Having just been fortunate enough to provide some marketing input to the fabulous business ideas of participants in this year’s Ignite program at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning it set me thinking about what advice is most desired by innovators and entrepreneurs and how it’s best delivered. Intensive courses, where your plan is put through [...]

Okay, okay. This video will almost certainly not turn you into a smarter, savvier and more effective entreprenuer.  But it might make you laugh. It does contain a few truths though (maybe even a few home-truths). The online space is the place to be to make money.

Gijsbert Koren is a graphic designer, and creative entrepreneur at Innovatrs. He has a varied portfolio, containing entrepreneurial, design engineering, conceptual design and free art projects. Gijsbert co-founded Mooze Design- a graphic design agency with his business partner, Shyam Soni.

Helen Proudman, entrepreneur at Innovatrs.net, explains how she built Funky Wood with her husband, Eddie. The company is a supplier of modern, contemporary interior wood products to the UK and abroad. Helen is an entrepreneur with a vision, passion, and nous.

Dave Andrews, entrepreneur at Innovatrs, explains how he took his first steps into the film industry. Dave is the founder of the internet-based TV channel  The Syzygy Network.

Amit Jain, entrepreneur at Innovatrs, has been a business developer of various companies, ranging from start-ups to small to mid-sized organizations. He was recognized in 2005 as the Entrepreneurial Graduate Student of the Year

While the Phillipines faces a cycle of seemingly never-ending political crisis, a new breed of Technopreneur is quietly rising in the background. Meet Prof. Gerald C. Degala, an Innovatrs entrepreneur and a self-confessed technopreneur with an arsenal of more than a hundred pending patent and unregistered Internet enabled products and services.

Groupon, which launched in November 2008, has become the fastest growing company in web history. Their innovative entrpreneurial founder, Andrew Mason, invented the business model which has transformed the way companies make sales (especially smaller ones with limited marketing budgets).

Bernard Moon is the co-founder and CEO of XS Groupe, and an Innovatrs entrepreneur. He is also the outgoing Managing Director of the Lunsford Group, a private holding company consisting of entities in research and consulting, technology, media, healthcare and real estate.

Fred Wilson is a New York-based venture capitalist and a prominet blogger. He is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Indeed.com, Oddcast,Disqus and Clickable.

In this video interview, Chris Sacca, talks about the sustainability of the ‘super angel’ model and how he put together his template for investors to reach financial success.

John P ‘Jack’ Beckett became Director of Photograpy  of Beckett Motion Picture in 1961 and continues his great work as an entrepreneur at Innovatrs. His company grew into a full service provider of Motion Picture on TV equipment. And not just any old bit of TV equipment- they’ve built the fastest Motion Picture Film Scanner in the world.

Rob Kurver, serial entrepreneur at Innovatrs, explains how he entered into the world of Cloud Computing. He co-founded Voipro in 2005, a hosted voice (SaaS telco) leader in the Netherlands, currently expanding to other countries. Rob is also a creator of websites, interactive magazines and communities for the iPad generation.

Tomas Mendoza, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and managing director and founder of fonmigo, talks about the difficulties of landing a first-time job after university graduation, the merits of starting up his own company and the importance of pursuing a dream career-path.

After watching this video, the first thoughts to enter your mind are the classic differences between entrepreneurs and employees.

In the cliché driven world of business and marketing, it’s easy to roll out the old adage that success breeds success. But as any good entrepreneur knows, it’s the experience of failure that ultimately drives long-term career glory.

Bill Darby, founder of  iMOVIEi and Innovatrs entrepreneur, tells us about his life in the unpredictable world of film production.

Scott Anthony is the Managing Director of Innosight, a boutique consulting, training and investment firm that works with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, non-profits and national governments to improve their ability to create innovation-driven growth.

Rob Symington, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and the founder of  Escape The City, talks about his latest venture and how the project has taught him that just because things are usually done in a certain way, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is the best way to do them.

R. Wayne Steiger, entrepreneur at Innovatrs and founder of TME, talks about his experiences working with several successful start-ups and how he developed his latest venture. His new start-up, the wireless company TME, provides mobile payment solutions, along with other remote payment applications. TME utilizes Cloud Management Technology to solve some pretty complex issues.

Famous angel investor, Chris Dixon, has been involved in early-stage technology companies including Skype, Overflow, DocVerse, co-founder of Hunch and founder of Collective.

Rebecca Tranter, independent producer and entrepreneur at Innovatrs, tells us about her work on award winning shorts and several commercial feature projects.

Stuart Urban, the founder of independent production company Cyclops Vision and entrepreneur at Innovatrs, tells us all about his venture into the film industry. A film-maker since 1982, Stuart has made highly regarded, award-winning popular TV drama as well as movies that have sold globally, winning him two British Academy awards.

Myriam Morgenstern entrepreneur at Innovatrs and Founder and Director of Nogaya, tells us about her social enterprise. She created Nogaya after spending 3 years in India. NOGAYA Women’s Collective provides communities of underprivileged women around the world with the ability to sustain and empower themselves through their work.

Give an ear to what the successful founder turned VC, Naval Ravikant has to say about entrepreneurship and investing. Straight talk about what it takes to be successful and what an investor is really looking for when making the big decision. Thanks Gigaom for a great interview.