Bringing Hope And Pride To Prison Inmates
Posted By Anita Roddick on 2006-07-04 01:04:51
Topic :Entrepreneurship
Since my talk on creative entrepreneurship at The British Library in London in March this year, I’ve been spending a few hours a month at the library working with start-up companies and social entrepreneurs. The ideas and the enterprises that I have been advising on for the last few months range from green funerals, to monitoring energy waste! Primarily I give marketing advice and how to find funding in ways that are not easily known. Last week a charity attended the clinic...and I loved what they are doing on two levels. Firstly the fabulous quality of the products and secondly the self-esteem that is being harnessed by the prisoners engaged in this initiative. It’s called Fine Cell Work and here is what they do....
Straight From The Experts
Posted By Anita Roddick on 2005-08-25 01:37:10
Topic :Entrepreneurship
I was recently interviewed, on camera, for an Online TV Channel called Expertsonline.tv, which features video interviews with famous people and experts talking about their personal experiences and perspectives on a vast range of topics relating to business.
You’ve Got To Find What You Love
Posted By Anita Roddick on 2005-08-01 06:25:40
Topic :Entrepreneurship
This speech is a perfect example of the pathological optimism of an entrepreneur! Post it to any and every high school or college that you know which has a business curricula, and anyone who uses the word ‘entrepreneur’ more than a dozen times a day. Oh, and don’t forget those ubiquitous business schools.
Give Yourself a HUG
Posted By Anita on 2004-03-27 00:18:49
Topic :Entrepreneurship
A short while ago the owner of an outrageously fun and exciting new ethical fashion company, Nick Pecorelli, came to see me. His company, HUG, is a bit different. For starters, there's the ethics.
Reflections on Success, Part I
Posted By Anita on 2003-09-09 05:35:21
Topic :Entrepreneurship
A couple of years ago, I was interviewed by BBC journalist Martyn Lewis about my definition of - and path to - success. I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or fame, its about finding a livelihood that brings me joy and self-sufficiency and a sense of contributing to the world. My recent meeting with the fabulous ladies of The Body Shop At Home reminded me of this chapter, especially since we all realized that female definitions of success are unique and often unaccounted for.
The Conscience of an Entrepreneur
Posted By Anita on 2003-03-28 05:53:26
Topic :Entrepreneurship
I have been opposed to war since my first political and moral instincts were awakened as a teenager. What I felt then – a deep, emotional aversion to suffering, death, aggression – still wells up in me now in these times of conflict. And each time, I ask myself what I can do to resist, if only to have some option other than sitting in front of the television helplessly watching people kill each other.
Further Thoughts on Stepping Down
Posted By Anita on 2002-02-18 20:22:17
Topic :Entrepreneurship
When a company you've given birth to reaches the age of 26 -- a good five years past its twenty-first birthday -- it's probably about time you let it stand on its own two feet.
Changes at The Body Shop
Posted By Anita on 2002-02-12 13:04:57
Topic :Entrepreneurship
By now many of you have heard that I am leaving my corporate role at The Body Shop, the company I founded 26 years ago. I know many people have questions about what happened, and what it all means. Let me explain.
A Better MBA
Posted By Anita on 2001-11-20 18:56:11
Topic :Entrepreneurship
In my first book, an autobiography and history of the early years of The Body Shop called "Body and Soul" (Ebury Press), I wrote that I would never employ anyone from Harvard Business School. I came to that conclusion after some marketing genius (from Harvard, I hasten to add) told The Wall Street Journal that to survive, The Body Shop would need a major advertising campaign, especially just as we expanded operations into the United States in 1988.
