Survey of Tools for Early-stage Investment

Posted by on June 13, 2011 under Slides | Be the First to Comment

Check out this great presentation from UCL’s  Thomas Stone covering resources for finding early stage investment in your startup.



Ogilvy: The Four E’s of Marketing

Posted by on March 22, 2011 under Slides | Be the First to Comment

This presentation by Ogilvy PR explains that marketing has changed from the four P’s (Product, Place, Price and Promotion) to the four E’s (Experience, Everyplace, Exchange, Evangelism).



Slides from Startup Wednesday 8: Legal Issues & Accounting

Posted by on February 23, 2011 under Slides | Be the First to Comment



Next Startup Wednesday will the last of the series, and will cover practical hints and tips about setting up – including office, IT and telecoms – and we will review the top tips from the entire series! 2pm-4pm 23rd March 2011 in Arts Building S21.

Slides from Startup Wednesday 6: Marketing & PR for Startups

Posted by on January 26, 2011 under Slides | Be the First to Comment



Join us for the next Startup Wednesday at 2pm on 3rd February in Arts Building S21 (second floor). We’ll be focusing on Sales and Negotiation skills. You’ll be able to practise trying to cut a deal with another student, too!

Slides from Startup Wednesday 4&5: Websites & Funding

Posted by on January 19, 2011 under Slides | Be the First to Comment





Join us for the next Startup Wednesday at 2pm on 26th January in Arts Building S21 (second floor). We’ll be looking at legal issues for new businesses.

Get Inspired! From Entern to Entrepreneur

Posted by on November 30, 2010 under Slides | Be the First to Comment

In case you’ve missed the amazing talk by Ry Morgan from PleaseCycle last Thursday, we’ve decided to put up the slides together with the Podcast so that you don’t have to feel left out.

If you enjoyed the talk, don’t miss out on our future Get Inspired! talks every Thursday during Term!

Be sure to subscribe to our Podcast on iTunes to get this, past and future Get Inspired! talks!

Slides from Startup Wednesday 1: Introduction & Team Building

Posted by on October 20, 2010 under Slides | Be the First to Comment



Slides also available on slideshare.

Join us for the next Startup Wednesday at 2pm on 10th November in Arts Building S21 (second floor). We’ll be looking at creative thinking techniques to help you analyse problems and generate innovative solutions which may turn into business opportunities.

Why you shouldn’t start a business

Posted by on September 25, 2010 under Research, Slides | Be the First to Comment

A great presentation from the (in)famous Dave McClure of 500 Startups.


Social networking

Posted by on September 16, 2009 under Advice, Royal Holloway Businesses, Slides | Be the First to Comment

Despite the decline in popularity of myspace, social networks can still provide a brilliant business opportunity. Facebook continues to grow rapidly and has a great advertising model, and our very own Jack Lenox’s eNovella, a social network and publishing outlet for aspiring creative writers, demonstrates that you can take a great yet simple idea, combine it with a dash of business acumen and a sprinkling of web skills, and create something special. If you are looking to build your own social network, you might want to start by reading these slides, which tell you in detail how to generate ‘social traction’ – ie., attracting and engaging end users.