REAL WORLD MAGAZINE has once again teamed up with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to bring you the Real World Awards 2010.
For the Enterprising Student award in associations with Enterprise Rent-A-Car they will be awarding five entrepreneurial students with a paid internship at Enterprise this summer – and prize money of £5,000!
Entries are now open. For Enterprising Studentof the Year simply tell us:
- What you’ve done at university to demonstrate entrepreneurship
- What achievements are most proud of and why.
- What have you learned about yourself from your activities and achievements? How will you apply this learning to life after education?
- How you would define an entrepreneur
- Would you like to be considered for an internship at Enterprise this summer?
Entrepreneurs from across the country once again have a chance to make their business dreams come true by appearing on Dragons’ Den. If you’re genuinely seeking investment for your business idea or invention, the BBC would like to hear from you.
Dragons’ Den is a challenging place to pitch, but it’s also a genuine business opportunity to secure investment. In the most recent series, 15 entrepreneurs accepted offers of investment in the Den and plenty more have gone on to find success even without the backing of the Dragons.
The rules are simple: entrepreneurs ask for a cash investment in return for equity in their business. However, they must get at least the amount they ask for or they will walk away with nothing. The Dragons are prepared to listen to a pitch for any kind of business but they must be convinced that it will make money.
As demonstrated by the investments in the last seven series, ideas, businesses and products that meet some or all of the following criteria stand a good chance of securing the Dragons’ interest:
A Unique Selling Point: a product that serves a need like nothing else.
Scalability: something that can be up scaled to make real money.
Route to Market: the clear way the product can be sold and marketed.
Mutually Beneficial Arrangement: just what will the Dragons get out of it?
Exit Strategy: a plan of how the entrepreneur/Dragon will exit and make money.
The BBC is currently searching for Britain’s best entrepreneurs and will be auditioning throughout the coming months. We want to hear from anyone who thinks they’ve got what it takes to enter the Dragons’ Den.
FlyingStart and the University of Surrey are running their second dedicated business Programme for all women involved in Engineering, Science and Technology at Gorse Hill Hotel, Surrey. The Programme is completely free and includes all accommodation, meals and business start-up advice, workshops and mentoring. FlyingStart are here to give you all the help you need to turn your business dreams into a reality and it’s completely free!
Join us at Gorse Hill Hotel, Surrey, from the 24th-26th March 2010 for our 3 day Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Programme.
Through a combination of practical workshops, inspirational speakers and networking we will provide you with all the tools you need to kick start your business.
Joining us in Surrey to give you their expert advice will be HM Revenue & Customs, HSBC, Companies House and our FlyingStart Mentors and Experts plus more!!!
For more information and to apply online, click here
FlyingStart Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Programmes are open to all female final year students or recent graduates (up to 10 years out), from any English institution who are looking to start a business within the UK.
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are a UK wide funding programme for 11-21 year olds, who are prepared to go the extra mile and use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by setting up their own projects.
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding.
You can apply for up to £10,000 of funding to try, shape or grow a project idea. Visit http://www.unltdsportrelief.com/ to find out more!
Hence, this week, we will be joined by Gareth Emberton who’s the Director of one of the most prestigious consulting companies for startups and has tremendous experience as an entrepreneur himself.
Our promise is to broaden your horizons and to enable you to see what it takes to be an entrepreneur or a business leader in the 21st century.
Have you thought about how the world is changing at a furious pace and the impact this is having on your business or idea?
Technology is advancing daily, environmental issues are ever increasing, customers are changing their buying habits and the increased use of the internet has had the effect on every foundation of the business environment. New laws are forcing companies out of business and the shifts in global economics means that many things can be done cheaper abroad.
All of these factors will be having a massive effect on the profitability of any business.
So, is the SPEED of CHANGE the problem or is the reality that traditional business models can’t cope with the demands of the 21st century?
What can you do about all these changes?
Business models and way to approach entrepreneurship have to change!!
So, join us on Thursday 4th February 2010 in BLT1 and:
find out how the ‘Niche’ business you have been searching for years has been staring you in the face?
discover why the internet is your greatest opportunity to grow entrepreneurial wealth.
to formulate your sales and marketing strategies to grow your profits.
12 entrepreneurial principles to help you Grow your Business in the 21st Century.
Two of Royal Holloway’s most successful entrepreneurs will share a stage for the first time on Thursday 28th January 2010. Surinder Arora and Tej Dhillon will be interviewed by Jack Lenox in the Windsor Auditorium. The event begins at 6pm, with a networking reception afterwards.
Surinder Arora is an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway. He is Chairman of his own hotel chain, Arora International, which runs hotels at Heathrow and Gatwick and in Manchester. He is listed on The Sunday Times Rich List and has an investment and managerial interest in the Wentworth Club.
Tej Dhillon studied Geography and graduated in 1987. He is now Managing Director of the Dhillon Hotel Group, a chain of six very individual hotels which he owns with his sister. The Dhillons own the Grade II listed Victorian Gothic-style Paragon Hotel in the centre of Birmingham, which has 250 rooms and the Liongate Hotel in Hampton Court amongst others.
Billed as the ‘Battle of the Heavyweight Hoteliers’ the evening will contrast the stories of the two entrepreneurs. It will be ‘refereed’ by Jack Lenox, a student at Royal Holloway and President of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs. Jack said ,”This is an exciting opportunity to get close to two of the leading entrepreneurs in the hotel trade who will be together at Royal Holloway for the first time. It looks to be our biggest event of the year so far.”
For more information about the event, email John King, Entrepreneurship Careers Adviser, at john.king@rhul.ac.uk . Tickets for the event are not required for current students and staff. Alumni and friends of the College may book a place at the event via the Development Department.
Mike is a senior consultant and published author, specialising in consumer- led marketing and innovation. He calls this new area of endeavour “Behind The Line”.
He has advised some of the world’s leading brands, media companies and international stars, including Nokia, Diageo, Telefonica, Fremantle Media, Bacardi Global Brands, Sky, BT, Sony BMG, Sony ATV, Ogilvy & Mather, Robbie Williams, Dido and Simon Cowell.
Mike is the co-author of the seminal work on consumer-led business strategy, Promiscuous Customers: Invisible Brands – Delivering Value in Digital Markets (Capstone, Oxford, 2002), and has written regularly for publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Design Week, The Design Management Journal and New Media Age. His blog, The Strategy Review, (www.thestrategyreview.com) covers current and future marketing and strategy issues.
Mike is a popular and exciting speaker on current issues such as post- Internet brand strategy, consumer culture, digital marketing, and branded entertainment. Among many successful speaking engagements, he has delivered brand and entertainment strategy master classes at Midem, AdTech London, The Marketing Society and the IESE Business School in Barcelona.
After a successful international career in music, including 7 years in the US, Mike was an early entrant into digital media in 1992, and worked in interactive publishing and branding, e-business strategy and management.
Since 2001 and the publication of Promiscuous Customers, he has specialised in consumer-led marketing and innovation, working recently with global brand leaders such as Telefonica’s O2, Nokia and Diageo on “post-Internet” marketing and advertising, social media, mobile applications and brand entertainment.
In this capacity, Mike has won accolades from industry leaders including Tim Clark, manager of Robbie Williams, Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy and President of the IPA, and Mark Selby, VP Industry Partnerships, Nokia.
Of course, there will be networking opportunities and refreshments served, as usual. Like John has mentioned in a previous post, he is an amazing guy! This talk is a must for anyone who’s an entrepreneur or studies marketing!
Due to high demand Nottingham’s Bio-entrepreneur school has opened a second round of applications which closes on 29th Jan 2010.
The 2010 School will be hosted by the prestigious BioCity in the heart of Nottingham in partnership with QED Consulting. Places are open to anyone wanting to develop an entrepreneurial career in the commercialisation of bioscience. It is especially suited to recent graduates or post-docs and academic researchers who:
Are planning to commercialise a particular science or idea
Have just started a business in the sector
Want to learn how to view science from a commercial angle
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Due to high demand Nottingham’s Bio-entrepreneur school has opened a second round of applications which closes on 29th Jan 2010.