Robert Craven

Robert Craven (born 7 March 1959) is an English author of business books and a popular keynote speaker. His area of focus is entrepreneurship and business growth.
Career
Craven graduated from the University of Bath in 1981 with a degree in Economics and Politics and promptly set up a cafe, then a restaurant then an outside catering business. He also set up a sound recording studio followed by a training company and then became involved in management consulting.
Craven earned his MBA from Warwick Business School in 1991 where he went on to become Associate Fellow and Director of Consulting and Training at the Centre for Small and Medium-sized Businesses. He was Programme Director for the Business Growth and Management Development Programmes. He subsequently wrote and delivered Warwick’s Personal Business Adviser Training for the government’s newly formed Business Link. Finally he wrote and delivered the Understanding Small Business Programme for Barclays Bank’s business managers. He went on to work on etc's Accelerated Growth Programme.
After leaving Warwick, Craven spent a brief time at University of Bath before becoming Managing Director of The Directors’ Centre, a consultancy for growing businesses. Craven has been a contributor for Financial Times, Director, Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Fresh Business Thinking, BusinessZone, B2BusinessHub, Marketing Donut, SiteRoom, and Start Your Business magazines. He wrote the most popular article of 2011 for BusinessZone.
He was Series Editor for the Virgin Business Guides. He speaks for Vistage and The London Speaker Bureau The Barclays roadshow visits 80 venues and 6,500 delegates each year. He is a judge in the 2011 UK Startup Awards (with Lara Morgan).
Craven lives in Bath in Somerset.
Bibliography
*Kick-Start Your Business - 100 days to a leaner, fitter organisation (2001) Virgin Books.
*Customer Is King - how to exceed their exceed their expectations (2002) Virgin Books.
*Bright Marketing - why should people bother to buy from you? (2007) Crimson Publishing.
*The Start-Up Essays (2009) The Directors’ Centre.
*Beating The Credit Crunch (2009) The Directors’ Centre.
*Bright Marketing For Small Business - make your business stand out from the crowd (2011) Crimson Publishing.
*Grow Your Service Firm (Nov 2011) Crimson Publishing.

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