Well, here we are then - the year of 2024 has come to an end with even more amazing things being achieved in relation to my business idea than last year - firstly, getting a chance to visit the British Library over the summer on four occasions to explore historic map designs, to getting going with some summer craft fairs and making my first sales, and securing some funding for my business idea. To celebrate the end of the year, I would like to provide a summary of the enterprise-related events that I have been to at the University of Suffolk, and elsewhere in the run-up to the Christmas break. Trust me, there are many exciting things that I have to show you this time round! Enterprise Festive Bootcamp - late October to early November 2024 For those who don't know what my previous posts on the bootcamps are all about, I would like to give a little introduction as to what the Bootcamp is all about. So, the Enterprise Festive Bootcamp was a craft-fair focused bootcamp, that was compos...
Yes guys, I am back again with a reflective post... it is about time that I briefly shared with you my experience of attending two craft fairs and trying to sell some fantasy maps! So, the business selling adventure started with a trip to the Felixstowe Craft Fair on the 25th of August, and I must say that the craft fair contained some unexpected surprises that had started quite some time before the sales could even begin, with the leisure centre Wi-Fi being unreliable to connect to, affecting the vast majority of sellers at the fair, meaning that they have had to rely on mobile data to take card payments, or otherwise, were only able to take cash. My first sale from my business came just before 12 noon, when one family decided to snoop around my stall and was interested in my work. Now, I was engaging them in the usual talk about the maps that I had made, until the mum decided that they wanted a map of the Kingdom of Ventura and Lorentia and offered to pay me with a £20 note. Pro...