Check out this quick video about a surprise I got from our friends at Virgin today

You’ll see that Sir Richard Branson is doing a great job through Virgin of showing by example great example of cross branding, ethical web marketing, adding value to customers, surprising, sharing and more.

The video is short but worth a watch and a lot of valuable ideas and models are shown in and through the video.

This included workshops, trainings, webinars, live events, public events, private events, and VIP events in London and around the world.

It’s exciting as we have been working on The Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto as part of The Entrepreneurs’ Revolution for many years and now are becoming allowed to reveal all we’ve been putting in place.

Last year, it wasn’t clear that the week would continue, and we did what we could to ensure it continued and built momentum.

You’ll start to see our trade mark phrases coming up more and more and the seeds we lay appearing in people’s blogs, ideas, and output.

The intention of collaboration and strategic alchemy is to produce optimal outcomes.

As these last few pieces come into form and activation, the promise of 1m/1m – creating one million millionaires and 1b/1b one billion billionaires starts to make more sense to many. It’s amazing to thing that some of these concepts date back hundreds of years and some many thousands.

I’m grateful for the acknowledgement and look forward to helping more people in coming months and years.

High Impact Award Global Entrepreneurship Week

High Impact Award Global Entrepreneurship Week

Thrive the movie is a great example of what’s possible with Foster Gamble showcasing many of the ideas that are discussed in different forms in a high quality medium which is generating millions of views virally.

So what is the “thrive movie” – it’s a movie that questions assumptions and much like the new bestseller http://www.HiddenByOrder.com - the key lesson is Assume Nothing and Confirm Everything.

What I think is most exciting is the speed with which these recent items have gone viral with new models of operation. I won’t spoil the surprises but a lot has been thought through behind the scenes.

You can find the thrive movie at http://on111111.com

I met Mario Schulzke after he became a customer of one of my companies – www.FreshForms.com produced by The Simple Idea.

Mario is a very sharp and great hearted entrepreneur. His own story very inspiring.

I’m very happy and proud to be featured.

Check out the interview here: => http://ideamensch.com/simon-hedley/

The new software has been eagerly awaited and I think represents a real step forward. I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on the launch and installation, and later I’ll show some of the screenshots and feedback.

ios 5 is the name of the software

Compared to Snow Leopard / Lion, the names of the iPad / iPhone software are not as imaginative. However they represent a very clear step forward. The full feature set you can find at the apple website.

apple iphone

The installation process requires you to connect your iphone via the iPhone / USB connector cable. Then in Apple iTunes, having first backed up the iPhone (right click and transfer all purchases, then right click backup), you will be in the right starting position.

iTunes will show that you have a software update available, and then by clicking “update” it will download the upgrade (which may take some time), and then upgrade the software on your Apple iPhone.

You will have to go through several “registration” screens once the upgrade has completed – e.g. enabling location services, reentering your itunes account details, etc..

You may find that the iPhone is working but without your old applications.

If this is the case then do a sync and you should have all your applications back and working.

iMessage is the most interesting feature, with my son in Canada, having an easy way to message, is something we’ve been looking into. This for now seems like an ideal next step, and so far so good.

ios 5

Overall a big success, and I’ll share more insights soon.

apple ios 5

The most clear feature for me, was that the screen seemed sharper and I like the new gui. It’s the simple small things which make a big difference over time. The iPhone also seems to run faster and more smoothly which is a big plus.

ios 4.3 now history..

The Private Equity Fund will focus on Oil, Energy initially, but we already have Media interests and I see that in time it will be comprehensive in outlook. The seed funds are secured as are the first investment objectives.

What was most clear from the visit to Monaco was how much impact a change in environment, can make. We left london c. 3pm, and by 8pm in the evening we’d had a swim and were ready for an amazing seafood dinner down by the port of MonteCarlo in Monaco.

The london weather while good of late, has become grey and started to turn.

Monaco by contrast was a wonderful summer day, with the sea refreshing and attitudes relaxed and focussed on life and business. Despite being “post” season, it retains the right elements to make for a great lifestyle and setting.

Serendipity occurred from the outset, with business contacts being at Terminal 5 before flying out to Geneva, so time was maximised socially and effectively.

A late afternoon coffee, resulted in seeing a friend from Armenia, who helped over 700 couples get married and built stadiums, churches and roads to help his country.

The speed of modern business be it iPad, iPhone, Skype or Blackberry, means that a mandate instructed before departure can be filled on arrival. (This is not the “norm” but that it is possible, without the needs for thousands of localised staff is refreshing and a sign of the new age that is coming.)

As for the Duelling Pianos, Saturday night, after the evening in the American Bar, was a real highlight. Two of the most generous people – one a lawyer from Greece, the other an international artist. They were real piano maestros, and played a formidable duel – piece by piece for several hours. This all took place in the apartment of a well known Greek billionaire, who I can honestly say is a a great warm person and true inspiration.

There is a lot that will be coming up and out over the next few months and years. The weekend a real turning point, and a great immersion into what’s coming.

Today’s announcement was eagerly anticipated for several months.

For all the key updates please review www.Apple.com

What is clear is that the transition is continuing, and the strategic vision of Apple is being rolled out step by step.

The dictation features are bringing to reality the very features that were seen as essential decades ago, the unification of devices (e.g. phone to camera) continues with improved camera aperture/shutter speeds meaning that the devices will be working closer to the core features of a traditional point and shoot.

As we all move more and more to the “cloud” and living a permanently “online” life, the quality of recordings/images continues to be a question to consider, coupled with the need for intelligent scaleable hosting.

The reliance on a monopoly supplier compared to the worlds of “open source” or more personalized PC universe, I still feel represent an area of discussion.

However once you’ve had things working, standing for philosophical points of view may change.

If we look at the worlds of TIVO, Sky+ and others, the future we feel stays strong for apple.

There are many more announcements and considerations which we will be sharing with www.TheFutureBrokers.com

It’s often the case that “As in one thing in all things” and the point that was brought up again and again, was the impact on technology to both leverage, and alter creativity.

The tv shows were – “Exit Through The Gift Shop” about Banksy and “Graffiti Wars” about Robbo (more of a “graffitti artist” now moving into Street Art”).

I’m not going to comment on the artistic or other nature of their work, or on the legality of what they do, however I do want to comment on the leverage aspect.

Originally man had his hands to make marks with, then a stick and the dirt, or mud and the walls. Over times this progressed to paintings and the emergence of a “spray can”, meant it was possible through technology to spread a message rapidly.

However it was still a fairly manual process. Tags and other “marks” developed which could be done quickly, but it was still a 1-1 experience. Each being similiar and yet unique. One of the skills was in the ability to keep things consistent over time.

Being able to use a stencil which has been around for many hundreds of years, but was new to this medium and changed the game.

Being able to take an image, get it how you want it once, and then repeat it add infinitum in many colours and variations is I feel a blessing and a course.

They say, repeating poor form will not produce perfection.

However, being able to make available to those without the “skill” required to accomplish something the same end result in a fraction of the time, and without the need for countless “distractions” can be a blessing.

Overall, the key is to be “creative” and to leverage technology to achieve your vision, that’s just my view.

Here’s one I made earlier.. (and I must admit I was able to leverage what I found, but still used my creativity)

Fresh Forms words

Edel O'Mahony

Care of Facebook, I was able to connect with a published author Edel O’Mahony, she has an interesting story and a background that covers many areas.

However her story is similar to many people that are lucky enough to come across my work and what I really do.

She has been inspired by what she can do to help others, and has a clear vision of where she wants to get to. She is a natural “Star” profile (see Roger Hamilton’s work”).

However despite all the right intentions, and a huge amount of work, she has not yet had the success she deserves, and more than that she hasn’t been able to help as many people as we’d have liked.

In a short few hours we were able to address some of the key mindsets that are essential in really getting results, the right approach to web marketing (a la www.WebTyrant.com and www.WebDomination.com )

Edel has spent a large amount of money on courses, workshops and “coaching” programs, but they havent’ been practical enough in my view, and more than that, what she has realised (as many do unfortunately) , is that sometimes the despite the promises and apparent successes, not all people are able to teach what they know, or even know what will make a difference over time.

Edel know has a clear sense of 1) her menu, 2) the key elements to get right for her web activities and 3) the need for a her team to be formed and get into motion.

I look forward to seeing what she achieves.

You can see her feedback here:

Edel O'Mahony - Feedback - Simon Hedley

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”- Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein