We would like to express our sincere thanks to Anne Milton MP for officially opening our Entrepreneur School in Guildford last night. The event was held The University of Surrey – Continuing Education Centre.

The agenda for the evening was a follows:-

6.00pm – Registration and Meet & Greet Event Attendees

6.30pm – Welcome from Bradley and introduce Guildford Entrepreneur School Leader

6.40pm – Agenda and introductions by Peter Hartley (Guildford ES Leader)

6.45pm – Opening of the school by Anne Milton, MP (Shadow Health Minister)

6.55pm – “Looking Ahead” by Peter Hartley

7.05pm – “My Business and how I got there” – Speaker Dr Andrew Lucas

7.50pm – Coffee Break, Group Networking and Meet the Invited Professionals

8.30pm – Session Close

Anne Milton MP – Shadow Health Minister expressed her appreciation for entrepreneurs and the strength and courage that it takes to succeed and indeed bounce back from adversity. She also stressed that during any financial recession that the number of Mental Health cases rises significantly and she confirmed that it is a wide spread problem along with obesity and other mental and physical health issues. Anne was pleased to see a school for Entrepreneurs developing and would have loved to have been able to utilise a school for politicians when she started out her political career.

I was first to speak at the event and was pleased to share my own story of adversity from bankruptcy and beyond with all the attendees explaining my idea, how far we had come and I shared our aspirations of creating Regional Training Centres for Entrepreneurs for the future which might help decrease the business failure rates in the UK.

The Guildford School is being headed up by Mr Peter Hartley who is highly regarded and has a wealth of business and ex MOD based work experience. Peter is also passionate about the SME sector and particularly entrepreneurs. Peter faced his own personal adversity after caring and for his late wife who sadly passed away after being diagnosed with Cancer.

Peter is determined, kind, considerate and unmistakably determined and focused on helping to build Entrepreneur School now and in the near future. I am also pleased to say that he is now my friend.

With a BSc in Physics from Imperial College, Peter started in Business as a Graduate Engineer, collecting various post-Graduate Certificates and an MSc in his spare time. Peter spent some 37 years in corporate business, spanning most roles from basic Design and Development through to Test, Production, etc, before moving into Systems and Programme Management. The opportunities to travel around the world, supporting Marketing and carrying out contract negotiations, were used to great advantage. Having reached Cabinet level and 4* level contacts, he finally left international corporate business and took the Independent route, achieving the success and the work/leisure balance he wanted, with a Science and Technology Consultancy company.

Separately, the growing Business Consultancy, which he offers in conjunction with Entrepreneur School, is intended to provide support to others, whether via Tuition, CVs, Documentation, ICT and Websites, Assistance to find Investors, Commercial Analysis, Business Planning and Reviews.

Peter is currently working with SMEs to achieve major contracts (in excess of GB£40M) with the Primes; he is also setting up a complete Internet based business package as a Turnkey system for a Farmer who wishes to sell meat products directly to the public, providing ‘worthy individuals’ with CVs and websites, and still carrying out some Tuition work (the future lies in the Education of the young).

Peter’s hobbies include most Country sports, including fly-fishing (when he can catch the flies!) and breeding and working his gundogs. His garden is a place of continuous development, and he is now seeking a new house for a development project.

The Guildford Entrepreneur School speaker was Dr Andrew Lucas born in Melbourne, Australia in 1949, Andrew gained his Bachelor’s (Honours) Degree in Mechanical Engineering in Melbourne and later, his PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at Queens College, Cambridge University, UK.

After spending some 20 years in the UK and Australia, in a wide variety of high technology posts, including Associate Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, Andrew formed his first company, Agent Oriented Software (AOS) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne in 1997. From that beginning, Andrew then extended his activities across the UK the USA. Andrew has over thirty years of experience in various engineering roles in aerospace, software, robotics and defence.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Peter Hartley for putting so much energy into the night, Anne Milton MP for opening the school, Dr Andrew Lucas for delivering an inspiring and inspirational speech, the attendees, Robert Copping and Jeremy Webb who are also Entrepreneur School leaders and the team at MI for staying focused and dedicated during this very testing time and of course my family who keep pushing, driving and supporting me – without you none of this would be worth fighting for.

Dreams to Reality

Bradley Chapman – Founder

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Have you pitched Simon Dolan Yet?

Simon Dolan went from paperboy to “Accountancy Guru” after he created SJD Accountancy now a multi million pound business that he started with just ten pounds. Simon’s firm currently employs around 150 people.

Simon is more than your average Entrepreneur, he runs a successful business and is now an active Business Angel investor. He has made the headlines recently offering a share of his £5 million investment fund to aspiring and experienced Entrepreneurs using Twitter.

When Simon was introduced to me I saw that he was not a high profile TV style Entrepreneur but something drew me to him and he kindly allowed me to run an interview. Read the Interview Here.

It was one of the most interesting interviews I have experienced. The reason I found it interesting was not because Simon is now a successful businessman but because he was listening to me and taking everything on board even though he had already gone through the adversity I spoke of. I could hear the cogs of thought, the calculation, the assessment of me and my business. It amazed me how quickly he grasped the concept of Million Impossible and took the time to ask about the business.

I was really inspired by the interview and have now had the pleasure of meeting Simon formally (I spilt coffee on his lovely reception floor at his offices) and I have met and interviewed his sister Lisa Keeble as well millionimpossible.com/entrepreneur-interviews.asp?iid=17″.

When you start a business it can be very difficult to secure investment and there are so many hoops to jump through. Simon has taken that myth and smashed it out of the ball park.

Simon Has Announced That He is Here & He is Here to Play!
I interviewed Simon again yesterday while he was enjoying a short break in Monaco with his family. I apologised for catching him on holiday and he said “No problem let’s talk”, that is the kind of support and availability you will get from Simon Dolan once you have passed the Twitter Test!

Read the rest of the interview and to find out how to pitch your idea to Simon Dolan then click here now

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I am pleased to announce that Anne Milton MP is to open Entrepreneur School Guildford.

Entrepreneur School – Guildford
Launches on Thursday 29th October and then every other Thursday at the same venue
Location: The University of Surrey
Tickets: On Sale NOW : http://esguildford.eventbrite.com

We now have a further 8 Entrepreneur Schools to go live during October and November 2009. |For further information about Entrepreneur School please click here

Million Impossible – The Entrepreneur Network

www.annemilton.com

Bradley Chapman came up with the idea of creating a UK and potentially a World leading Entrepreneur based support business back in 2007 after he had been through some major personal adversity after breaking up with the mother of his two children. Bradley had been involved in a wide range of businesses and had worked 6-7 days a week for most of his working career but found himself not being able to find one place that he could go to that would provide him with a cradle to the grave entrepreneur support network to help improve his chances of business success. He found that there were singular specific facilities available on the market but not one all encompassing entrepreneur based support service.

Million Impossible’s online network was born during November 2007 with zero members – but Bradley had a big dream that one day the company would become a world leading Entrepreneur Authority. Million Impossible have now progressed the business and offer both online networking (Million Impossible) , face to face networking (Entrepreneur School) and publish a business Magazine called (Raw Business Magazine) which features high profile Entrepreneurs like Rachel Elnaugh, Duncan Banatynne, Doug Richard and Max Clifford – The journey Is far from complete!

With the launch of Entrepreneur School Chelmsford in June 2008 and with 10,000 registered online members the business now has 10 ES school areas planned to go live during October and November 2009 with UK wide coverage planned by the end of 2010. Each school is run by an ES leader, who is also a Million Impossible online networking member. Attendance levels range from 15-30 people per event (held every two weeks) . As the exposure grows and the word spreads so will our attendance levels….

But that is not the final picture!

The company plans to open 3 regional Entrepreneur training centres during 2010 – one in the north, one in the midlands and one in the south. The residential training centres will be called “Entrepreneur School”. The schools will be syllabus lead with experienced and established entrepreneurs teaching aspiring entrepreneurs how to start up their business (safely). There will be a second tier syllabus for companies established under 2 years and a third tier master class for established business.

The Overall Aim!

To provide start up business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with comprehensive start up knowledge using an initial training course. Upon leaving the course they gain automatic membership to an online network of 10,000 online contacts (continually growing) to do business and network with. The third benefit is Entrepreneur School local events which provides the Entrepreneurs with face to face networking opportunities – In fact everything that a business would need to start, grow and succeed!

Indeed cradle to the grave… or as Bradley suggests “Dreams to Reality”

YouTube VideosBradley speaking at the British Library “Inspiring Entrepreneurs”
Million Impossible at the “Business Startups Show”
“Entrepreneur School launch”

Million Impossible is currently building a new GLOBAL business networking website which is due to go live during Jan/ Feb 2010!

I am totally immersed in my goal of trying to create a “World Leading Entrepreneur Business” that i forget to say thank you to the ones i love..

Yes my emotions are running high and the pressure for my team and myself at this juncture for Million Impossible is immense. The struggle to build a business on a limited capital investment combined with fighting against the odds grows every day.

There are so many people that know my story but very few people that know the full and true story. It is a tough one to tell and i hope that one day i will be able to tell you all in graphic detail. My friedns investmed thier hard earned cash in a little idea called Million Impossible, our members have invested thier money in memberships looking to Million Impossible for immediate and long term benefits, my friedns have stood by me but there is one or two people that i do not say thank you too enough.

My sister Simy who believes so much in me it brings me to tears. My mum Brenda who has stood by me through all my sins and successes and my very loving supportive mrs Emma who has been a rock for me and our 4 children (the 5th is one the way).

It’s been an emotional day for me for one reason or another and while i am working in the office at 11.46pm as usual i put my Will Young CD on a this song hit me, made me cry and urged me to say thank you from the bottom of my heart – between you three ladies “You have put my Bones back together”. Thanks for being there – I love you all so much

From a son a brother and lover and father
143 Forever

Braddles – Keep believing in me, you are my rocks x x x x
www.millionimpossible.com

During the last four months I seem to have gone to hell and back. Two back to back burglaries in our current building, delayed lease on our new building, staffing issues, increasingly challenging revenue against cost targets. My recent workload is reaching unbearable levels which see me working crazy hours through the night and then missing parts of the day from being disorganised. From merchant service issues to dealing with the stigma of post bankruptcy…

Does mind over matter really play a major part in my day or with the business being nearly two years in have we reached the point that so many businesses fail to overcome?

I think that it is probably a mixture of the two. Mind over matter is very important as each day we face ultimate challenges that seem Impossible to overcome and equally we seem to have reached a point where we need to consolidate our brand and our values.

I have made so many mistakes with Million Impossible and our offshoot businesses that you can often forget to look at your successes. I know that I have learned a great deal in the process and indeed added to my existing skill set but at what true cost?

Time money, energy, passion and personal and business relationships could have all been cultivated and nourished much more beneficially. I find that I shield my true thoughts and try to be strong for others that are perhaps not as strong and experienced commercially – yet I preach that by not showing your true thoughts is a weakness, so am I being weak when I should be strong or am I actually being strong?

For those that have followed the Million Impossible journey you will know that we have come such a long way and have had to face and overcome many hurdles, some of which you know about and some you don’t.
I am thinking to myself right now “MIND OVER MATTER – MIND OVER MATTER” my goal is to create the Worlds leading Entrepreneur Business Networking website and Entrepreneur based publishing company “EVERYTHING ENTREPRENEUR” a website that entrepreneurs come to from all around the world because we have something that they want……….

I am also thinking selfishly to myself that my old job gave me so much money. I was employed at a corporate level. I was brought in to turn businesses around and after six months I had turned them.. Luxurious cars, great home, meals out, great clothes, holidays and money to treat my loved ones……….. but that would be just too easy and I do not think I would enjoy it anymore.

I have come this far we have a good team, a good product and an exploding market and all we need now is a little investment, some decent operational controls, a steady growth plan and we could achieve our ambition.

It is in my experience exactly these of wobbly thought patterns that see businesses and the entrepreneurs that run them FAIL and that is why I must continue, I must not falter an I must find a way.

So yes I do believe that MIND OVER MATTER plays a massive part of an Entrepreneurs business journey.
Do you have any thoughts on mind over matter, is there a commercial term for it and would you like to present a seminar at one of our Entrepreneur Schools to au audience of willing listeners. I would also like to features this person on our web site www.millionimpossible.com under our Mi features section.
Please email me at Bradley@millionimpossible.com or leave a comment.

Dreams to Reality
Bradley Chapman – Founder
www.millionimpossible.com

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Dear Friends, Members and Readers!

So many Entrepreneurs are like sticks of rock and if you were to cut them down the middle I am sure that it would say “Workaholic”, but at what time should Entrepreneurs take a break from their business before they become counter-productive?

Speaking personally and after going though what I can only describe as the most gruelling three years of my life, I decided to take a well earned 7 day break with my partner. Having four children between us, another one on the way coupled with a fire breathing dragon of a business, I should have taken it earlier.

Thinking about, creating, growing and running a business, especially in the first two years can be a very draining time for any Entrepreneur. Many of us work very long hours, for little or no pay as we try to make our dreams a reality. I experienced feelings of:-

“I cant get away just yet, the business needs me”
“There is too much to do and no one else can do it”
“I’m afraid to leave just in case I miss something”
“I cant afford to get away”
“What if sales drop”

I have learnt again from my own experiences and although many of you will have more common sense than me and will recognise when you MUST take a break from your business – I in fact left it way too long and should have gone a long time ago!

I did take a break finally last week and went to Corfu with my partner Emma and for the first time in 3 years relaxed totally (well at least two days of the break). I turned the laptop on after two days and because I was two hours ahead of the UK managed to get my emails done before the UK office opened

Entrepreneurs must take time out from thier Businesses

After returning from holiday, I feel refreshed once more and am ready to drive through the remainder of 2009. I have had a chance to look at the business from a holistic point of view and gather my thoughts and prepare myself for the next steps.

What an amazing view of Nassaki Hotel pool

What would we do without our lovely ladies?

What would the ladies do without thier lovely men

Thanks Emma 143 from the "Boy next Door"

If you are totally immersed in your business and you do not take a break after working long hard and mentally draining hours then you will be no good to your business and no good to your team. Take a break and come back fresh, invigorated and ready to give 100% focus , effort.

Thanks Roman it was a pleasure meeting you

Take a break!

Kind Regards Bradley Chapman
www.millionimpossible.com

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Hi Everyone

Emma Wimhurst presented at Entrepreneur School (Chelmsford) this evening and wow what a motivated lady!

Emma talked frankly about growing her business, selling her business, becoming a mum again and re launching her new business called Empwr – and also talked about her new book BOOM.

Emma Wimhurst is a high profile Entrepreneur who moved her business from zero to a multi million pound turnover in just 3 years. During her seminar held a the Chelmsford venue for Entrepreneur School she delivered her presentation with the passion that im certian she grew her business with.

You can view Emma’s seminar notes by clicking HERE.

Entrepreneur School is run by Million Impossible the Entrepreneur Network. You cna join Million Impossible and register FREE by visiting our website www.millionimpossible.com . We plan to roll out Entrepreneur Schools across the country in the next two years.

Scott English interview Emma who will appear in edition 8 of Raw Business Magazine

Women in Business with Million Impossible

Million Impossible now offers our members the chance to network online via our website and face to face. Entrepreneur School combines business networking with business education.

We are looking for more high profile speakers to deliver presentations at our event held across the UK. To find out what areas we are starting to cover click here

Thank to everyone that attended and as usual we could not stop you all talking, networking and learning.

Attendees this evening included retail, telecommunication, marketing, event organisers, insurance, audio visual, accountants, bookkeepers, entrepreneurs, business coaches, wellness coaches, writers, business angels, investors and of course the team at Million Impossible.

Dreams to Reality Everybody
Regards Bradley Chapman – Founder