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Posted by John King on July 29, 2010 under Events | 
More than ten senior entrepreneurs now confirmed
We would like to invite all of our members to come to the School of Management at Royal Holloway on Wednesday 4th August 2010 and join us in presenting Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs to honorary fellows, the college and many others. Our outgoing President and Committee will present what we have achieved this year, and we’ll also welcome our new President. We’ll also be hearing from a student entrepreneur who successfully launched their business this year.
The programme is as follows:
6.00 – 6.45 pm AGM
6.50 – 7.30 pm Drinks Reception
The reception will be an opportunity for us to thank you and others who have supported Royal Holloway and to discuss some of the wider developments at the College.
We all hope to see you there!
Posted by Alan Lee on July 26, 2010 under News |
£10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010
If you’re aged 16-30 and have been running your own business for more than 3 months but less than 18 months, this annual competition could see you walk away with a £10,000 cash injection plus support from top PR agency Blue Rubicon at our Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! award final taking place in London on 13th October 2010.
So, if you think you’ve got what it takes to be our Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, simply login at the bottom of this page to apply.
Deadline for entries is 5pm on 6th September 2010.
£1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards
If you’re aged 16-30 and need funding to get your new business idea or project off the ground, the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards offers up to to 5 x £1,000 prizes each month to the most innovative or unusual ideas submitted by new businesses in their first 12 months of trading. (See our section about previous Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award winners).
You’ve got until the last day of each month to apply for the £1,000 Awards – simply login below to access the application form.
Website: http://www.shell-livewire.org/awards
Posted by Alan Lee on July 19, 2010 under Competitions |
Do you want to travel the world for a year, all expenses paid? Well, this is their chance to win an incredible competition and the most amazing once in a lifetime experience.
‘Your Big Year’ is an official ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week’ event. It provides an opportunity for two competition winners to travel the world for one-year meeting inspirational people, entrepreneurs and leaders whilst on an incredible journey. The competition brings together the three themes of enterprise, social responsibility and creating a global perspective, and intends to fundraise for key chosen charities including Rights and Humanity.
Submit your entry at:
http://www.yourbigyear.com/
Posted by John King on July 12, 2010 under Competitions |
Robin Bennett is a Royal Holloway alum who has started a string of successful businesses. Now he is offering to help out other prospective entrepreneurs by offering initial set up costs, a year’s mentoring from Robin, a national PR campaign and substantial marketing on the Start Up Smart website. Open to anyone living in the United Kingdom between 18-30 years old, the Start Up Smart competition is looking for innovative business ideas which should cost no more than £5000 in initial set up costs.
There will be five winners announced in November 2010 in five categories:
1. Services
2. Manufacturing
3. IT
4. Media and arts
5. Retail
Submit your idea
Initial submissions to be emailed either as text (no more than 250 words) or as a video file. Tell us a bit about you, then set out your business idea, and outline approximately how much you think your company would cost to set up and run in its first year (remember, it can’t be more than £5000).
For more information, visit www.startupsmart.co.uk/competition.htm
Posted by Alan Lee on under Competitions, Social Enterprise |
vcashpoint is giving away £2,500 to 16-25 year olds in England with ideas for London 2012 inspired projects in their communities. If you’ve got an idea for a London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired volunteering project to improve your community, you could apply for up to £2,500 to make it happen.
To get your brains-whirring Olympic and Paralympic Games themes include: Sport, Health Culture, Education and Environment To apply for a vcashpoint grant, you must be aged 16-25, live in England, and be up for running the project yourself.
You’ll need to show how your project will help other people (not relatives), the environment or your community and how it has been inspired by London 2012.
Closing date: 6th September 2010
http://vinspired.com/vcashpoint
Posted by John King on under Photos |
Here are the photos from the most recent Bright Futures event, held at Kingston University. The next event will be held in January – check back here for more!
More than ten senior entrepreneurs now confirmed
