Hello Hello Hello! Welcome to my blog, settle in, get yourself a cup of tea and then let's get down to business.
My name is Katie Pringle and for the past two years I have been a partner in a small business with big aspirations called Rock Paper Scissors.
About six months ago I approached the Journal with an idea for a column, I would write entertaining, informative pieces that told from the inside the trials and tribulations involved in getting a new business venture off the ground.
They replied along the lines off, 'Hey Pringle, get into the 21st century, don't you know Blogs is where it's at?!' And the rest as they say, is history.
So here we are, my very own blog, or should I say our very own blog, because I've done my research and I know that for a blog to be successful it needs dialogue, which means me and you.
Anything I write which you want to comment on please feel free, the more the merrier : )
Right, that's introductions out the way, next time let's get stuck into the meaty stuff

Jonny Harrison is sailing to Australia from the UK via the Panama Canal before he starts work in Sydney on a secondment at his firm PricewaterhouseCoopers »
Andrew Hebden is Assistant Editor (Business) of The Journal »
Katie Pringle has started her own business, Rock, Paper, Scissors »
Andrew Mernin is the Digital Journalist for nebusiness »
Matthew Rippon is an IP lawyer for BHP Law »
Formerly editor of a national business lifestyle magazine, Jez Davison is a business writer for the Evening Gazette in Teesside »
Ross Smith, Head of Policy and Research at the North-East Chamber of Commerce »
Julian Christopher from Footprint Public Relations, on media and marketing »
Norma Foster from the North East Regional Portal writes about e-business »
Ian Brown, Northumberland farmer and businessman writes about the agricultural industry »
Accessibilty Champion Steve Wilkinson on the importance of inclusion »
Andrea Wilkinson of Shared Interest is visiting Rwanda to deliver business training »
Jonathan Wheatley from Stokesley-based MC Ware writes about IT matters »
Paul Williamson from Deloitte »