MicroBizMattersDay 13th January 2017

by Startacus Admin
Would you give up 13 minutes of your time to help out another micro business?
Well now is your chance because the 2017 Micro Biz Matters Day will take place on Friday 13th January.
This is the third time that the now annual micro biz matters day has taken place; it is a global event organised by widely known and well-respected entrepreneurs Tony Robinson and Tina Boden, who have been vocal advocates of the micro business* (MB) community for many years.
*Incase you were wondering a micro business is one which has a team made up of 9 or fewer people.
The day will be centered around recognition, action, and learning with the team hoping to engage with millions of micro business owners all donating time to help each other.
The action starts at 9am with the hastag #MicroBizMattersDay being promoted widely through a variety of channels including Twitter, Facebook, Google Hangouts, and other social media. All micro business owners are invited to get involved!
There will be MicroBizMatters parties taking place all over the world, as well as the main event in the London Headquarters of Pimlico Plumbers.
There will be a whole host of well-known entrepreneurs and business experts will in attendance or joining on Google Hangouts throughout Friday 13 January 2017. These include The Apprentice winner and founder of Bright Ideas Trust, Tim Campbell MBE, founder/CEO of the MOBOs, Kanya King MBE, MOBO award-winning rapper, indie label owner, Sway and 24 year old entrepreneur, Chris Percival along with Alysia Silberg (US), Tripp Braden (US), Laura Henry, Elaine Clark, Emma Jones MBE, Michelle Dorrell, Adrian Ashton and Janice Gordon.
Organiser Tony Robinson said “We are thrilled that this year’s event will be hosted at the amazing London premises of Pimlico Plumbers and that the event will be celebrated in Hull, the UK Capital of Culture 2017. Our friends over in America are participating by holding #MicroBizMattersDay parties too.”
Tina Boden said, “It is a great honour that we have so many media partners and business membership bodies supporting what we do and we cannot thank them enough for spreading the #MicroBizMattersDay message. In 2017, we would like all business owners to spend 13 minutes helping other business owners with winning and keeping more customers and improving cash-flow - #‘IGave13 Minutes’.
If you want to learn more about #MicroBizMatters, pop over to their website, and follow them on Twitter.

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