publication represent<br />
the views of the authors, not those of the University. The<br />
University does not accept responsibility for the contents of<br />
articles by individual authors. Please contact the editor if you<br />
have further queries.<br />
Ymwadiad: Mae’r erthyglau yn y cyhoeddiad hwn yn<br />
cynrychioli barn yr awduron, nid rhai <strong>UWTSD</strong>. Nid yw’r<br />
Brifysgol yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb am gynnwys erthyglau<br />
awduron unigol. Cysylltwch â’r golygydd os oes gennych<br />
gwestiynau pellach.<br />
© Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University<br />
of Wales Trinity Saint David 2018. All rights reserved/<br />
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CONTACT US /<br />
CYSYLLTWCH Â NI<br />
Web/Gwefan: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/swbr<br />
Email/E-bost: swbr@uwtsd.ac.uk<br />
Twitter: @SWBusReview<br />
Post:<br />
Kathryn Penaluna<br />
South Wales Business Review<br />
Adolygiad Busnes De Cymru<br />
Swansea Business School<br />
Ysgol Fusnes Abertawe<br />
University of Wales Trinity Saint David<br />
Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant<br />
High Street / Stryd Fawr<br />
Swansea / Abertawe<br />
SA1 1NE<br />
But learning to start up does not just begin with kicking off an entrepreneurial venture!<br />
Did you know that Wales and its <strong>UWTSD</strong> is among the leading regions in Europe on<br />
entrepreneurship education? Exciting entrepreneurial skills-building already takes place<br />
in our primary schools (page 14). And we are exporting our knowledge far afield<br />
(page 20)!<br />
In our next issue, you are invited to Be My Guest, as we explore the tourism and<br />
hospitality industry. If you are interested in contributing, please email us at swbr@<br />
uwtsd.ac.uk.<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Kath Penaluna<br />
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