“Raw Entrepreneur” On-line Digital Magazine Launches today!

18 08 2008

Million Impossible Entrepreneur and Business networking website www.millionimpossible.com has taken another great step forward today with the much anticipated launch of their new on line digital magazine “RAW ENTREPRENEUR” featuring Rachel Elnaugh former MD and owner of Red Letter Days - The Gift Experience Business which she built from scratch.

Our magazine can be viewed on the following URL www.millionimpossiblemagazine.com

“Raw Entrepreneur” is a magazine for Entrepreneurs who have the courage and confidence to talk about the challenges that they face every day as they build their businesses. The launch edition features articles from all the main directors at million Impossible including myself as well our members who are sharing their journey’s with our readers.

So many business networks focus purely on success and happy clappy “Look at me” type Entrepreneurs or the BIG EGO’s that exist in the business market place. Million Impossible focuses on honesty with our members talking frankly about the challenges as well as successes that we all face and achieve during our business careers thus providing - The “ERROR” factor for our Entrepreneur members and readers to learn form each other.

It takes a stronger person to judge themselves first before judging other people.

As a business we are innovators and pioneers and therefore we have already educated other larger more “Cash Rich” networks who are or have acted on our ideas……. There was only one first man on the moon and there is only one Million Impossible “Innovators of Entrepreneur and Business Networking and Online business Publishing”- Million Impossible Plc

We hope that our new online magazine helps other Entrepreneurs who have or are going through challenging times as indeed we have during our journey

ENTREPRENEURS YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE OUR DREAMS A REALITY.

Raw Entrepreneur - Online Magazine

Regards

Bradley Chapman
Managing Director and Founder

www.millionimpossible.com - The Entrepreneur Network
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Entrepreneurs find the STRENGTH whatever it takes

12 08 2008

It’s Tuesday and we are only 3 days away from making the next step in Million Impossible’s journey a reality. Our online magazine called “Raw Entrepreneur” which features Million Impossible’s Entrepreneur members talking frankly about their journey’s is about to take flight.

The launch edition of the magazine features Rachel Elnaugh former MD of Red Letter Days and The BBC’s Dragon’s Den panelist. Rachel talks honestly about the loss of Red Letter Days and the knock on effect which can your emotions as well as your finances.

Well i titled the blog entry with the words “Strength” and i realise this week just how much strength you really need. As Entrepreneurs we are tested to the limits every day in terms of our belief and courage but where do we get the strength from?

Was it something our mother’s or father’s said to us that makes us fight to the death or do we just have something to prove to ourselves? Well I’m not quite sure.

I know that i have a burning desire to make Million Impossible a success and i believe most Entrepreneurs embark on a journey to make something real but i also feel that during this journey you actually go through a journey of self discovery that reaffirms your strengths and weaknesses..

They say that you are only as strong as the sales you make and this week we have struggled as a business in terms of revenue and that is due to lack of support for our sales team..  but at the same time i realise that the younger generation all feel that the world owes them a living.

When i was young i worked, today i still work and unless i make it happen no one else will. I try to be strong for all the people i love and care about but sometimes, just sometimes they need to find the strength within themselves…

Strength does not just come from turning up at work, its actually about vision and going the extra mile or indeed going above and beyond the call of duty,m in fact whatever it takes to become successful at whatever you do..

Anyway back to me and let’s talk FRANKLY about strength.. The last 5 days have been very tough. We are on the verge of getting our new online Entrepreneur Magazine published and read by what we hope will be in excess of 100,000 readers.

Strength is what you need to become a successful entrepreneur
Strength is what you call upon when the going gets tough
Strength is all you have when you are filled with doubt
Strength is what it takes to overcome adversity

Creating our Entrepreneur business network has tested our strength to the limits and i can certainly help any business person grow a business on a tight budget… We may be sifting through the trash cans at night to see what we can use after all “One man’s rubbish is another mans Gold” but we have become masters of stretching a pound note in the process.

If you have been tested with your business then i would like to hear from you. Actually you are not alone yet it takes courage and strength to share with others your darkest moments.

Can you share yours?

If so please leave a comment or join other entrepreneurs on our online network www.millionimpossible.com

Regards Brad


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Entrepreneurs move towards On-line Business Networking

5 08 2008

Some say the financial climate is dire, while others say business is booming. Depending on whether you view the glass as half full or half empty, it is fair to say that you can make money during a recession.

Many business are now using business networking as a  positive resource to buy goods and services on a more cost effective basis or indeed with the trust that is being built increasing sales revenue through a trusted business network.

Million Impossible is an Entrepreneur Network and after 9 months of development we are starting to see members promoting themselves on a pro-active basis and regularly talking to one another building relationships and doing business together.

This week alone we have purchased the following goods and services from our members:-

Ordered 4 new mobile phones from one member
A full car Valet from another member
Entered a 12 month design contract for our digital magazine
Instructed a new accountant for our business

Networking is key to growing your business but unless you pick up the phone and talk and introduce yourself you will not build a trusted network of business friends. The main thing to consider first is this…..

If you give you receive… Networking is about offering help first then you will start to see a return. Different business networks can offer varying benefits to their members and people usually gravitate towards the one that best suits their needs.

Million Impossible Plc www.millionimpossible.com is free to register and along with registration you will also receive 1 years free advertising for your business on Business Sourcer www.businesssourcer.com which is an online business advertising directory.

We welcome Entrepreneurs who can be honest about their position and share both their successes and their failures. Free members can upgrade to a full access membership at any time and for the month of August we are offering a 25% discount for full access membership for anyone ready the blog - Promo code (mil003) must be quoted in all correspondence.

Regards Bradley
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Million Impossible to integrate LIVE CHAT networking function

29 07 2008

We are about to embark upon the integration of our Live Chat functionality for our web site www.millionimpossible.com . Fully subscribed members will shortly be able to communicate live and instantly as well as chatting in our online community.

Fully subscribed Million Impossible members can currently search through the hundreds of members email addresses, web address and contact numbers via the member database. Whether you’re looking to give advice, offer advice, seek to buy your products and services more cost effectively or indeed you are looking to promote you business and increase sales the member database give you multiple benefits as a fully subscribed member.

The new live chat function which is due to be live Mid-End August will move our member proposition to the next level in online networking. Our lives chat function will serve two purposes

(1) You will be able to instant message any online member and talk privately

(2) You will be able to chat in our Million Impossible online Entrepreneur community

We have sourced one of the worlds leading chat and community specialist providers who have worked on the Myspace live chat system.

This fantastic move will not only bring our Entrepreneur Business community closer together but will also allow high speed communication for Entrepreneurs who need immediate answers or who have a need to engage other Million Impossible Entrepreneur members with easy and accuracy.

Although we are a young network and have built our sites with limited funding, we are starting to prove that during a recession and worsening financial climate that our Entrepreneur members are in fact realising that by coming together we are all growing stronger, wiser and above all that honesty in sharing successes as well as mistakes is vitally important if we are as a community going to help protect each others businesses.

This is great news not just for our existing members but for all our existing members who we are offering a full member status upgrade to access the full database at £99+ Vat for life.

Please call 0845 468 5000 and ask for the membership upgrade team to secure pole position for your business. If you have not yet registered with Million Impossible yet and wish to have a taste of the success our other members are having then visit www.millionimpossible.com now and click register free.

Regards Bradley Chapman

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Could Chapter 11 be coming to Britain?

29 07 2008

Given the current state of the economy and phrases like “Credit Crunch” being mentioned as well as rumours of a looming, full blown recession I was glad to see that the Richard Report is looking for ways to help small businesses and entrepreneurs with a number of recommendations to the government.

Parliament’s Business & Enterprise Committee includes Doug Richard (the author of the Richard report) along with James Caan and Rachel Elnaugh, and although criticised for having sympathies with or involvement in failed businesses in the past, it is obvious that they know what difficulties small business owners encounter in their day-to-day business lives.

The committee made a number of recommendations including:-

Enterprise skills being woven into the education curriculum to encourage entrepreneurism and formal enterprise qualifications to be sponsored by the government to encourage banks and other backers to more more willing in financing individuals if they see they have had proper business training.

They also commented on the need for government not only to open procurement to small businesses but to provide encouragement through incentives where entrepreneurs can create new products or services to solve areas of concern in the UK. It was also recognised that the the role of banks needs to be reviewed. All too often start up businesses are not given the support they need and should consider other options rather than “Pulling the Plug” when a small business comes into difficulties. it was suggested that they should be made as culpable as a companies directors in any post business failure review performed by DBERR.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) being improved to give bigger tax breaks for people funding small business. Thatchers Business Expansion Scheme gave investors 100% tax relief for investment into small business in the past and the committee thought this should be a consideration in the future.

It was recognised that our attitude towards failed businesses was still very different to that of the US. In the UK a failed business carries a certain stigma where in the US failure is regarded as losing “Your Business Virginity”. The committee thought we could learn from the US system with Chapter 11 and safeguarding a persons home in the event of a business failure being considered.

Chapter 11 is a chapter in the US bankruptcy code. It allows a company in the US to reorganise their affairs. Chapter 7 of the code enables a company to cease trading and a trustee sells the companies assets with the funds being distributed amongst its creditors. Chapter 11 allows an attempt to stay in business while the bankruptcy court supervises a reorganisation. The rationale behind this is that in some cases a business is worth more is greater if reorganised and sold as a going concern than if it is reduced to the value of its remaining assets.

Some criticism has been aimed at the chapter 11 system, saying that it is a lenient “escape hatch” that encourages incompetent management an easy way out when encountering difficulties and damaging the efficiency of the US economy by allowing poor managers to continue in their roles. These same critics have noted that bankruptcy laws in Europe are far less lenient for failed businesses.

Whether all of the committee’s recommendations are taken on board, it can only be seen as encouraging that key members of the committee come from a truly entrepreneurial background with James Caan and Rachel Elnaugh (Who have both experienced business failure in the past) having key input from the point of view of the business owner.

Rachel Elnaugh is giving regular updates on her blog and will be contributing to Million Impossible’s online magazine which will launch with its first edition in the middle of August.

Regards Bradley

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Million Impossible increases Google Page Ranks

29 07 2008

Over the week our web site Million Impossible www.millionimpossible.com and The Unknown Entrepreneur www.theunknownentrepreneur.wordpress.com/ has received more pages being ranked by Google Page Rank.

As you know Google ranks web site for importance, relevance and Links from 0 - 10 ten being the highest.

www.millionimpossible.com/default.asp- Google Rank 4
www.millionimpossible.com/blog.asp- Google Rank 3
www.millionimpossible.com/member-spotlight.asp - Google Rank 3
www.theunknownentrepreneur.wordpress.com/ - Google Rank 5

Although we launched the test site for Million Impossible during November 2007, during which time our homepage received a rank of 3, we did not actually launch our stage two website until April 2008.

As a business we are trying to show that you can grow a business organically and receive a decent page rank over time. Since inception we have had very limited funds to grow the business, which is not unlike many businesses that are at start up stage.

The only thing that we are struggling with still is our forum, which sits in an I Frame. Our web developer changed the way that the page is seen a week ago and we should start to see the benefits very shortly.

On a final note, we are moving the site forward with limited capital and limited resources but on reflection we are all so proud to have achieved what we have during the last 9 months and one thing comes to mind - NEVER GIVE IN FIGHTING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

Well done to Heidi, Colin and Mike for all of your hard on getting us this far!

Regards Bradley
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Many Entrepreneurs will face Immense challenges during their careers that change their lives forever! Have you faced yours?

24 07 2008

So many Entrepreneurs face some pretty serious decisions during their business careers which will shape and determine the success or failure of their respective businesses. So what sets apart the really strong characters from the ones who either hide in shame or are just to proud to say “I made a mistake or I need help”….?

What is the difference between someone who gets back up after falling?

I believe that it is a combination of mental strength, courage, faith, believe and above all sheer determination in having the ability to over come any adversity to succeed in getting back up and having another go.  From the experiences of very hurtful personal situations like marriage and partnerships break ups or bankruptcy that can destroy a business to force majuere or mistakes from the decisions that we as Entrepreneurs have to make - is the mixture need to reach success.

When i came up with the idea of Million Impossible, it was just one mans dream to create something real, something honest and something that could touch the hearts and minds of all Entrepreneurs regardless of age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or personal financial circumstances.

The idea went from one mans dream who at the time was bankrupt to second a third a fourth and now over 1000 people are sharing that dream being members of Million Impossible. We expect our membership base to grow astronomically during the next three months as the Entrepreneur community starts to come together in feeling completely comfortable talking about their business challenges as well as their successes.

“The Honest Entrepreneur” is a title well placed to sum up what Million Impossible’s business network is all about and I owe my coming out and telling everybody my life and business story to a woman who i think has an amazing commercial acumen as well a being a very heart felt woman called Rachel Elnaugh former MD of the industry leading - Gift/ Experience business called “Red Letter Days” and former panelist on the BBC’s very successful and much loved “Dragons Den” programme.

I am so pleased that finally after 9 months of blood sweat and tears from the management team and myself that we have finally started to receive feedback from our members that what we are doing is not only unique in the way that we are approaching the “Raw Entrepreneur” in terms of honesty starting with myself being in the “Limelight of Criticism” but even more encouraging that i have now spoken to so many members that have been or are in very similar situations to myself and feel totally comfortable about expressing and sharing that with me.

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE AND CONVICTIONS TO WALK THE PHYSICAL PATH THAT YOU ONLY FIND THE STRENGTH TO DO SO IN YOUR DREAMS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THEM A REALITY.

I guess the most important thing right now is to realise that none of us have to be alone and we all have a thing called emotion. Share that emotion and i guarantee that you will not only feel better but you will find an inner strength to continue on your path toward realising your dreams.

Our online digital magazine launches in about 3 weeks featuring Rachel Elnaugh and you visit her new website here http://www.rachelelnaugh.com/. Rachel offers business owners and Entrepreneurs everything from Mentoring and coaching to business Master classes and I can assure you all that it could be one of the most important investments that you could make this year.

If you have been through a challenging time in your business and you would to join us then please register fee by visiting our web site www.millionimpossible.com and you too could feature in the launch edition of our “Dreams to Reality” magazine.

If we all stand together and  help each other we will becomes the worlds most powerful Entrepreneur network.

The Unknown Entrepreneur

The Unknown Entrepreneur

Best Wishes

Bradley Chapman


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