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If you were at our Start It! University Entrepreneurs talk with Hermione Way, you probably remember the video she showed titled: Social Media Revolution.
Now, the original one dates back to 2008, however, these numbers have obviously changed.
So … here’s the new version from May 2010.
Posted by John King on April 13, 2010 under News, Videos | Be the First to Comment
PlinkArt, a company run by two Oxford PhD students and incubated by Oxford Entrepreneurs, have become the first UK company to be purchased by US tech giants Google. Their technology, a mobile visual search system, will be integrated into Google Goggles.
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…
Posted by John King on February 12, 2010 under Social Enterprise, Videos | Be the First to Comment
In rural Africa, poor transport costs lives. Drugs cannot be delivered, patients cannot reach health centres and medics cannot send samples to labs for analysis. Riders for Health is changing all this. But can they now set up a new medical transport network in rural Zambia in just six months? Can they meet Alvin Hall’s challenge to import the motorcycles, train the riders, negotiate with the ministry and complete all the legal and business hurdles so quickly?
Watch more of this documentary series online.
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Featuring Surinder Arora. This video was filmed at one of our regular ‘Start It!’ guest entrepreneur sessions in 2010.
Posted by John King on February 11, 2010 under News, Social Enterprise, Videos | Be the First to Comment
BBC World News will be launching this weekend an 8-part series on social entrepreneurs around the globe. Alvin’s Guide to Good Business will follow financial expert Alvin Hall as he visits a different social entrepreneur each week. He’ll look at business models, impact, and the challenges of scaling. Featured organizations include Riders for Health, IDE-India, Marine Stewardship Council, Apopo, Partners in Health, Friends International, Camfed andKiva. The Skoll Foundation partnered with RockhopperTV on the series.
BBC World News is available via satellite and cable TV (it kicks off on Saturday at 0830 GMT and is repeated Sunday 14th at 1430 and 2130 GMT). The programme is also available via the BBC World News iPhone App and online.
Posted by John King on December 16, 2009 under Videos | Be the First to Comment
Michael Bayler is an innovation strategist and futurist who knows what happens next in marketing, branding, media and technology. He impressed Florian so much at a Sun Startups event that he invited him to speak at Royal Holloway on January 21st.
For a preview of Mike in action, take a peek at this video from Sun.
Posted by John King on December 7, 2009 under People, Videos | Be the First to Comment
If you were at the last Start It! event, you may have seen John clutching a Flip camera and interviewing some of our members. Here’s the results!
Elaine Mostert, Creative Director & Management student
Darren Paskell, Computer Science student
David Valoczky, Modern Languages student
Praj Bhat, Biological Sciences PhD student
Adrian Bulley, Economics student
Fareed Patel, Economics student
Posted by John King on December 4, 2009 under Videos | Be the First to Comment
Bonus points for the first member who spots our Jack!
Posted by Florian Jensen on November 30, 2009 under Competitions, Events, News, Videos | Be the First to Comment
The first term is nearly over, but we’ve still a last talk for 2009 and some other useful things, before everyone heads out for a well deserved break. So don’t leave yet, and join us this week for our great Thursday event.
So, what have we got for you this week?
Business Clinic
Tuesday, 10am at Careers in Horton
Do you need one to one advice about a business idea? Do you already have a business and need help running it? Is there something you are not sure about?
Come to our drop-in advice surgery, Business Clinic, and receive individual guidance from an experienced adviser. Business Clinic runs every Tuesday from 10am-11am in the Careers Centre, Horton Building. You can book a slot by telephoning Careers on 01784 443073, from 9.30am onwards on the day you wish to come, or just turn up.
Start It! University Entrepreneurs (part 2)
Thursday, 6pm at MBLT
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190131494786
Hermione Way, founder of Newspepper.com and Techfluff.tv will be our last speaker of 2009, gracing the stage of the Moore Building Lecture. Well-known on the UK tech scene, Hermione is renowned as a presenter, reporter and tech entrepreneur.
She has also recently appeared in the London Nude Tech calendar in support of TakeHeart India, put together by Milo Yiannopoulos from TechCrunch – proving that tech people are not all unattractive geeks!
So come along this Thursday and bring all your friends!
Bright Ideas Competition Deadline
December 11th, 5pm – Online
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.
If you need advice about entering the competition, do contact John King.
We hope to see you all one last time this year, before everyone heads off for the holidays!
Posted by John King on November 4, 2009 under News, Videos | Be the First to Comment
As if we weren’t already really looking forward to Global Entrepreneurship Week, 16-22 November 2009, here comes something to crank up the excitement even further. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recorded a video for the Kauffman Foundation endorsing the week.
We’ll be posting all of our events for the week on our website and we invite you to come to all of them. Plus, we’re just putting the finishing touches to our amazing launch party – make sure you are signed up to our email newsletter to get an invite!
