November 28th - 29th 2008

Olympia, London

Fri 10am - 5pm

Sat 10am - 4pm

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Press releases

3 April 2007 How 'Jamaica' million?

"Reggae Reggae Sauce" founder inspires entrepreneurs at the UK's biggest start-up event - Olympia 28/29 Nov

6 March 2007 Stelios starts up ExCel

Stelios, Chairman of the easyGroup will provide inspiration and advice at this year's Business Startup Show at Olympia, 28th, 29th Nov

21 February 2007 - Entrepreneur survey results released

New research conducted by Business Startup reveals that the no.1 reason Midlands-based entrepreneurs start their own business is to be their own boss. This beat 'earning more money' and 'wanting to create something lasting', which came second and third respectively. Despite being the obvious driver for starting a business, 'having a fantastic idea' was actually bottom of the list.

February 2007 - Viking Direct continue sponsorship of The Midas Touch

The Midas Touch, one of the biggest draws to the Business Startup Exhibition at the NEC this month, is being sponsored for the second year running by Midlands-based catalogue and online office equipment supplier, Viking Direct.

23 January 2007 - Dragon breathes fire into the Business Startup show - NEC 23/24 Feb

Peter Jones, a leading panellist from Dragons' Den will be looking for investment opportunities at this year's Business Startup show at the NEC, Feb 23rd/24th

15 November 2006 - Click here to download (Word Doc)

Business Startup Overseas : a brand new event to support growing numbers of UK entrepreneurs setting up abroad

About us

Founded in 2001 by Nick Moss , privately-owned The Prysm Group is the UK 's leading producer of events and initiatives to support start-up, fledgling and growing young enterprises. The company's flagship event, Business Startup Exhibition , now runs annually at London 's Olympia and ExCeL, and at the NEC. Each show brings together an exhibition of supporting organisations, together with a series of seminars, networking meetings, workshops and one-to-one events.

Business Startup Community and Business Community - Live! are resources from the Prysm Group stable which support start-up and local businesses respectively. Launched in the summer of 2006, Business Startup Community (www.startupcommunity.co.uk) is a portal website carrying news, advice, networking, business exchange and ask the expert features. Within three months, this portal had entered the top 100,000 websites in the world in terms of popularity (source: Alexa). Business Community - Live! is a series of evening networking events at venues around the UK .

In 2007 the company will launch several new initiatives. Business Startup Overseas is a new event to support the growing number of entrepreneurs and sole traders seeking to set up or trade outside of the UK . It launches alongside the show at London 's ExCeL on 27/28 April.

At the Olympia show in November, The Social Entrepreneur show will launch: a special event to celebrate and enable the growing number of social enterprise organisations.

James Caan, The Dragon

James will be speaking about his experience of starting out in business and the path that he took to get to where he is today.

Rachel Elnaugh

Entrepreneur Rachel Elnaugh has experienced the entire lifecycle of a business – seeing it grow into a multi-million pound brand to seeing it fall into financial difficulties – she talks about the problems entrepreneurs face at every stage of their business journey, including stories of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs from her new book ‘Business Nightmares’.

Martin Webb

From that first idea, Martin will talk about how to take the huge leap, the crucial steps, the emotional roller coaster, pressures on the family and the financial planning to achieve your dreams and make a profit.

Levi Roots

When Levi Roots sang his way into £50k cash injection on Dragon's Den he started a chain reaction. Weeks later his Reggae Reggae Sauce was a national sellout. Levi shares his experience, his song - and little sauce...

David Gold, Gold Group and Birmingham City FC

Q & A hosted by David Gold – entrepreneur. Ask David how he rose from rags to being one of Britain’s most successful businessmen and self-made multi-millionaire.

Caprice Bourret, By Caprice Lingerie

Caprice will be talking about the evolution and success of her lingerie empire. She’ll be discussing how she made a transition from entertainment to the world of business. Touching on Investment, lessons she’s learned, licensing deals and the power of PR

Brad Rosser

It is a sad fact that most start-ups fail. Indeed, only 20% will make it to their sixth birthday. But success is not dependent upon being "genius" or "perfect" idea. Brad Rosser, who has an entry in The Times Rich List discusses the "Five Pillars of Building Succesful Business".

Jeremy Martin, For Goodness Shakes

For Goodness Shakes!, Britain’s fastest growing sports drink, is a brand that was launched on a shoestring budget. Learn the marketing tricks that can supercharge your brand.

Tre Azam, IDMM Limited

Understanding your motivations and Values and projecting them through your business, defining your personal success factors and understanding your ultimate aim.

Alan Smith, Cashew Group Limited

Cashflow is the key to all companies’ survival and Alan Smith will take you through the minefield of getting paid. Alan was instrumental in the development of Cashflow Protector™ - the online collection system that keeps your customer-client relationship intact whilst speeding up your slow payers.

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