Million Impossible goes on the road!

We're taking our team out on the road to the Business Show 2008 at the Bolton on October 23rd and the Business Startup show at London's Olympia on the 28th and29th of November. This a very exciting time for the Mi team and the first time we have gone out to meet our members. Anyone who would like to visit either show can contact us on 0845 468 5000, both shows are free for visitors and tickets can be obtained from the show's web sites.

To celebrate the launch of Raw Entrepreneur magazine, Million Impossible will also be offering visitors to both shows the chance to win 12 months advertising in the magazine, online business networking and on the Mi associated web sites worth over £25,000

Business Show 2008

You can visit the Mi team on Stand 76 where you can meet Bradley and the senior sales team, Chris Wright of Blackwood Productions, our SEO Guru, and Rachel Elnaugh who will be signing copies of her latest book on our stand. Click here for a floorplan of Business Show 2008.

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The Bolton News and Moorish Idol Marketing are proud to present the Business Show 2008 at the Bolton Arena on the 23rd of October.

Unlock the £50,000 investor's Chest

Unlock the Investors Chest by pitching your idea to a panel of Entrepreneurs headed up by I-Teddy's Imran Hakim. Imran has already been in the Dragon's Den himself to secure investment and is joined by investment specialist Ben Wray. Rachel Elnaugh will also be a special guest and advisor to the lucky 6 shortlisted.

Genuine investment will be offered to businesses that can impress the panel and unlock the investor's chest. Six entrepreneurs will be chosen to face the panel, each being given 30 minutes to pitch their business in the Innovation & Enterprise Zone.

This Year's Key Note Speakers

This year the Business Show has a top quality line up of key note speakers including:

Rachel Elnaugh

Rachel Elnaugh created Red Letter Days at the age of 24 and saw the company grow to generate over &100 million pounds over the next 16 years. Rachel won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002 and was short listed for the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the year in 2001 and the Growing Business Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002.

Early 2005 saw Rachel appear as one of the original Dragons in the BBC's BAFTA nominated business show – Dragon's Den. Red Letter Days crashed in 2005 following the ill advised expansion of the business 3 years earlier. Rachel moved away from the media spotlight and has been working within the small business sector helping entrepreneurs inspiring and motivating them to achieve their goals.

Rachel will be signing copies of her new book "Business Nightmares – When Entrepreneurs Hit Crisis Point" on our stand.

Imran Hakim

Imran will be leading the panel on the Innovation & Enterprise area sponsored by Bolton University. Bolton based multi millionaire and founder of award winning I–Teddy, Imran, will speak about how a loan of £2000 at the age of 15 was turned into millions and what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

He was judged Young Entrepreneur of the Year locally in 2006 for Mikah Eyewear which is his Optometry business while he gained the Technology, Design and Innovation Award in 2007 for the newly developed I–Teddy.

Jacqueline Gold

Jacqueline Gold is the Chief Executive of Knickerbox and Anne Summers, and is one of the UK's leading businesswomen. She has been voted as one of the top ten most powerful businesswomen by Cosmopolitan magazine, in the top 12 women in Good Housekeeping Magazine and one of Britain's 100 most influential Women by the Daily Mail.

Jacqueline has also been voted as an Ispirational Businesswoman in a survey by handbag.com and Barclays Bank.

To reserve your seat to see any of the guest speakers visit www.businessshow2008.co.uk

Business Startup Show

The Business Startup show 2008 will be held at London's Olympia and is the place to visit for anyone who wants start a business or expand their existing business. The show runs on the 28th and 29th of November and you can visit the Mi team at stand 245.

There is something for everyone with over 200 exhibitors and this year's speakers include James Caan, Caprice and David Gold.

Levi Roots – The Dragon Slayer who features in Raw Entrepreneur edition 2 ndash; will also share his experiences after securing investment on BBC's Dragon's Den and Helene Speight from this year's Apprentice programme will talk about women in business and the challenges they face.

To see a full list of speakers at this year's event please visit www.bstartup.com