Parents

Brits need to stop castigating failure and start giving things a go if we are to create a culture of entrepreneurship in the UK, our panel suggest in the last of our three ‘Enterprising Futures’ videos.

Entrepreneurship is an underground movement, like rock ‘n’ roll, but education hasn’t caught up with this yet, our panel suggested in the second of our three videos on ‘Enterprising Futures’.

The recession has hit an ‘entitlement generation’ – young people who expected to walk straight into a great job and with no experience of previous recessions – according to panellists in the first of our three videos on ‘Enterprising Futures’.

Do you need a change? Perhaps you’re worried about job security, or simply want more control over your life and destiny. Whatever’s driving you, working for yourself is an option you need to consider!

Do you need a change? Perhaps you’re worried about job security, or simply want more control over your life and destiny. Whatever’s driving you, working for yourself is an option you need to consider!

Do you need a change? Perhaps you’re worried about job security, or simply want more control over your life and destiny. Whatever’s driving you, working for yourself is an option you need to consider!

Do you need a change? Perhaps you’re worried about job security, or simply want more control over your life and destiny. Whatever’s driving you, working for yourself is an option you need to consider!

We have an exciting series of events happening in colleges over the next few months taking place throughout the UK. The events aim to reframe the recession as a time of entrepreneurial opportunity and will to encourage people to consider enterprise as an option, start a business, connect to networks and each other and understand where to go for practical help.

Becoming an entrepreneur is not always a career choice that parents encourage their children to take but we have been collecting inspiring stories from parents who have supported their children to make their mark. We’re sharing their experiences - good and bad!

We asked the parents of some of our Ambassadors to give us their words of wisdom for anyone thinking of setting up a business, or supporting a child who is!