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Paul Williamson from Deloitte »We’re working hard to encourage entrepreneurship in the North East of England, and the YouTrade initiative is doing just that; it has helped 10 people set up business using eBay.
One YouTrader, Dunston-based Melanie Dixon, has seized this opportunity with both hands - only three months after launching her business ‘Colourwithme’ which sells pre-designed cartoon birthday cards for kids to colour, Melanie says she is already looking at expanding her range.
When we launched YouTrade, we wanted to inspire people to be enterprising and to turn their ideas into something real and I am delighted that Mel’s venture has taken off so quickly. She is proving to be an inspiration and an example to us all of how a great idea coupled with creativity and enterprising spirit can become something big. She is a fantastic example to all budding entrepreneurs of the virtues of thinking outside the box, and having the vision and drive to take one simple yet very clever idea and run with it.
We want to encourage and support entrepreneurship in the region and the YouTrade competition has been a fantastic opportunity for 10 entrepreneurs to develop a business idea online.
Find out more about the YouTrade competition and the other nine winners here.
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