Blog 6 - Enterprise week

During enterprise week I attended ‘if it all goes wrong, I’ll get a proper job’, which was a talk given on the 16^th of November 2010 in the gateway lecture theatre. The talk that was given was by Robbie Weston, who is an entrepreneur who set up an advertising recording studio called Silk Production in 1979. He was encouraged to follow his dreams and set up the recording studio when he was fired from his job at capital radio. This gave him the drive to become his own boss and start a recording studio with two friends. Robbie Weston’s talk showed how he came from nothing and how he built a successful business.

I found that ‘if it all goes wrong, I’ll get a proper job’ very informative and interesting about how someone can strive to do what they really want if you put your mind to it. Robbie Weston was always interested in the music industry, even as a young child and dreamed of doing this as his career. He started out as a DJ for radio 1 where he learned that it is a very hard industry to work in; also that it is very hard to progress within the business in a large company. He was fired from radio 1 and decided that he had obtained enough knowledge to start up his own recording studio. Robbie set up ‘silk production; in 1979, and got two friends to be sleeping partners to fund his company. He said that the most important thing is starting your own business is that you are cut out to be an entrepreneur, and he never once thought that he would fail and had the drive to do whatever it takes to make his company succeed. Robbie believes that there are other factors which are crucial when in business; always be cautious about taking on new staff, don’t always believe experts and never underestimated banks.

I found this presentation very informative as it shows that if you have ambitions and an idea of creating a company, it is possible to create a successful business from nothing. All it takes is dedication and hard work to create a business and also knowing the right people within the industry is also essential.