Connect Me
Have you got an idea that you want to make happen? The next step is to get connected!
Make Your Mark Connect has launched a fantastic new online tool called Connect Me to help you to find information, advice and contacts. Post a question online and wait for an answer from the Make Your Mark Connectors - they're ready and waiting to point you in the right direction.
Connect Me is a place to share collective wisdom, and to get inspiration and practical support to help turn your ideas into reality.
If you have a plan for a business or project, a passion to change something, or simply an idea that you want to try out, then go to www.makeyourmarkconnect.org/question and post a question on anything you need help with. You can also share your own tips with others by posting a comment.
Great connections
Read on to see how great connections have helped these young entrepreneurs.
Katy Bensley
Katy spoke with the Connectors about finding contacts to help grow her online lingerie business, La Femme Fatale. She is now talking with two of the Connectors who have experience in growing retail based businesses, both online and offline.
Rebecca Fordham
Rebecca runs a company called R.E.A.L. People Solutions which offers realistic employment advice and learning to organisations, solving people problems in the workplace with employment law and HR support. She asked for support in helping her concentrate on growing her new business, as she has been working as an employee for 13 years, and realised she needed to shift her mentality to that of a business owner.
Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa
Tokunbo came to the Connectors to talk about his magazine and publishing organisation, Catch 22. From just one initial meeting with the Connectors, he gained contacts at NatWest, Tottenham Carnival, two established media organisations who gave him advice and a youth marketing organisation.
Alex Gatton
Alex gained valuable new contacts and experience which will help him move his children’s CD business forward. He is now in touch with music producers, companies that specifically deal with educational resources for children, and people that work in the entertainment rights industry.
Claire Smith
The Connect Me experience gave Claire new contacts which are proving invaluable in developing her corporate hospitality business. She has made important contacts with distributors and retailers in the hospitality industry, as well as with other successful young entrepreneurs in the UK and abroad.