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We’ve created a special group so that you can follow all members of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs on Twitter with just one click! Just click the button below.
If you want to be added to the list so that other members can follow you, please contact us.
Posted by John King on October 29, 2009 under Competitions, Social Enterprise | Be the First to Comment
Do you have a bright idea for a new or improved service or product, or a social enterprise or project? Put your ideas on paper and compete with your peers. You don’t need any formal business knowledge and you can enter on your own or as part of a team.
It’s simple – come up with a BRIGHT IDEA, apply and you could win one of:
The deadline for applications is 5pm December 11th. Enter via the Westfocus website.
To help you develop an existing idea, come up with a new idea or find partners to work with, we are running an all day masterclass at the beautiful campus of Roehampton University on Thursday 19th November. To book a FREE place at the workshop, including minibus travel from RHUL and food, contact us.
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Enterprise UK and eOffice are offering free office space for up to 3 people for a year! All you have to do is tell them how the space will help grow your business. Enter now via the competition website!
Posted by John King on October 23, 2009 under Competitions | Be the First to Comment
Many employers offer business games and challenges for students. For the recruiters, it’s a great way to generate PR, encourage more students to apply and even make a start on assessing them. For
students, it can be an interesting way to engage with employers; entering competitions is an inherently entrepreneurial thing to do (as in: it’s free, what have you got to lose!).
Here are some competitions you might wish to enter:
Ernst & Young’s Profitunity (teams set up a business to raise money for The Princes Trust)
BNP Paribas’ Ace Manager
Allen & Overy’s Game On (online modular team game)
Deloitte’s Public Policy and Business writing competitions
L’Oreal’s Reveal online business challenge
Get to it, and good luck!
Posted by Jack Lenox on October 18, 2009 under News, Videos | Be the First to Comment
After numerous requests, here are the introductory videos that we played for our dragons.
Mark Blythe:
Oliver Mennell:
Ania Gavel:
Posted by John King on October 16, 2009 under Research | Be the First to Comment
Yesterday I attended another excellent event run by the SEEDA funded Higher Education Entrepreneurship Group. This particular event was at the University of Surrey in Guildford and was a conference entitled “Does It Really Make a Difference? Evaluating the Impact of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education”. Not the catchiest of titles, but I was really pleased to meet the brilliant Professor Mark Hart of Aston University. Mark presented his latest research for Enterprise UK, which clustered students into 6 groups, according to their enterprising beliefs and behaviours. The groups were: self starters, hesitant creatives, freedom seekers, inventors, determined novices and reluctant novices. Which type are you?
Posted by John King on October 14, 2009 under Research | Read the First Comment
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index 2009
Despite working longer hours, American business owners are the most satisfied workers, according to the latest research from Gallup. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows that entrepreneurs are happier than managers and workers in any other sector or profession, although they are not always the highest paid.
The ability to control their work environment is a critical aspect of their satisfaction score, with entrepreneurs scoring a clear 16 percentage points higher on Work Environment.
Such freedom is often cited by entrepreneurs as a motivating factor, and this research suggests that long hours spent working on a project which the business owner is passionate about may be well rewarded.
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Wallace and Gromit’s World of Invention is a new primetime BBC series featuring our favourite pair of animated ‘inventurers’.
The programme is Wallace and Gromit’s first foray into the world of presenting and the BBC have asked them to produce a series on inventions. The BBC are interested in finding people and ideas that could possibly feature on the show.
If you have an invention you wish to discuss email lucy.rogers [at] aardman.com to get involved!
Posted by John King on October 13, 2009 under People, Royal Holloway Businesses | Be the First to Comment
Founding President
Jack founded Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs in September 2009 to provide the support that he would have wanted to receive when he started The Founder, Royal Holloway’s independent newspaper in his first year at the College.
Jack is currently taking a year out from his studies to run Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs and to focus on eNovella, his new social network and publishing outlet for creative writers.
Jack is something of a serial entrepreneur. Having designed a number of commercial websites for small businesses whilst at school, he set up a small computer business during sixth form, building and selling computers on the internet and through eBay. During a gap year between school and university, he set up a browser-based online game which experienced some success as a project during the time it ran.
Jack currently lives in Egham. To contact Jack, please use the contact page.
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Entrepreneurship Careers Adviser
John joined the University of London in January 2009 and is permanently attached to Royal Holloway. He is responsible for delivering student entrepreneurship; this means supporting Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs to run workshops and secure guest speakers and running his weekly Tuesday morning Business Clinic sessions where students can receive one to one business guidance.
John joined from Goldsmiths Careers Service, and is a Goldsmiths alumnus, having studied Psychology from 1996-1999. In 2001 he started Auvica, a video and web design consultancy, where he remained as Creative Director for 7 years. He has also worked in marketing, market research, media research, and webcasting. He lives in Battersea and has no cats (sadly).
You can email John at john.king [at] rhul.ac.uk
