Betarocket Interviews: Paul Lancaster of Shell LiveWire UK There are a lot of people out there who want to start their own business. And a fair few of those are pretty young. It's an exciting prospect for an ambitious young person. And you can see how cool it looks when it's done well, by role models such as Sahil Lavingia of e-commerce site Gumroad. But is it for everybody? We asked Newcastle-based Paul Lancaster of Shell LiveWIRE to share his personal thoughts on youth enterprise in the UK. "It's not necessarily normal or right for most people to start their own business", says Paul Lancaster, web development executive of UK young enterprise programme Shell LiveWIRE. "You've got to be careful. Too many organisations say that everyone can start a business but it's not true. Some just aren't cut out for it, or it's not right for them." That's not to say that there aren't a number of them that can. Shell LiveWIRE says it has helped over 600,000 people to explore starting their own business since 1982, from Glasses Direct to The Tea Shed. It aims to support people aged 16-30 who wish to consider self-employment, and offers online, business advice, discussion and monthly cash prizes of 1,000, as well as a 10,000 young entrepreneur of the year award in November for one of the monthly winners. "The biggest thing that LiveWIRE does is give people a bit of confidence, a bit of kudos and a bit of credibility. 1,000