Trio dive into webumentary project
Three East Midlands entrepreneurs have joined the Nottingham-based ‘webumentary’ project inafishbowl.com. The founders of Prescient Power, Mama Jewels and Better Languages beat off competition from 30 other businesses in the region to profile how they run their companies.
The feed will be shown in a ‘warts-and-all’ style documentary over the internet for the next six months.
The website, founded by Midlands entrepreneurs Toby Reid and Andrew Springhall, is designed to help start-up businesses learn from the experience of others.
It was launched last year to profile the trials and tribulations of three fledgling businesses using broadcasts via the website using blogs, Twitter and video feeds.
Renewable energy consultant Prescient Power has won a spot on the webumentary. Carl Benfield, managing director of the Leicestershire company, said: “I’m thrilled that we’ve made it through. I’m particularly looking forward to refining my business model based on users’ feedback. I think sharing information is healthy for any business. It can teach you how to be more innovative in your own business processes.”
Nottinghamshire entrepreneur Amanda Waring launched Mama Jewels earlier this year after being made redundant from her job as project manager for a healthcare development company. Waring will appear in the online documentary making a range of nursing jewellery using non-toxic, washable beads.
Husband and wife team, Mike and Beatriz Hunter, launched translation and interpretation business, Better Languages, after returning from a business venture in Spain.
Mike Hunter said: “We’re thrilled to be going into inafishbowl.com. It’s a great way to raise awareness of our company but we’re also looking forward to being part of the wider business community and sharing our experiences. We’re looking forward to comments and advice from the experts as well as site visitors. I believe that any interaction is good interaction.
"Even if you don’t agree with a point of view, the fact that it challenges you to think about it is a useful process.”
