Watch the video to see how Usborne Books at Home organiser Sarah Deakin set up her own business selling Usborne children's books to parents and schools.

Video profile: My Usborne Books story

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 organiser Sarah Deakin set up her own business selling Usborne children's books to parents and schools.

New Enterprise Nation partner Usborne Books at Home is one of the UK's leading direct selling companies and has supported thousands of people to set up their own small home-based ventures selling the publisher's award-winning children's books.

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Video profile: My Usborne story

<p>Watch the video to see how Usborne Books at Home organiser Sarah Deakin set up her own business selling Usborne children's books to parents and schools.</p>

&lt;p&gt;Hi!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am the Co-Founder of &lt;a href="http://www.lorocrisps.com"&gt;Loro Crisps&lt;/a&gt;, we have 100% gluten free &amp;amp; vegan crisps from my home-country Colombia&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my spare time, I love learning about video editing and digital marketing&lt;/p&gt;

Director & Co-Founder

The friends who turned memories of a childhood snack into a successful business

Daniela&nbsp;Orrego&nbsp;is the co-founder of plantain chips&nbsp;company Loro Crisps.

&lt;p&gt;My motto in life and work is 'Meet people, make friends, and help them.'&amp;nbsp;Getting to know people is the best way of finding out what makes them tick in terms of goals, ambitions, dreams, interests and life in general. I help people by listening to what they need, suggesting ideas, sending links, making introductions, adding value, and offering relevant products and services, where appropriate. When friends have a problem, I love to help them fix it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My varied portfolio career means I have knowledge, experience and contacts in many fields. I am an expert in book publishing, media, mentoring, writing, editing, marketing, crowdfunding, sponsorship, social enterprise and commercial start-ups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd love to get to know you better, so I can help you get to where you want to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Career highlights:&lt;br /&gt;
• Book trade professional since 1990&lt;br /&gt;
• Consultant Producer, YOU'RE BOOKED! (ITV book series)&lt;br /&gt;
• Pioneer, World Book Day UK&lt;br /&gt;
• Research Director, StoryCode (online recommendation engine for fiction, featured on BBC TV’s DRAGONS’ DEN)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current roles:&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services (editorial, marketing, PR &amp;amp; digital agency)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Editor &amp;amp; Development Executive, Insight Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Jolabokaflod CIC (promoting Icelandic 'Christmas book flood' tradition)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Director of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC: free crowdfunding platform for social enterprise&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, The Wisdom of Coffee: a network for Meetup gatherings &amp;amp; a community that shares best practice about business, enterprise &amp;amp; alternative finance)&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Smart Crowd Productions: integrated arts, media, business &amp;amp; alternative finance production consultancy&lt;br /&gt;
• Director: Corporative Sponsorship, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc: global fashion events brand&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12R Prizes: solving social issues and commercial problems via sponsored cash-prize comptetions&lt;br /&gt;
• Mentor, Founders and Mentors: networking platform, comprising forum, communities and courses for mentors to help pre-launch founders launch start-ups successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12Ronnies: hub that provides founders, inventors and creatives a toolkit for launching a startup successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Co-founder, CrowdMall: virtual shopping centre for ideas that do not yet exist&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Charities:&lt;br /&gt;
• Chairman, Seeds Creatives (charity): runs the ‘Artist in Your Own Residence’ collaborative network mentoring scheme for creatives in all disciplines&lt;br /&gt;
• Director, Arts Centre Group (charity): membership organisation for arts &amp;amp; media professionals&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Committees:&lt;br /&gt;
• All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Crowdfunding (chair: Barry Sheerman MP): meets quarterly at the House of Commons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author:&lt;br /&gt;
• Six published books&lt;br /&gt;
• Two books in progress&lt;/p&gt;

Serial entrepreneur

Pre-launch founders, inventors & creatives

Signposting for advice, tools and resources for members wanting to start turning an idea into a business.

I'm Darja, founder of DCM Designs. From my interior design studio in London, I create remarkable spaces that deliver on dreams. 
For me, the desires of a client are above everything else and it is my passion to re-imagine their vision. I have a multidisciplinary approach and focus on B2B, offering retail and pop-up store design services.

Helping you create retail design that people will talk about

&lt;p&gt;To attract customers, it&amp;rsquo;s not enough to have a high-quality product anymore. So, where do you start with the wow effect that can increase brand awareness? How do you design an unforgettable experience? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a complex topic, and we don&amp;rsquo;t have one solution for all, because each business is different. We tailor the packages according to your preferences and convert your unique story to physical surrounding. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs

I offer clients account management & sales development with a focus on growing sales profitably. 
I have over 25 years food & drink sales expertise in several sales channels working with both brands & own label. My career progressed to the role of Sales Director through my determination, & achievements. My experience & contacts led me to successfully setting up my own food & drink sales consultancy 9 years ago.

Video profile: My Usborne story

Watch the video to see how Usborne Books at Home organiser Sarah Deakin set up her own business selling Usborne children's books to parents and schools.

Find out more about Usborne Books at Home

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