Entrepreneurship Guide

Entrepreneurship guide, by the pink team

Contents

Introduction 1

1. Entrepreneurial idea 3

2. Access to finance 4

3. Marketing & Media 5

4. Networking 7

5. Entrepreneurship in the European Union today 9

6. HR: Human as a factor of success 10

Conclusion 11

Introduction

8 young persons with different backgrounds, from different countries and cultures but with the same live views arrived to Brussels to learn more about entrepreneurship from high level entrepreneurs. This guide book is a sum up of all ideas that they find the most important for young entrepreneurs.

The guide is divided into 5 main parts:

1. Entrepreneurial idea

2. Access to finance

3. Marketing and media

4. Networking

5. EU and entrepreneurship nowadays

6. HR

People who want to create a start up

You can find some inspirations in this guide connected with how to make your idea come true. We share the experience of mature entrepreneurs from different fields from their early stages. How did they start? How did they behave in different situations? How did they solve different problems? We were trying to put the ideas that were common to most of the speakers.

In the end you can read about the recent situation of entrepreneurship in the EU and about

the importance of people for your business to success.

I would like to thank Pink Team for their great job, for time spent together, for gathering with stress, tiredness but also smiles and positive energy. Thank you guys!:)

What is “entrepreneurship” for us?

“Ability to broaden your horizons and set your paths based on your own knowledge; Its to know in depth your capabilities and weaknesses and be able to make the best out of them in order to get through with the purposes and goals you’ve set for yourself and those who follow you”.

Daniel, Honduras

“Entrepreneurship is about identifying a problem and being passionate, resourceful, and clever about creating a solution”

Bekki, UK

“Being an entrepreneur means you’re realizing