2012 sept property information managers forum

Moving up the Value Chain -from Readers to Customers and Clients

Neil Infield – Manager Business & IP [email protected] - @ninfield (twitter) - ninfield.wordpress.com

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What is the British Library for?

We exist for anyone who wants to do research –for academic, personal or commercial purposes

i.e. You!

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To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be a pathological optimist and believe you can change things.

But you've got to know what you need to do, and how to do it. The Centre can help you find out, and that can have such a

powerful effect.

Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

Inspiration


Inspiration

I had my idea, because it was successful, inevitably it was copied and because I had patents I was able to go to court and defend my idea and enforce my patent rights…

Overall it's been really an amazing journey and I've learnt a huge amount and the Library and the Business & IP Centre has been a hugely important part of everything that I've done

I recommend the Business & IP Centre as a safe haven for inventors.

Mandy Haberman Inventor of the Anywayup Cup


The first place to come for entrepreneurs, innovators and business researchers

Get inspiration



Get inspiration Protect your ideas



Get inspiration Protect your ideas Develop your business


Our survey said…

55%

21%

19%

18%

12%

10%

8%

8%

6%

5%

5%

Understandmarket/customers/clients

Help write a business plan

Quiet working space

Develop idea

Help launch new business

Help expand business

Test feasibility of businessidea

Studying

Help protect idea/design

Find out if idea/designoriginal

Patent search Base: All setting up/running business and living/working/setting up business in London (155)

Q1. What was your reason for using the Business and IP Centre Reading Room today?


54%

40%

33%

22%

15%

14%

14%

13%

12%

10%

9%

6%

Online resources

Market Research reports

Journals/magazines

Directories

Company Annual Reports

Business help/start up books

Daily Newspapers

Trade literature

IP publications

BL industry information guides

Business/Management text books

Journals from main catalogue

Our survey said…

Base: All setting up/running business and living/working/setting up business in London (155)

Q2 Have you used, or do you expect to use any of the following material today?


What we have done

Welcomed nearly 300,000 people through the doors…of whom over 25,000 have received direct advice, guidance and training

Delivered over 3,000 workshops and 1:1 advice sessions and established high profile ‘Inspiring Entrepreneurs’

Exceeded our LDA targets for delivering business advice and employment support

Since opening in March 2006, we have…


A selection of our online information sources

Trade directories

Trade and business journalscover mainstreamsectors

And niches

And niches within niches


Competition

17

IndustryGuides to get you started


Download and take home


Choose your service


Building partnerships to spread the word


Free workshops


Partner Workshops


Hands on training


Inspiration


Get free expert advice

Mark Sheahan

Inventorin Residence

David Warrilow

Patent and trademark attorney

Stephen Fear

Entrepreneurin Residence


Engage with our Social Media activities

British Library Entrepreneur and SME Network has over 1,800 members.

Our BIPCTV YouTube channel showcases our Inspiring Entrepreneurs events and our success stories. 340,000 views

3,800 followers on Twitter

Over 5,000 members

Steve Van Dulken – The Patent BlogNeil Infield – In from the Outfield


Trained Business Advisors


Information professionals: old and new

Gatekeeper Collaborator

Online searcher Trainer

Custodian of collections Facilitator

Service provider Information advisors

Information gatherer Problem solver

Library process Business process

Inward looking Networker

Old New

Source: Lesley Robinson, Lesley Robinson Consultancy Services Ltd, www.lesleyrobinson.co.uk

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