Million Impossible?

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    Has anyone got involved with these guys? I grabbed one of their leaflets at the BStartup exhibition (see Whats wrong with this picture?)

    Something about it just doesn't feel "right" to me, but I can't put my finger on what exactly.

    The name doesn't make sense. I get that it's a play on Mission Impossible - but why suggest the first million is impossible? Not a very positive start.

    Then there's the fact that it's constantly billed as the first network for "honest entrepreneurs", which to me has another uncomfortable implication.

    Anyone aware of them? Anyone got involved at all?

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=million+impossible
     
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    Padebo

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    Actually, I don't think not having contact details on the leaflet is that much of a mistake. Anyone with any intelligence will find 'million impossible' on-line, as I'm sure everyone knows how to do so.

    The big mistake really refers to when you get to the website. There seems to be no mention whatever on the home page about the big Prize Draw they're talking about.
     
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    Yes, I have bumped into them - and had a brief chat.

    They seem to me to be genuine guys trying to provide a resource for would be entrepreneurs - so good luck to them.

    Rachel was given a stand at BSTART in exchange for presenting there and gave up the stand to them as what she saw was a worthy cause.
     
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    It was set up to help network entrepreneurs, what is wrong in that.

    Rachel Elnaugh has endorsed it with her advertising also, if things were sus as some of you say, do you honestly think Rachel would her name to it, let me answer that for you; No she wouldn't.
     
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    The do have the endorcement of Rachel Elnaugh afterall. One would not think that she would not endorse their product or not know she is being the vehicle in MP's advertising.

    I interogated hard with Millionimpossible. I now have a reputation in thier office.

    When I saw them at the Expo, I didn't sign up as i wanted to check them out more. Yes, i had the same thoughts about the advertising and contact details and I have made them aware of this.

    It is what you make of it. I have talked to the head of sales and now have started the process of staring more 'informal networking events'. I am aslo a PCG member and have held what we call 'Real live meetings'. I am going to start with a Networking event in the new year in the East of England, and hope that this will not only bring together like minded people, but a chance to share your thoughts with others and the chance to learn and most importantly keep your confidence up.

    BTW they have 2500 members so there is your chance for extra networking!

    This can also be a chance to get your name out there in other forms which I am going to put a proposal to MP. I am not a marketing person, far from it, but I am needing to learn quickly in this changing market.

    There is the Masterclass in January. I now feel I have an inside line with MP, then i can get an inside line to the event and set up a stand at the event (money permitting). From there, I would intend to target Rachel's companies and offer my IT Skills, where I am very good at Migrations and Mergers of IT Systems for companies.

    Now I hope that this does not get back to Rachel in a hurry otherwise she will know my cunning plan!

    Regards
    David Catto
    Arapiki Consulting
     
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    HeidiWeir1

  • #21
    I thought that I would add my 2 pennies worth.

    Nice to see that we have sparked off some passionate chat!

    I am one of the directors of Million Impossible and thought that I'd respond to some of your comments.

    Thank you to those of you that are MI Members that have supported us so vigorously - much appreciated as always.

    The first comment I thought that I would clear up is the name; 'Million Impossible' - the name was chosen exactly for the reason of sparking some interest - which I guess by the comments - it has.

    The reason for the name Million Impossible..... do we believe that 'A Million' is impossible? Of course not. Completely to the contrary; in fact we actually believe that anything is impossible. 'A Million' - whether is be in terms of £'s or the number of members that join us - was never going to be an easy feat - so to call ourselves 'Million Possible' therefore would be to underestimate the target we have in mind. We believe that given the right support; anything is possible.

    Does our name spark conversation and interest? You've answered that - thank you!

    The reason for the 'Straight-Talking, open, honest and Raw Network' was purely because we have found that many business people are scared to be 'too honest' in business. Most face challenges along the way but maybe thanks to the British stiff upper lip, many do not like to admit where they are - in fear that it will somehow damage them. The idea is that if we share our challenges - together we will overcome them - STRENGH IN NUMBERS! Whatever challenge you are facing, I can guarantee that others have been there before, so why re-invent the wheel - open up and you'll be surprised how many will help you.

    We have been extremely open about where we are and the mistakes that we have made along the way. We have had no corporate backing, we have only been trading for a year, we have had great support from our members of whom we listen to regularly and we thank them for their input and support - and I know many feel very protective and passionate about what we are doing.

    We have had some amazing achievements; over 2500 members, a great site (biased I know) and an online magazine with some great features and editorial from various high profile entrepreneurs. Some great interest in our hopefully 'soon to be launched' Entrepreneur School.... I could go on, but I'll bore you.

    We also have a long way to go and appreciate all that support us and continue to join us. If we achieve our goals - we will prove that anything is possible.

    We are a small group of people with an intention of helping businesses by joining together. Big dream, small people so I completely understand some of your cynicism.

    As for the Flyers at the show (did I mention that we have made some mistakes along the way?); we collected business cards from visitors and had a prize draw box on the stand from which we conducted a prize draw on the Monday (by an independant body) - winner is being contacted by email - it will be published on the site shortly. I did notice that the web address and contact details were missing from the flyers along with full details; not the best marketing ploy; you live and learn! Hurt us more than anyone else really.

    Anyway, I'm sure that you've heard enough from me and I will leave you all return to your discussion.

    Feel free to email me directly for any further feedback or questions.

    Thank you all, Heidi Weir
     
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    HeidiWeir1 said:
    I thought that I would add my 2 pennies worth.

    Nice to see that we have sparked off some passionate chat!

    I am one of the directors of Million Impossible and thought that I'd respond to some of your comments.

    Thank you to those of you that are MI Members that have supported us so vigorously - much appreciated as always.

    The first comment I thought that I would clear up is the name; 'Million Impossible' - the name was chosen exactly for the reason of sparking some interest - which I guess by the comments - it has.

    The reason for the name Million Impossible..... do we believe that 'A Million' is impossible? Of course not. Completely to the contrary; in fact we actually believe that anything is impossible. 'A Million' - whether is be in terms of £'s or the number of members that join us - was never going to be an easy feat - so to call ourselves 'Million Possible' therefore would be to underestimate the target we have in mind. We believe that given the right support; anything is possible.

    Does our name spark conversation and interest? You've answered that - thank you!

    The reason for the 'Straight-Talking, open, honest and Raw Network' was purely because we have found that many business people are scared to be 'too honest' in business. Most face challenges along the way but maybe thanks to the British stiff upper lip, many do not like to admit where they are - in fear that it will somehow damage them. The idea is that if we share our challenges - together we will overcome them - STRENGH IN NUMBERS! Whatever challenge you are facing, I can guarantee that others have been there before, so why re-invent the wheel - open up and you'll be surprised how many will help you.

    We have been extremely open about where we are and the mistakes that we have made along the way. We have had no corporate backing, we have only been trading for a year, we have had great support from our members of whom we listen to regularly and we thank them for their input and support - and I know many feel very protective and passionate about what we are doing.

    We have had some amazing achievements; over 2500 members, a great site (biased I know) and an online magazine with some great features and editorial from various high profile entrepreneurs. Some great interest in our hopefully 'soon to be launched' Entrepreneur School.... I could go on, but I'll bore you.

    We also have a long way to go and appreciate all that support us and continue to join us. If we achieve our goals - we will prove that anything is possible.

    We are a small group of people with an intention of helping businesses by joining together. Big dream, small people so I completely understand some of your cynicism.

    As for the Flyers at the show (did I mention that we have made some mistakes along the way?); we collected business cards from visitors and had a prize draw box on the stand from which we conducted a prize draw on the Monday (by an independant body) - winner is being contacted by email - it will be published on the site shortly. I did notice that the web address and contact details were missing from the flyers along with full details; not the best marketing ploy; you live and learn! Hurt us more than anyone else really.

    Anyway, I'm sure that you've heard enough from me and I will leave you all return to your discussion.

    Feel free to email me directly for any further feedback or questions.

    Thank you all, Heidi Weir
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    One piece of feedback, I tried to free register for your site, and it did not seem to want to accept my form, and didnt say why

    But then as groucho marx once said...." I would never oin a club that would accept people like me as a member"
     
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    thedlog

  • #27
    Perhaps you are using a Mac, try giving Bradley a ring, or one of his team members, they will deff' help you out, because I had a similar problem, but I met with Bradley at the Business Start Up Show at Olympia on the Friday, Monday morning everything was up and running.

    They are a brilliant team just wanting to help everyone.

    DLOG
     
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    thedlog said:
    Perhaps you are using a Mac, try giving Bradley a ring, or one of his team members, they will deff' help you out, because I had a similar problem, but I met with Bradley at the Business Start Up Show at Olympia on the Friday, Monday morning everything was up and running.

    They are a brilliant team just wanting to help everyone.

    DLOG
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    No not on a mac...a regular PC

    BTW DLOG...you dont have your PM enabled
     
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    HeidiWeir1

  • #31
    It seems I believe anything is impossible. It seems it sometimes!

    Just to clarify - Anything is Possible!

    Even typing incorrectly.

    The list of prizes are substantial.

    To give you an idea.......Full Lifetime Membership to Million Impossible, magazine advertisements within several editions (design included by design agency - we pay the costs), Banner positions throughout; Million Impossible, Business Sourcer, 12 months advertising on Business Sourcer - in your chosen categories and counties, and a Spotlight position on Million Impossible.

    I have asked one of our more technical people to look into any members that have attempted to register and not completed.

    It's normally due to a mistake on the form - but technical will respond shortly.

    Thank you all again.
     
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    Kelly Marie

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    admagic said:
    One piece of feedback, I tried to free register for your site, and it did not seem to want to accept my form, and didnt say why

    But then as groucho marx once said...." I would never oin a club that would accept people like me as a member"
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    Hello All, my name is Kelly, I'm part of the Million Impossible development team, just refering to the post about the registration process. Like most forms for validation purposes it is crucial they are filled in a correct format, as I'm sure you are aware.The smallest error could trigger an invalid field or a null field which is not accepted. I'm sorry you had problems when trying to register to the site.
    Each field in the registration process has its own registration guidline in the right hand column beside the form.
    We are able to search for anybody that has attempted to register as a way of keeping track, but have been unsuccessful on this occasion. There are generally only a few that do not complete the registration process.
    If you would like to reevaluate and are still having trouble with registering, please do not hesitate to give me a call on 0845 468 5000 and I will be happy to give further assistance.:)
     
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    Brad Chapman

  • #33
    Hi Everybody

    Firstly please accept my apologies for the leaflet fiasco from the Business Startup show during November. We set up the show on the Thursday night and when we arrived on the Friday morning somebody had stolen our show leaflets.

    We had to send a courier from our office with leaflets that we had left over from The Business Show in Bolton. We had no choice but to crop the bottom off. I am so sorry if any of you were offended but we did the best we could considering the position.

    We have worked on two trade shows now with Rachel Elnaugh, who most of you will know from Red Letter Days and of course the BBC's Dragons Den programme. Rachel has been through a great deal of adversity and so have Heidi and myself.

    The name Million Impossible is indeed a play on words. We called the business Million Impossible because actually we believe to the contrary that given the right support, knowledge and connections that it could be possible if we all stand together as entrepreneurs and help each other that we could make our dreams a reality.

    We are all fighting to grow our businesses and i guess that we all have different strengths. We are trying to launch an entrepreneur school and i am meeting a high profile entrepreneur in London tomorrow and will keep you all informed.

    We all subscribe to the UKBF news letter and we love Dan's column (great work Dan). I know that you guys have worked hard and we congratulate you on what we think is a great fourm.

    We are not perfect as a business and like most businesses do not get all things right all the time but we are trying.

    You are all more than welcome to visit out site and have a look for yourself and of course you can join free, if you feel that you could help other entrepreneurs and in turn they will be pleased to help you. Our magazine is now in its 4th edition which was published yesterday.

    Dan i would really like to talk to you about any synergies that we may have together. In the mean time we love your site and wish you all a merry xmas and a prosperous new year.

    Please accpet our apologies once again for any confusion on the leaflets

    Regards
    Bradley Chapman
    Director

    0845 468 5000

    Million Impossible

    Ps - I have included my contact details this time :)
     
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  • #34
    Hi Brad,

    Welcome to UKBF. There's really nothing to apologise for.

    Brad Chapman said:
    The name Million Impossible is indeed a play on words. We called the business Million Impossible because actually we believe to the contrary that given the right support, knowledge and connections that it could be possible if we all stand together as entrepreneurs and help each other that we could make our dreams a reality.
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    Sorry, I still don't get it. Why would you name something the opposite of what you believe and the opposite of what it stands for? To me, it's nonsensical.
     
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    Brad Chapman

  • #36
    Everybody thinks that a million is impossible - do you?

    Please visit my blog and it will tell you what i see and feel what i feel

    I cant post url's yet, so i hope that i will not offend admins if i put this

    theunknownentrepreneur dot com

    Lots of Love Brad
     
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    Brad Chapman said:
    Everybody thinks that a million is impossible - do you?

    Please visit my blog and it will tell you what i see and feel what i feel

    I cant post url's yet, so i hope that i will not offend admins if i put this

    theunknownentrepreneur dot com

    Lots of Love Brad
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    Just one piece of pure curiosity brad.

    Why go back from plc to ltd?

    Now it is 15 years since I was coowner of a plc, and subseqent companies acts may have changed thisbut as I recollect the matters the only results of being a private ltd plc were

    (a) If the company had a "serious loss of capital" forget theactual number as one of the stupitiies of company law....you had to hold a meeting of directors but company law said nothing about what you had to do...

    and

    (b) The disclosure rules were more onerous, but only to the extent that you cant hide behind small turnover provisions.

    In return for that we found it made a massive difference to

    (a) How we were percieved...by customers


    (b) The relative ease to getting publicity
    and surprisingly

    (c) Lots of companies were happy to open accounts for us without any checking at all.....most probably didnt realise how LITTLE it really means


    Cheap for the sake of £60K...so whats the point in changing back???
     
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    Brad Chapman said:
    Everybody thinks that a million is impossible - do you?

    Please visit my blog and it will tell you what i see and feel what i feel

    I cant post url's yet, so i hope that i will not offend admins if i put this

    theunknownentrepreneur dot com

    Lots of Love Brad
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    Nice that you're sharing the love:D
    I don't think a million is impossible myself..., and I don't mind the name myself, it has caused a bit of talk here, so thats got to be good
     
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    Brad Chapman said:
    Everybody thinks that a million is impossible - do you?
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    Either the part before the dash is wrong, or the part after is of no point. The reader is a part of 'everybody' after all.

    I'd hope that most people here think a million is perfectly possible and would have their sights set a little higher.

    I'm giving up on this thread now! Best of luck with it all, I hope it works out for you.
     
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