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.
This highly successful programme, for enterprising students, has been running for five years. It is free, but limited to the first sixty who enrol (with a refundable booking deposit). An intensive, fun and challenging three-day programme using speakers, team games and business simulations. Come along and:
• develop your enterprising spirit
• communicate more effectively
• get support for your ideas
• hear from inspiring entrepreneurs
• add value to your personal pitch and CV
• build your network and job potential
“An outstanding experience for me” Atta Behravanfar, an engineering student, Kingston University
“Bright Futures was a big confidence builder” ” Jenny Harmer, an english student, Royal Holloway
We are pleased to announce that the Royal Holloway Apprentice teams raised a grand total of £1276 in aid of The Prince’s Trust last week. Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs ran an Apprentice style competition on campus for one week, giving six teams a £50 budget and the opportunity to run small-scale companies. The winning team Dynasti Entertainment successfully raised a total of £447.45 making more than third of the total profits. They engaged in different fund raising activities from kick up competitions to wet sponge throwing!
When asked about their biggest challenge, Dynasti said that they would’ve wished a better co-operation of the SU. However, they were surprised to find a student body that was willing to help Charity. “… when they heard this was for charity, their pockets opened up, greatly.”
When we asked the team leader about his main motivation for raising money, he said that he hopes that the money raised “would help someone to achieve something, a better lifestyle.”
“We learned that there are a lot of challenges, and a lot of setbacks, which can hinder you from achieving your goal, but if you’re persistent enough, you can achieve what you set out to do.”
Dynasti also would like to thank all of the students for their support and all the other teams for their help in raising money for the Princes Trust.
Team Veritas proposed an unusual business concept based on a model featured in the best-selling Freakonomics, enabling consumers to pay the price they wish to pay. Veritas set up a stall selling bags of sweets and left a voluntary moneybox requesting for £1 per bag.
After encountering difficulties team Enigma successfully ran an event on Saturday evening taking on the challenge to mimic Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. The Chocolate Makers looked to provide campus with an endless supply of chocolate fountain and an assortment of marshmallows and strawberries. Team MATT-MC-ABE took it on them-selves to establish a company that had an ethical stances selling RHUL student’s unwanted clothing. There was such a great response to this company that students are requesting Team MATT-MC-ABE to continue selling second hand clothing on campus. We will have to watch this space! Last but by no means least, team Universal came second closely following Dynasti making £350 selling Krispy Kremes around campus.
The “Margaret and Nick” mentors from Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs, Francesca Chant and Jess Ratcliffe want to thank all the teams for working so hard for the society and the Prince’s Trust.
Although the week is over The Apprentice prize giving event will be held during Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs’ closing event in Founders’ Main Lecture Theatre (MLT) on the 25th of March. The guest speaker is the society’s Founding Patron Sir Alec Reed CBE. Also attending will be Enterprise Rent-a-Car, the event sponsor, and a representative from The Prince’s Trust. Along with awarding our winners with their prizes, a further team will be awarded for the most original and creative idea, which will be announced on the night. This event should be a really great evening also offering networking opportunities with everyone involved.
The Apprentice launched by the Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs has been a great success raising a grand total of £1276 for the Princes Trust Charity.
I would like to congratulate all the teams for their hard work and commitment to the competition.
So, now the thing you all have been waiting for…. the results!
Dynasti with a total of £447.45
Dynasti decided to create different fun daily projects from wet sponge throwing to football and fashions quiz’s.
Universal
Universal sold a variety of products on campus catering to all students needs.
Matt-MC-ABE
This team sold second hand clothes on campus.
ENIGMA
Ran an entertainment event on campus.
VERITAS
Veritas sold small bags of sweets around campus and provided honesty boxes inviting students to pay what they wanted for the sweet packets. This team wanted to test the honesty of Royal Holloway Students.
The Chocolate Makers
The Chocolate Makers ran a chocolate fountain in the Bedford Library.
Congratulations again to Dynasti, and to all the other teams too, you all at least DOUBLED! your investment in just a week! That’s some real entrepreneurial spirit!
I would also like to thank Francesca and Jess for mentoring and organizing most of the event.
We hope to see all of the teams, and everyone else who has been following our events, for our big end of the year event / ceremony next Thursday (25th of March) with Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs’ Founding Patron Professor Alec Reed CBE.
Engage with Julie Meyer, Penny Power, Meltwater, Google, Huddle, Microsoft, UnLtd, Tata, MMC Ventures, SIFE, Smith & Williamson, Find Invest Grow, Social Enterprise Coalition, Worksnug, Enterprise UK, Groupspaces, Shell Livewire, Newspepper, The Cube, Enternships, The Next Women, Sun Microsystems, Brave New Talent, Student Hubs, eOffice and many, many more…
Network with 200 like-minded young entrepreneurs and enterprising students, global entrepreneurs, innovative corporates and leading business support organisations during a weekend of inspiring and engaging talks, workshops, debates and exhibitions. Pitch for the chance to win £1000 from Shell Livewire and chat with UnLtd to learn about how to get up to £15,000 funding for a social enterprise.
The UK’s must-attend event of 2010 for enterprising students and young entrepreneurs.
We hope to see you at the launch event of the Competition tomorrow evening. This event is there to inspire you, show you what other students have done in the past, and get you on track for the competition that’s starting the next monday.
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.
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!
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