Overview

In its second year, Mind of an Entrepreneur (MOAE) is a fast growing and diverse event for start-ups and small to medium sized businesses, a market worth over £10 billion in the UK.

MOAE creates a credible and high profile platform for the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs to share their knowledge, expertise and valuable insight with this audience. Thousands of people visit the event to source information, advice and inspiration and to also find new suppliers to make their business run more efficiently and effectively.

We are offering you the exclusive opportunity to support the MOAE event, which this year will be bigger and better than ever with a potential audience reach of least 12 million via TV, radio, magazine, online and other partnerships. The success of the previous events coupled with the total satisfaction from past sponsors indicates that this year’s event will be a sell-out. We aim to raise more funds for the AA Trust and we enlist your help in doing so.

MOAE will be held on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October 2006 at Olympia, London and guest speakers will include:

Alexander Amosu
Serial entrepreneur and founder of MOAE & AA Trust

Sky Andrew
Founder of Skylet Andrew Management

Jo Ashburner
Founder of Noonoo Designs and Winner of Grazia magazine businesswoman of the year 2006

Lord Bilimoria CBE DL
Founder of Cobra Beer

Ruth Badger
Runner up of BBC2 The Apprentice 2006

Ozwald Boateng
Fashion Designer

Timothy Campbell
Winner of BBC2 The Apprentice 2005

Mike Clare
Founder of Dreams Plc

Martha Lane Fox
Co-founder of Lastminute.com

Chris Gorman OBE
Serial entrepreneur and Vice Chairman of the Entrepreneurial Exchange

Mark Heath
Founder of Bluefish Office Products

Brent Hoberman
Co-founder of Lastminute.com

Kanya King
Founder of MOBO Awards

Karl Sandhu
Founder of Gold’s Gym

Leila Wilcox
Winner of Make me a Million and founder of Halos n Horns

Johnny Wimbrey
Successful entrepreneur and motivational speaker from the USA

 

Agenda:

The event will be live and interactive encompassing the following elements:

• Conference: key note presentations, on the sofa interviews and panel Q&As from the UK’s leading and most successful entrepreneurs, all aimed at providing valuable insight on successful entrepreneurialism to inspire our audience
• Speed mentoring: sessions based on the speed dating concept whereby speakers act as mentors to selected attendees. A good opportunity for visitors to have a one-on-one session with successful entrepreneurs to ask questions that will really benefit their business
• Pitch to win: carefully selected individuals and competition winners are given the unique opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of business angels which could result in securing financial support and/or mentorship
• Business Clinics: series of workshops covering all areas of setting up and running a business successfully including business planning, finance, marketing, networking, taxes etc
• Exhibition: relevant businesses/organisations/partners/sponsors will be exhibiting for the first time at MOAE 2006
• Networking lounge: An area where visitors can relax and network with other visitors, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors with relaxing massages on offer by expert masseurs. Wall of opportunity will be available where visitors can place their business cards for other visitors to pick up and potentially make new business contact.