Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs

Solvej Biddle (Content & Calm) – Mumpreneur podcast

John King — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:56:44 +0000

Solvej Biddle studied Economics & Politics at Royal Holloway between 1990-93 and subsequently founded Biddle Innovations, a company which has produced a range of products that have solved the problems she faced as a mother.

She took part in the last series of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den and was successful in gaining £80,000 investment from Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden for a 22.5% equity stake in her idea, the ‘TrayKit’.

Solvej has lived and worked in the UK, USA, Europe and Africa. She is a lawyer and spent 12 years working in London until she gave up her job to develop the Content & Calm range of sleep canopies.

This podcast is from the Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs Get Inspired! event on 3rd February 2011.

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Q&A: Nick Wheeler (Charles Tyrwhitt) & David Hathiramani (A Suit That Fits) podcast

John King — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:15:43 +0000

Nick Wheeler founded Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts in 1986, while studying geography at Bristol University. The company has grown rapidly in the UK, the USA and Germany with sales of £50m last year.

In 2006, David Hathiramani met up with old school friend Warren and realised that by combining their love of suits, passion for business, and complementary skills sets, they could reinvent the way that people think about ordering a suit. Using unique web technology, A Suit That Fits gives customers the flexibility to design and completely customise their suit.

This podcast is from the first Thomas Holloway Lecture on 27th January 2011. It is chaired by Rachel Doern, Programme Convenor for the MSc Entrepreneurship at Royal Holloway, University of London. Rachel speaks first, followed by David.

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Kelvin Cheung (FoodCycle) social enterprise podcast

John King — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:51:23 +0000

Kelvin is the CEO and founder of FoodCycle. Before starting FoodCycle, he worked for the award winning social enterprise, MyBnk which develops young people’s financial and enterprise literacy.

FoodCycle combines young volunteers, surplus food and a free kitchen space to create nutritious meals and positive social change in the community. Food retailers throw out millions of tons of edible food every year due to supply overstock. The aim of FoodCycle is to redirect this food so it can be used to cook nutritious meals for people in the local community that do not have access to healthy foods for a variety of reasons, such as lack of income or knowledge of healthy nutrition.

This podcast is from the Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs Get Inspired! event on 20th January 2011.

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Robin Bennett (Aktuel Translations) podcast

John King — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:59:53 +0000

Robin Bennett graduated from Royal Holloway in 1992 with a degree in Modern Languages. (In)famous for starting a business selling sandwiches and BBQ food on campus, since then he has started eight separate companies – each for less than £5000. His most successful company, Aktuel Translations, combines his love of language with his positive attitude towards turning the things he loves doing into a career.

This podcast is from the Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs Get Inspired! event on 13th January 2011, and features the unique story of a modern language entrepreneur, as well as expert insights into the translation industry and hints and tips on finding work as an employee or as a freelancer.

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Ry Morgan (PleaseCycle) podcast

John King — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:47:44 +0000

From hero to zero – and back again!

Ry Morgan graduated in June 2010 from the University of St Andrews and is now starting up PleaseCycle, a business which seeks inspire cycling within corporations, helping them create a more sustainable, healthy and productive workforce. One of our most inspirational speakers, Ry takes us on his personal journey from successful campaigner to miserable failure and explains how he got back on his feet and started all over again.

This podcast is from our Get Inspired! event on 25th November 2010.

Lucy Caslon (Msizi Africa) podcast

John King — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:32:27 +0000

In 2006 Lucy Caslon, a Royal Holloway alumna, travelled through East, Central and Southern Africa before spending four months with AIDS orphans in Lesotho. She got to know and love the children and worried about returning home and leaving them in need of nutritious food and better living facilities. On returning to London, she founded Mants’ase Children’s Home UK which later evolved into Msizi Africa.

In this podcast Lucy tells us how and why she set up this amazing charity.

Find out how you can help Msizi Africa.

Jack Lenox (eNovella) podcast

John King — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:03:36 +0000

Jack Lenox is a ‘CodePoet’, student and founder of eNovella and Bold Media, as well as the Founding President of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs and the creator of The Founder newspaper.

Here is his talk from our Get Inspired! event on 28 October 2010.

Charlie Wardle (Climb Your Mountain) podcast

John King — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:47:21 +0000

Charlie Wardle is the Founder and General Manager of Climb Your Mountain. He is a qualfied Chartered Accountant, has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, is qualified in Marketing and has over 12 years business and commercial experience at a senior level.

Here is a recording of him talking at our Get Inspired! event on 28 October 2010.

David Langer (GroupSpaces) podcast

John King — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:29:51 +0000

David is the CEO and Founder of GroupSpaces, the world’s leading student society management software.

Here is a recording of him talking at our Get Inspired! event on 14 October 2010.

Charles Radclyffe (Titan Computers) podcast

John King — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:07:48 +0000

Charles founded and grew Titan Computers organically and through acquisition to become the largest IT Support Consultancy in the South West of the UK.

Here is a recording of his speech at the Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs Start It! session on 12 November 2009.