EnterprisingU has now launched!
Do you have a great idea and want help in creating a business plan?
Enter EnterprisingU’s national business plan competition and use the online tool to test and develop your business idea and help you become investment ready.
www.enterprisingu.com
Do you want £25,000 to kick-start your business?
We have over 200 investors looking to invest in student startups. At the end of May 2012, fifteen of the best ideas will be selected for pitching in the semi-finals. Five will go forward to the national finals, where there is £40,000 in prizes to be won.
Get started today and get your business investment-ready!
BBC Three are looking for entrepreneurs now!
Apply for your slice of Richard Reed’s investment fund, up to £1m availablehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/beonashow/
The application process is open for a limited time so if you’ve got a great business idea apply asap!
Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent Drinks, has up to £1million that he is making available to entrepreneurs with brilliant business ideas.
He wants to give the next generation of Great British entrepr
eneurs a helping hand in getting started.
To take part in this exciting new BBC Three TV series, you need to be over 18 and have either started a small business or have a great idea.
Our twitter is: @BYOBoss_BBC3
Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Be-Your-Own-Boss-BBC-Three/365962350095405
We’ve got some great news – NACUE is giving away 100 free tickets to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress! You and anyone in your society (or even anyone
you know!) can get hold of one by writing only 150 words. Here’s what you’ll get:
- A ticket to GEC in Liverpool worth £180 (13th Ma
rch) – speakers include Richard Branson and Sir Terry Leah (ex-CEO Tesco)
- Train travel of up to £100
- Free entry to Intuit Financial Fitness Workshop (12th March)
- Free entry to exclusive drinks reception with the Minister for Business Mark Prisk MP
- Overnight accommodation at Jury’s Inn Liverpool on 12th M
arch
It really couldn’t be simpler to get a ticket – just write 150 words pitching your business idea and send it with your name, address, email and mobile number to
intuit100Up@promoentries.com.
The deadline is 11.59pm on 26th February so be quick!!
For more details on how you’ll be assessed have a look at the attached
Please forward this information to your members or anyone that may be interested. Good luck!
Bright Ideas competition for entrepreneurial students. Sponsored by STEM UEN, the competition is in its 8th year, and is open to students at seven universities in London.
This year, there were 171 entries involving about 244 students, who could enter individually or in teams. Many students entered as part of their degree programmes, while others are involved in entrepreneurs’ societies or enterprise mentoring schemes. Students ranged from Foundation degree to PhD level and crossed every discipline.
Awards were presented on Wednesday 15 February at a ceremony at the University of Westminster. First prize winners received £1,000 and the runners-up got £250 to help them further their ideas.
Martha Mador, Head of Enterprise Education at Kingston University, and manager of the West Focus Entrepreneurship Centre said: “Each year we get more entries, and the ideas become better and more diverse. They are often demanding and challenging ideas addressing genuine needs.”
The 2012 prize winners were:
Victoria Bloom, Kingston University
A “touch-free” browsing of medical images in hospital operating theatres to save time and prevent the spread of infection.
Joe Shellard, Royal Holloway University
An innovative website and app to let people buy tickets for school plays.
Vassileios Balntas, Surrey University
Sleep apnea is a very serious condition that affects around 7% of the population, and can lead even to heart failure. With the proposed system the patient can record the sleep sounds he/she makes overnight using a mobile phone, After that, the sound recording will be uploaded to a website. The web app can extract sleep statistics and detect apneas. The final diagnosis is sent to an expert for verification, and also to the patient.
David Bullen, Alex Murphy, Chloe Collins, Helena Kirby, Lois Pearse,
Royal Holloway University,
A theatrical enterprise dedicated to the illumination of Europe’s cultural heritage, aiming to spark the imagination of Britain’s youth.
Lucia Froud, Hye J Baek , Laura Anselmi , Lucia Froud , Yuxin Yang
Kingston University
Popcup is a reinvention of the cup sleeve; a reusable and adjustable way to help hot beverage drinkers protect their finger tips and tongues with a unique heat sensitive indicator.
Asitha Jayawardena, Kingston University
The Sustainable University One-stop Shop (http://www.sustainableuni.kk5.org/) offers guidance, information and inspiration for promoting and facilitating Sustainability in Higher Education worldwide.
Patreese Erskine, Royal Holloway University.
My idea is to bring something revolutionary to the shoe market. I aim to create a range of high fashion shoes that can be worn as flattering high-heels and as flat pumps; due to a fully detachable heel.
Stephen Pelling, Royal Holloway University also won £250 for his Murder Mystery App idea.
To continue to encourage enterprise in the UK, Marketest are running a Business Start-Up Competition. Marketest aim to aid entrepreneurs, start-up businesses and young companies develop and enhance their business planning and strategies with their online expert market research services! The prize for the most innovative, commercial idea will be awarded £1,000 tailored market research, which will help the winner take their business idea to the next level. There is also a runners up prize of £500 tailored market research and everyone who takes part will be rewarded.
Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit or an innovative business idea?
http://www.marketest.co.uk/business-start-ups-competition
‘RHUL Apprentice Challenge 2012′
The RHUL Apprentice Challenge took place over three gruelling weeks, with the final held last Tuesday.
Congratulations to Joe Shellard, Nimrod Szakacs, Yumeng Zhang and Fraser Ballantyne who formed the Team Red Dragons. They are team which shook Royal Holloway and its surroundings for 2 weeks!
The competition was tough and the Dragons actually lost in the first task, raising the least amount of money from the £50 they were given. However they pulled through and wowed the judges with their second and third tasks- forming a fantastic business strategy to turn around struggling pub Almamata.
The team were each given a LiveScribe Pen and a ticket to the University of London Apprentice finals.
A huge well done to all of the teams, and an extra cheer for them as they succeeded in raising over £700 for the Prince’s Trust!
Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs have launched the annual Minigrants competition, the Arora Awards for Enterprise.
(please email if this link doesn’t work for you)
The best applications will be invited to
Stage 2- Interview (all interviews will take place on 27 Feb)
An Awards ceremony will be held on 19th March in the evening, which you must attend in order to find out whether your application was succesfful.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION 25TH FEB
Open to Royal Holloway Students Only
Email me at president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com if you have any questions or would like some help with your application
This business game is designed to both teach you how to tackle common problems that businesses face, but also to give 
you some practice with what you will face at an Assessment Centre, showing you how to demonstrate team work, developing your communication and presentation skills according to what employers want to see.
The event will be taking place on February 9th between 2-4pm in IN031
Places are limited, please email me at president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs?.?com if you would like to attend.
We are recruiting for a new Million Makers team! Million Makers are an enterprising group ofstudents at Royal Holloway who put their enterprising skills to the test to raise money for the Prince’s Trust in a short amount of time.
To join the team you must be available to attend the weekly meeting which will take place at 5pm every Monday in the Enterprise Lab, Orchard Building.
You must be committed to the team until the end of this term, but in return will gain invaluable skills and experience.
If you are interested in getting involved please email me at president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com or come along to the meeting next Monday.
