Welcome to Seed Network - the home of women's enterprise. Within Seed, women from all walks of life come together to live and work by the feminine principles of sustainable co-operation and mutual empowerment. Through local Seed Circles, learning programmes and online networking, women can support each other within a dynamic and friendly community giving them the opportunity to attain their highest potential. Women entrepreneurs are encouraged to grow their networks, share ideas and get support from like-minded women.
B.HIVE. A DREAM COME TRUE!
Watch Lynne in an exclusive interview with smarta.com about B.Hive.
The stylish, feminine women’s business hub and lounge where women connect, grow and do business. B.Hive is my passion and dream, created in collaboration with Regus, our flagship in Covent Garden opened in September, 2010 and this year saw B.Hives opening in Manchester and Bristol. Visit the website at www.bhive.co
Read this great article on B.Hive from The Independent entitled 'Creating a feminine space for female entrepreneurs'.
A TASTE OF SEED
FREE to all SEED and SEED Networking for Women members! To help you create your own SEED garden we invite you to attend a series of SEED Taster Workshops. These cover Coaching, SEED Circles and SEED Enterprise. Each Taster lasts for 2 hours and costs non-members only £25. They are being held in B.Hive (see above) so the perfect opportunity to check the place out. Remember numbers are limited. Find out more and book your place
SEED EXPERIENCE DAY
The Group of Phenomenal Women at the SEED Experience Day with Lynne at B.Hive on Saturday, 16th October. Watch the video here.
FOLLOW LYNNE'S BLOG!
Come and see what's going on at Frankly Speaking and add your feedback.
HAVE YOU JOINED OUR FREE
SEED COMMUNITY SITE?
Join the SEED social networking site for women like you, where you can make friends, start private groups, market your businesses, learn from each other's stories and experiences and have fun! Seed Networking for Women now has over 1,000 members, so come and and join us... and invite all your friends too!! Just click on the banner! It's FREE!
SEED WOMEN’S WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE FORUM
HSBC Bank and specifically their Regional Director for London, Carol L. Bagnald (left), hosted my first Women’s Wisdom and Knowledge Forum last week at their palatial Pall Mall offices. An audience of around eighty top women business leaders participated in an incredible evening of stories, conversations and networking.
My two panelists, Bernadette Wightman, Managing Director of Cisco Systems PLC and Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy PLC together with Carol Bagnald allowed me to lead them through their personal stories and experiences as women business leaders, followed by our SEED Café style conversation and ending in a wonderful talk by my old friend Ruby Wax on authentic rapport based on her highly successful TV chat shows.
Although each one will be different, we are now planning to take these Women’s Wisdom and Knowledge Forums through the UK and hopefully Europe, in partnership with HSBC.
SEED £5 BOOK OFFER Now extended indefinitely to all members of SEED.
Buy either version of 'The SEED Handbook' or 'GROW' for only £5 plus p&p. Or why not buy all three for only £12 plus p&p. Buy now
SEED Women into Enterprise Programme
'Sowing the seeds of enterprise in our communities - the feminine way', is the theme for the SEED Women Into Enterprise Programme, a set of resources recently developed by Tribal CTAD in collaboration with Lynne Franks. The programme, in the form of modules together with an informative and reflective CD-Rom, comes with a variety of fundable credentials making it ideal for delivery by further educational colleges, enterprise support agencies and other public sector bodies. Find out more here
Become an accredited SEED Circle Coordinator and take the first step in becoming a SEED Coach. You can create your own SEED Garden, where you can help women support each other as sustainable entrepreneurs. Learn more by clicking here
"Thank you so much for delivering the HSBC Lecture. Your lecture/talk was interesting, entertaining and provocative and was incredibly well received. As you mentioned, the topic you chose was a challenging one given the "current climate" however you handled it marvellously and it was perhaps more pertinent than ever. One thing is for sure everyone was blown away by your passion and drive - you truly are a brilliant motivator and an inspirational figurehead." Liz Thomas, Head of Events, Brunel University
