Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs » Advice http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com Entrepreneurship news, competitions and events Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:55:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A series of recordings of successful entrepreneurs at all stages and from all industries, talking about the highs and lows of their business and personal careers. Recorded at Royal Holloway, University of London. Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs no Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com president@royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com (Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs) Successful entrepreneurs talk about how they started their businesses entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, london, university, enterprise, business, investment, royal, holloway Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs » Advice http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com Aged 16-30? Win up to £10,000 with Shell LiveWIRE Awards http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com/2011/02/aged-16-30-win-up-to-10000-with-shell-livewire-awards/ http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com/2011/02/aged-16-30-win-up-to-10000-with-shell-livewire-awards/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:32:06 +0000 John King http://www.royalhollowayentrepreneurs.com/?p=993 If you’re aged 16-30 and in your first 12 months of trading, you can still apply online for one of up to 6 x monthly £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards.

The top three Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award winners each month (as per the judges’ scores) will automatically be put through to our ‘Hot 40’ shortlist for the annual £10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award final taking place in November.

You can also watch video interviews with entrepreneurs such as designer Wayne Hemingway (Founder of Red or Dead) on the Shell LiveWIRE website.

For pre-advice information, you can book a Business Clinic appointment at Royal Holloway.

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