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Enterprise Nation's Emma Jones talks starting a business in 2019 [VIDEO]
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Posted: Fri 11th Jan 2019
We've been out and about spreading the word about StartUp 2019, the massive start-up event taking place in London on 19 January, including on London Live. Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones appeared on the TV channel to discuss start-ups in 2019, Brexit and what you can expect from the 100+ speakers at the event.
Increased number of business startups in 2018, #Brexit seems not to be wobbling the #Entrepreneurs. Talking to @emmaljones founder of @e_nation
about next weekends #Startup2019. pic.twitter.com/6xgsZUsBQp— London Live (@LondonLive) January 10, 2019
Following a degree in Law and Japanese, Emma joined international accounting firm Arthur Andersen, where she worked in London, Leeds and Manchester offices and set up the firm's Inward Investment practice that attracted overseas companies to locate in the UK.
In 2000, bitten by the dot.com bug, Emma left the firm to start her first business, Techlocate.
After 15 months, the company was successfully sold to Tenon plc. The experience of starting, growing and selling a business from a home base gave Emma the idea for Enterprise Nation which was launched in 2006 as the home business website. The company has since expanded to become a small business membership community of over 75,000 people who benefit from events and support: online and in person. Enterprise Nation also presents a campaigning voice to government and the media on behalf of its members.
In 2021, Emma was awarded a CBE for services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.