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Seriously Speaking Poll Results
Entrepreneurs and businesses in the North East need the right support available to grow and prosper.
The people best-placed to shape this support are those who run businesses and have a first-hand experience of the challenges ahead. People like you.
If you’re looking to start a business with growth potential, or in a company looking to achieve great things, bdaily wanted to hear your views on what is needed to help you achieve success on last week’s Seriously Speaking poll.
What support was important to help your business grow? Here’s how you voted.
A total of 50 votes were counted and a majority 44% of you thought mentoring was the most important ingredient to make your business flourish.
Just 2 % of readers believed exporting was crucial while 24% thought networks to corporate finance would help their business.
The remaining 30% of votes were shared equally between strategy planning, market research and developing people.
This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .
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