1. Libraries supporting young entrepreneurs
Prashant Sali 2018

2. Who am i?

3. Agenda
What is library?
What library offers?
how library support young entrepreneurs?
challenges?
Solutions?

4. What is library?
Traditional definition – A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.
Modern definition – A place to explore the information, intellectual freedom, experiment, brain storm, learn skills, connect with like minded people, grow personally, professionally, intellectually and professionally.

5. Why people come to library?

6. What library offers? Books physical and online
Place – to read, study, activities
Other services
Business Advice Clinic
Workshops and events
Free industry and IP guides

7. how library support young entrepreneurs?
British Library network helps over 50 Brits become entrepreneurs every day
Nearly 19,000 people were supported to set up and grow new businesses in the UK
15% increase from 2017 and 33% from 2016
Amongst the impressive total of people helped between 2017 and 2018:
Over half (59%) were women
35 per cent were from black and Asian minority ethnic backgrounds
36 per cent were planning to start a business and 21 per cent were in the process of setting up a business
Almost 20 per cent (19%) were working on a side-hustle whilst being employed
12 per cent were unemployed or a student
32 per cent were year olds
Source – British Library Press Release
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8. Challenges
Community involvement
Ideas
Budget

9. where there's a will there's a way! Think like Entrepreneurs
Solution
where there's a will there's a way!
Think like Entrepreneurs

10. Solutions Be Cool Activity clubs Competitions Fairs Exhibitions
Partnerships
Schools
Local Businesses
Job Centers
Training Centers
Skill swaps

11. Questions?