Steve Parks is an Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker:

Entrepreneur

Steve is the founder of the Red Group, a group of companies he still runs and in which he is the largest shareholder. He also runs Pilot Ventures which advises a range of entrepreneurs, and also creates new businesses.

Author

Steve Parks is the author of:

Start Your Business Week by Week. This best-selling guide takes you through launching your new venture in a clear step-by-step way. This book is a UK best-seller, and has been translated for other markets, including Japan.

How to be an Entrepreneur. Steve's latest book, which is already a best-seller. It was selected as WH Smith's Business Book of the Month in September 2006.

The Small Business Handbook. A vital manual for anyone running a business.

How to Fund Your Business. A detailed guide for entrepreneurs at all stages to help raise and manage money to start or grow a business.

Two more books on entrepreneurship have been commissioned and will be published in the second half of 2007. One is intended to be a mass-market crossover title on entrepreneurship and success.

Speaker

Steve is an experienced public speaker and conference chairman. His background as a BBC Radio Journalist equips him with the ideal skills to present his ideas in an involving, entertaining and punchy way. Steve's presentations are energetic and thought provoking. He speaks on the following topics:

1. The attitudes and skills of successful entrepreneurs
2. Finding and seizing opportunities
3. Creative ways to lead and manage creative teams
4. Funding your business

Other topics can be prepared for certain clients given sufficient notice.

Steve is also in demand as a conference chairman due to his thoughtful and incisive questioning skills - and the fact that sessions run by him NEVER over-run!

Please note that Steve only takes on a limited number of speaking engagements each year due to his business commitments.

Steve began his career with BBC Radio as a journalist, and he has appeared on all of the BBC's major radio stations.

He is the founder of the Red Group, which was initially started to produce programmes for Radio 4 and Radio 5-Live, but evolved into being a specialist business audio publisher - called Red Audio!