Doug Richard, Dragons' Den Investor, Announces Social Entrepreneur Training at School for Startups

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 11, 2009 --

Doug Richard's School for Startups delivers accelerated training to entrepreneurs in how to launch a new business, assemble effective management teams, develop great products and services, market products & services efficiently and find funding from angel investors, venture capitalists and grant makers worldwide. School for Startups has just announced discounts for Social and Ethical entrepreneurs pursuing projects that deliver sustainable solutions to social problems on a national and international scale. The first discounted School for Startups class covers Growth Marketing and will be delivered September 25, 2009 at the British Library.

Social Entrepreneurs, like Michael Pritchard who created the Livesaver water bottle, and Social Enterprises like Kiva, an international person-to-person micro-lending project, are part of revolution in international business. Generally companies are run to make a profit for their owners and investors. These businesses are designed to develop long term, self-sustaining solutions to problems like poverty, hunger and disease.

Doug Richard, serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor, says "Entrepreneurs start businesses for any number of reasons. Many simply want to feed their families in a tough job market. Some want to develop a company that delivers new services and new technologies to customers at a reasonable profit. And a few simply want to remake the world. Health care, fresh water, healthy food, more efficient farming methods, widespread education and literacy . . . on an individual level there may be little reward for an entrepreneur who takes on these problems. The people with the problem can't afford to pay for the solution. But on a societal level, we all benefit when these important human needs are met. By supporting social entrepreneurs and social enterprises working to create sustainable solutions to some of the world's biggest problems, School for Startups hopes to play some role in their success."

The Fast Growth Marketing for Growing Businesses class at the British Library on September 25 will be of particular interest to social entrepreneurs who need to increase market awareness of their objectives and the projects they have underway. Effective search engine marketing techniques, strategies for working with the press, social marketing through tools like Twitter and Facebook will be covered in detail.

In order to qualify for the deeply discounted ticket price, social entrepreneurs must be actively pursuing, or have already launched, a social / ethical business. School for Startups reserves the right to review and cancel discounted registrations that do not satisfy our criteria. To register for the class, go to
www.schoolforstartups.co.uk and click on Events or call +44 (0) 7702 313 226.

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