 Starting a business on your own can be quite challenging because all of the decisions lie with you. You become so focused on your work and sometimes the balance just slightly rocks in the wrong direction. As entrepreneurs, a lot of people come from similar backgrounds and a lot of people have similar concerns when they start their business. I didn't have any experience and I really hardly had any money to start it up so I was just thinking out of the box and seeing what was out there. The Business 9p Centre in London is really the start of a national rollout of business 9p centres throughout England. What we're doing is we're empowering people, giving them the knowledge that they need to make the right decisions. We've got one of the largest business and information collections in the entire UK with experienced staff on hand to help our customers use these resources. The Centre actually proves that the library is not only for academics but also for business people and provides very high quality resources to help entrepreneurs. We've got keynote reports, mental reports which will enable them to do market research. We offer workshops, we offer one-to-one advice sessions. One that we attended and that was really useful was the one with the IP lawyer. We went there and learned how to protect our images and footage. People have come back and offered to speak at some of our events because they want to share the experience that they've had in the centre with other people. The most useful programme for me was the Innovating for Growth programme which is designed to support owners of small businesses develop and grow their businesses and step outside of them and really look at them from a commercial and strategic perspective. It's always a fantastic experience to meet other entrepreneurs, share information, share doubt and success. It is the most phenomenal programme and it's helped me strip down my business which is what I really wanted to do. If you're not sure where to begin or just need someone to talk to about your idea, the BIPC is a great place to start.