Freshers’ Week

We want to make Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs even better this year and a first step of doing so is getting more people involved. More students mean bigger events, bigger speakers and many more great things. So if you’re interested in Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs, we’re looking for students that would be willing to help us out spreading the word around campus during freshers’ week.
So if you can spare as little as one hour during freshers’ to help out, please drop Luka an E-mail at president AT royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com and get involved!

Gaboom on Dragons’ Den

Jess Ratcliffe will be trying to swap a part of her startup Gaboom for more investment on the BBC television program Dragons’ Den this upcoming Monday at 21:00, so make sure your DVR is set to record!

If you don’t know what Gaboom is all about, I recommend that you check out http://gaboom.co.uk.
More information about the TV episode can be found on the BBC Website.

We hope to see you all again very soon!

Recruitment and the application process for the RHE 2010-2011 Committee will also be open from Monday 20th September, so if you’re interested in becoming a committee member we’d encourage you to join in that week, get to know us and become a face to remember!

To sign up and get involved email me at president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com

Hope to see lots of both old and new faces,
Luka Blackman-Gibbs

It’s my first day as the new president of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs- I’m very excited to be joining you all! 

I’ve just graduated with a BA from Royal Holloway and am about to start my Masters in Politics here. In my final year I started a Community Action scheme called ‘Study Buddy,’ a foreign language exchange programme used and run by students at Holloway.  Study Buddy started as an idea on a post-it note in my bedroom, and then with the support of Community Action and Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs it grew into a successful and well used programme. This year I hope to support and motivate anybody with their own ideas, whether they are small social enterprise programme ideas or huge multi-million pound company ideas!

With lots of great ideas and enthusiam I hope we can build on Jack’s work and grow and improve this already successful organisation.

Kind Regards,

Luka

£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

Could you be our next President?

It is a fantastic opportunity to lead the NACUE New Society of the Year 2010. The job involves everything from running events, hobnobbing with famous entrepreneurs, managing a budget to buying late night pizza and inspiring a team of amazing students. Can you do all of this?

Read the job description and take a look at the advert which includes details of how to apply. You must be a Royal Holloway student or recent graduate.

RHE President Advert 2010

RHE President Job Description 2010

Now, the original one dates back to 2008, however, these numbers have obviously changed.

So … here’s the new version from May 2010.

Now we’d like you to give something back – and you could win a £20 Amazon voucher too!

Simply complete this 5 minute survey and tell us about your experience of our activities. The information you give will be used to improve our programme, and will help us to secure funding for the future.

Here at Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs, we are hard at work building our very own incubation centre, so that Royal Holloway students can be the next Google purchase! Check out this video to see Florian & Anil helping to paint the new centre…

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.

Thursday 25th of March 2010 @ Founders’ MLT
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We all hope to see you there one last time!