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BSS1 – The Winner Takes It All, Worst way to start a business

BSS1 – The Winner Takes It All, Worst way to start a business

Useful Information (12:13) Like to get involved by being a guest expert on a future episode? Contact us by email - studio@greenelephant.show (21:13) Harriet Teagle - Artist in digital residence (21:26) Why Blue Sky Stinking (21:36) Camhayle Theatre Club Episode script Thirsty Thursday (0:21) Bob's Boardroom Bumble (2:11) Dinner at Nero's (6:35) Monday Morning Madness (8:46) Thirsty Thursday (0:21) CONTINUITY: It’s Thirsty Thursday and, following a Board meeting at their workplace, Zero’s Heroes, we are in the Dog and Bone Pub with Zelda and Bob ZELDA: I’m sick of working for my dad, he won’t give me any of the freedoms that I deserve. I’m thirty-(mumble) now and I can take a stronger hand in running the business. BOB: Yeah sure, ‘cause you’re so skilled in business – you’ve been at it so long. ZELDA: I know, right! It’s not that hard. I watched dad in the boardroom today, he took it easy on the factory manager, I would have kicked her out on her arse if I’d been running

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BSS1 – The Winner Takes It All, Worst way to start a business

BSS1 – The Winner Takes It All, Worst way to start a business

Useful Information (12:13) Like to get involved by being a guest expert on a future episode? Contact us by email - studio@greenelephant.show (21:13) Harriet Teagle - Artist in digital residence (21:26) Why Blue Sky Stinking (21:36) Camhayle Theatre Club Episode script Thirsty Thursday (0:21) Bob's Boardroom Bumble (2:11) Dinner at Nero's (6:35) Monday Morning Madness (8:46) Thirsty Thursday (0:21) CONTINUITY: It’s Thirsty Thursday and, following a Board meeting at their workplace, Zero’s Heroes, we are in the Dog and Bone Pub with Zelda and Bob ZELDA: I’m sick of working for my dad, he won’t give me any of the freedoms that I deserve. I’m thirty-(mumble) now and I can take a stronger hand in running the business. BOB: Yeah sure, ‘cause you’re so skilled in business – you’ve been at it so long. ZELDA: I know, right! It’s not that hard. I watched dad in the boardroom today, he took it easy on the factory manager, I would have kicked her out on her arse if I’d been running

BSS2 – Mamma Mia, Starting a business

BSS2 – Mamma Mia, Starting a business

Timings 0:27 - Scene 2.1 Like a Dog with a Bone 5:54 - Discussion 6:02 - Naming a company 7:42 - Structuring an organisation 11:43 - Business Banking 12:20 - Social Media 14:30 - Business Advice Books 17:17 - Other advisory services 17:45 - Business Networking Groups Useful Information Resources on company naming and structure (@6:02) Search the UK Companies House Register Business Name Builder (Spotify) Multiple keyword domain checker (NameMesh) Domain Search (InstantDomainSearch) Coming up with a company Name (VistaPrint Blog) The Psychology of Colour in Branding article (HelpScout) Foreign Word Safety *Not Secure* Trademark Register Search Choosing the Right Business Structure article (CompaniesHouse) Small Business Money Saving Article (MoneySavingExpert) Social Media Courses (@12:20) The Six o'clock Club Events (Eventbrite) Recommended Books and magazines (@14:30) Start with Why by Simon Sinek

BSS3 – Thank you for the music, business operations setup

BSS3 – Thank you for the music, business operations setup

Timings 0:27 - Scene 2.1 Like a Dog with a Bone 5:54 - Discussion 6:02 - Naming a company 7:42 - Structuring an organisation 11:43 - Business Banking 12:20 - Social Media 14:30 - Business Advice Books 17:17 - Other advisory services 17:45 - Business Networking Groups Useful Information Company naming, structure and business operations setup (@6:02) Search the UK Companies House Register Business Name Builder (Spotify) Multiple keyword domain checker (NameMesh) Domain Search (InstantDomainSearch) Coming up with a company Name (VistaPrint Blog) The Psychology of Colour in Branding article (HelpScout) Foreign Word Safety *Not Secure* Trademark Register Search Choosing the Right Business Structure article (CompaniesHouse) Small Business Money Saving Article (MoneySavingExpert) Social Media Courses (@12:20) The Six o'clock Club Events (Eventbrite) Recommended Books and magazines (@14:30) Start with Why by Si

BSS4 – Money, Money, Money – Business Finance Setup

BSS4 – Money, Money, Money – Business Finance Setup

Timings 00:15 - Scene 4.1 A Matter of Equity 05:28 - Scene 4.2 The Devil and the Angel 06:52 - Scene 4.3 It's Katherine Kash 09:25 - Discussion with Dan Orasnjak 09:48 - Lang Bennetts Introductions 11:04 - Organisational Structures 14:30 - Share allocation 16:00 - Equity 17:48 - Angel Investors 19:25 - Investor exit strategy 20:11 - Partnership and Shareholder agreements 21:32 - Lessons: Sole Trader tax return planning 24:15 - Lessons: Enterprise Investment Scheme traps 26:00 - Top tips for Start-ups 27:40 - Research and Tax Credits 28:32 - What's next? Useful Information Organisational Structure (@11:04) Choosing the right business structure - article (gov.uk) Shares and Equity (@14:30) Setup a private limited company - page (gov.uk) Investors (@19:25) EIS - Enterprise Investment Scheme - page (gov.uk) SEIS - Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme - page (gov.uk) Angel Investment Network - Site (angelinvestmentnetwork.co

BSS5 – Knowing Me, Knowing You – Privacy rules

BSS5 – Knowing Me, Knowing You – Privacy rules

Timings 00:15 - Scene 5.1 None of your business 04:55 - Discussion between Mike and Russell 09:20 - Duty of Confidentiality 10:45 - Obligations in a business 12:00 - Openness with competitors 13:05 - Family in business and confidentiality 15:30 - Intellectual Property (IP) 17:12 - Digital Confidentiality 20:03 - Tip #1 - Understand your obligations 20:51 - Tip #2 - Breaking a confidence process 21:23 - Tip #3 - Put security measures in place 21:57 - Tip #4 - Train your people on the privacy rules 22:03 - Tip #5 - Plan for a Breach 23:02 - What's next? Useful Information Confidentiality (@06:40) Confidentiality in the workplace: What you need to know - Article (DirectLineForBusiness) How employers can protect confidential information - Article (PersonnelToday) The importance of confidentiality in the workplace - Article (Hiscox) Defining Professional Confidentiality in practice (@09:20) Ethical Principles and Code of Professional

BSS6 – I Have A Dream – Setting up premises

BSS6 – I Have A Dream – Setting up premises

Timings 00:18 - Scene 6.1 - Building a Better Building 07:19 - Discussion with Dave Moore 08:57 - The role of an architect 09:30 - The role of a project manager 09:57 - The expectations of the client 10:40 - The role of a builder 11:02 - Change Control 12:35 - Others that should be involved 14:20 - Health and Safety 16:33 - Learning from Mistakes 17:40 - Top tips for creating useful, safe and effective premises 18:50 - What's next? Useful Information Setting up and running Business Premises (@07:19) HM Gov Business Premises Advice - Page (gov.uk) Fire Safety in the Workplace - Page (gov.uk) Architects and Project Managers (@08:57) How do I use an Architect? - Document (RIBA) (Not secure) About Working with an Architect - Page (ACA) What does a Project Manager do? - page (APM) A day in the life of a project manager - Article (APM) What is Change Control - Page (APM) Health and Safety (@14:20) Managing for Health a

BSS7 – One of Us – Recruiting Staff

BSS7 – One of Us – Recruiting Staff

Timings 00:15 - Scene 7.1 - This time it's Personnel 05:24 - Scene 7.2 - I don't like Mondays 08:35 - Discussion with Donna Negus and Oliver Watson 10:50 - Initial thoughts on "Winging it" in recruitment 13:20 - The "Silver Spoon" and the "Scrapper" candidates 13:50 - Appropriate Locations 16:33 - Interview question no-no's 18:05 - Is it all about a degree? 21:00 - Good questions 22:00 - The recruitment process 26:57 - The social media effect 28:45 - The impact of bad recruitment processes 29:44 - Scoring candidate attributes 31:04 - Discrimination through nicknames 36:20 - Top tips (see below) 43:27 - Difference between small and large organisation 46:35 - Next hot topic? 48:05 - What's next? Useful Information Recruitment (@8:35) Recruiting Staff Guide - Document (ACAS) Recruitment Guidance - Article (ACAS) Various CIPD Blog Articles - Hashtag index (CIPD) Recruiting and Hiring - Page (gov.uk) Getting advice Sekoya

BSS8 – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme – Intellectual Property Protection

BSS8 – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme – Intellectual Property Protection

Timings 00:20 - Scene 8.1 - Patently Obvious 02:56 - Scene 8.2 - Rock and a hard place 06:34 - Discussion with Jacob Cunningham, Bright Solicitors 08:21 - What is Intellectual Property (IP) 09:03 - Types of Intellectual Property rights 10:18 - Who owns intellectual property 11:28 - Why protect the things that you've created? 12:45 - Benefits when buying or selling a business 13:27 - Examples of where IP has been a problem 14:50 - Dangers of copying on-line documents 16:00 - Risks surrounding Intellectual property 17:45 - What should Sydeline have done? 20:05 - The Patent Tests 21:43 - Can you Patent software? 22:52 - Next steps for Sydeline on the matter of the Patent? 24:40 - Top Tips for those who've never considered their IP 26:00 - Watch what your using from the internet 27:57 - What's next? Useful Information Researching existing registered IP (@00:00) Registered Trademarks - Search site (.gov.uk) Registered Patents - Search site

BSS9 – Super Trouper – Creating a brand

Timings 00:19 - Scene 9.1 Can a logo be to super? 06:08 - Scene 9.2 A hand on the brand 09:24 - Discussion with Tom Gamblin 10:13 - What makes a brand? 12:45 - Is it all about the logo? 13:15 - Are logos difficult to create? 14:55 - A customers view on the logo 16:07 - Good and bad logo design approaches 17:48 - Other aspects of 'brand' 19:42 - Applying the brand 21:45 - Consistency is key 22:30 - Internal marketing resources 24:50 - Doing a rebrand 27:12 - Using real data, avoiding assumptions 28:00 - Top tips 31:07 - What's next? Useful Information Building a brand How to Start Your Own Brand From Scratch in 7 Steps - Article (Shopify) The Basics of Branding - Article (Entrepreneur) For inspiration, Logopedia - site (Fandom.com) How to Develop a Unique (& Memorable) Brand Identity in 2019 - Article (Hubspot) Top tips for ...(@00:00) Never rush into branding Discover what your customers want Thank how the brand wi

BSS10 – Waterloo – Digital Marketing

BSS10 – Waterloo – Digital Marketing

Timings 00:24 - Scene 10.1 - Socially Inept 04:00 - Scene 10.2 - That went went, not 06:02 - Discussion with Amanda Williams 08:26 - Marketing is not a dirty word 09:43 - Social media dangers 10:34 - Picking your "party" 11:52 - The 80/20 content rule 12:33 - White paper - Online harm 13:38 - Better social approach 15:48 - Closed Facebook groups 17:06 - Email shots and purchasing lists 19:06 - Due diligence 20:50 - Legitimate Interest... or not 25:30 - Digital Marketing pitfalls 28:46 - The Non-digital marketing mix 30:00 - What's missing in Sydeline? 31:10 - Agile marketing strategy 32:54 - Top tips 33:48 - The future for Sydeline? 36:01 - What's next? Useful Information Essential Privacy Reading (@12:33) Online Harms - Executive Summary page (gov.uk) Online Harms - Full Whitepaper PDF (gov.uk) Mark Ronson - So You've Been Publicly Shamed - book (Amazon) What are PECR? - Site (ico.org.uk) Top tips for compliant digita

BSS11 – I do, I do, I do, I do, I do – Business Regulation

BSS11 – I do, I do, I do, I do, I do – Business Regulation

Timings 00:20 - Scene 11.1 Should have got that 'I Do' 03:54 - Scene 11.2 A little R E S P E C T 07:00 - Discussion between Russell & Mike 07:28 - Why can Emails be blocked? 08:30 - Ignorance is no excuse 09:56 - Where to start with Data Protection 11:00 - Role of the decision makers in protecting data 11:23 - Showing Professionalism 12:20 - Information Technology's role in data protection 13:38 - Reviewing the R.E.S.P.E.C.T. acronym (see below) 16:45 - What's next? Useful Information Basic landscape of business regulation (@00:00) The Agency Workers Regulations, 2010 Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956 Children and Families Act 2014 Companies Act 2006 The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 Computer Misuse Act 1990 Copyright Act 1956 The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 Corporation Tax Act 2010

BSS12 – Take A Chance On Me – Risk Management

BSS12 – Take A Chance On Me – Risk Management

Timings 00:00 - SCENE 12.1 - IS IT HOT IN HERE? SCENE 12.2 - AN EERIE CALM Episode script IS IT HOT IN HERE? AN EERIE CALM IS IT HOT IN HERE? JAKOB: I don’t understand why we thought that this email list approach was effective or appropriate. ZELDA: Monty said he had had success in the past with the same approach and I didn’t know the law had changed GARTH: Don’t you lot read the governments feeds? ZELDA: (incredulous) Errr, no! BRYOCK: Some Italian once said that “In football, you win as a group, you lose as a group; you divide the credit and the blame.” (All pause to take that concept in) ZELDA: Look! I told Michaela to do the email list on the basis that Monty had experienced previous success with that approach. I have to take the blame. BRYOCK: Ah, I prefer that approach… “A good leader takes a little more than their share of the blame, a little less than their share of the credit.” ZELDA: Thanks Bryock, but don’t push it! JAKOB: We need to become more risk