Live from the British Library’s Business & IP Centre: Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Mothers of Invention

Date and Time

March 19, 2012

Location

Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at SNFL, Conference Room 018

Event Details

The British Library's Business & IP Centre and NYPL's Science, Industry and Business Library are partnering for the third time to present the live webcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs. In celebration of International Women's Month, which recognizes the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future, Mothers of Invention brings together a great panel of inspirational women who have all founded their own successful businesses.

Don't miss your chance to listen to their experiences, get their advice, and put some of your questions to a group of pioneers in their fields. In addition, this will be a fantastic opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs.

Follow the hashtag #Mothers2012 to take part in the online discussion.

Moderator

Emma Jones

Emma launched her first business at age 27 and successfully sold the company 2 years later. Enterprise Nation was launched in 2006 as a website to help anyone start and grow a business from home. The company has since expanded to offer online services, publications, events, and finance to small businesses across the UK.

Emma is also co-founder of national campaign, StartUp Britain, and currently acting as the campaign's CEO.

Speakers

Kamal Basran

From helping her parents prepare samosas for the English pub they ran, to setting up her own food business The Authentic Food Company in 1985, Kamal indulged her passion for cooking authentic Indian food and opened a small business supplying local catering establishments with hand-made samosas and other Indian snack food.

Today, the company has over 240 employees and has a turnover of over £31 million the company are supplying many of the UK's top hotels, pub chains, restaurants, and retail outlets with the range of quality international cuisine.

Sophie Cornish

As co-founder of acclaimed shopping website notonthehighstreet.com, Sophie Cornish has won many prestigious awards including the ECMOD Direct Commerce Award for the last three consecutive years and the Online Retail Award Prix D'or 2010.

Sophie is also Stylist magazines business ambassador and a journalist and author with experience in product development and advertising for No.7, L'Oreal and Monsoon.

Tatty Devine

Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine are the founders of Tatty Devine whose distinctive fashion designs have made them brand leaders. In 2011, they had a boom year, with a £1 million turnover and kick started 2012 with opening a Selfridges pop up shop which launched their new silver label. The two London Tatty Devine boutiques are located in Brick Lane and Covent Garden.

They are independently run and design every piece and 99% of the jewelry is made by hand in their workshops (based in London and Kent). Their custom-made jewelry has been worn by everyone from Claudia Schiffer to Jessie J.

Christina Richardson

Christina is founder of The Nurture Network the UK's first on-demand marketing department for start-ups and entrepreneurial growth businesses. Christina has spent much of her career managing and growing FMCG brands worth in excess of £100 million.

Now she and her blue-chip trained team, work flexibly across multiple businesses – being their marketing expertise, part time or for specific projects – calling in creative specialists from their network as and when they are needed.