EXTREME GROUP CEO HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS

Al Gosling, CEO Extreme Group & founder of the Extreme Sports Channel, developed a passion for extreme sports during his early teens and following a number of jobs went on to set up a business that would rapidly grow into the Extreme Group.

These days he is focused on building Extreme, having fun, working with great people and helping students develop their entrepreneurial skills. By visiting different Universities, being involved with Enterprise Week and taking part in Gordon Brown’s Start Talking Ideas campaign (www.starttalkingideas.org) - Al aims to inspire and help a new generation of entrepreneurs.

Al’s philosophy is to never give up – keep going until it works or you find an idea that works. That’s what being an entrepreneur is all about – it’s the ability to deliver or adapt your ideas into something that people want and then to make it happen.

Al on the Road - where you can check out what he’s got coming up:
21 Oct 05 Startups Awards, London – Judge
25 Oct 05 Make Your Mark - Start Talking Ideas campaign, 11 Downing Street – guest
11 Nov 05 Flying Start rally, National Council Graduate Entrepreneurs (NCGE), Bath – Speaker
15 Nov 05 Enterprising Young Brits awards, London – Judge
16 Nov 05 Flying Start rally, NCGE, Leeds – Speaker
17 Nov 05 Flying Start rally, NCGE, London – Speaker
18 Nov 05 The Next Big Thing conference, an Enterprise Week event, Manchester – Speaker
29 Nov 05 Flying Start rally, NCGE, Derby – Speaker
12 Dec 05 Yomping the Nation, UEL, London – judge
Mar 06 Retail Week Conference, Rising Stars, London - panel
Apr 06 Total Telecom conference, Geneva – panel

Further press info: Anna Penney, anna@extreme.com, t:020 7886 0792, m: 07766 918900

About Extreme Group
Extreme was started in 1995 by Al Gosling, Founder of the Extreme Sports Channel. A collection of businesses, with a shared brand and shared values. Aged 24, passionate about extreme sports and unable to find a job that interested him, Al set up Extreme with the goal of establishing the world’s leading Extreme Sports Media Company.

At Extreme we believe in doing things differently, offering people something ground-breaking and new but having a laugh while we make it happen. Each of our fast moving youth-driven companies is run by great people who are passionate, innovative, independent and equity driven. We empower these teams to manage their businesses, listen to feedback and react quickly to ensure continuous improvement.

Today we deliver a range of lifestyle products and services including, Extreme Entertainment (TV distribution) Extreme Mobile (our mobile phone service), Extreme Drinks, Extreme Hotels, Ex Parks (sports theme parks) and Extreme Retail. Extreme employs 247 people and operates in more than 70 countries around the world.
For more info please see www.extrememediagroup.com