Kent Round One

New Kent Enterprise Society

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Brand new enterprise society starting at Kent this term. New Wesbsite for Kent Enteprise Society now under development.

StartUp Britain

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:05:52 +0000

The team at StartUp Britain have brought together
their favourite places to go on the web to find information about starting and growing a business.

Sign up to the NACUE E-Newsletter

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:26:44 +0000

The National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs is a national organisation that supports and represents university enterprise societies and student entrepreneurs to drive the growth of entrepreneurship across the UK.

You can find out more about the support they offer on their website or Click here to subscribe to their E-Newsletter.

MIH-The Start up Resource for students and graduates

admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:45:24 +0000

Make it Happen

The Start up Resource for students and graduates

Resources

Are you struggling to find what you need with the masses of information online and elsewhere? All of our resources are organised by category and by what stage you are at in setting up your business. We have plenty of guides, factsheets, articles, document templates, videos and tools to get you started, so you don’t need to worry about finding the right information.

Mentoring System

Starting your business can be very rewarding but also a lot of hard work. Where do you start? Wouldn’t it be good to have all the help and support you need in just one place. From someone pointing you in the right direction to an online system to track your progress. Enter here to access all you need.

Webinars

Want to get more help and support but pushed for time? These short and informative webinars, give you lots of practical ideas and help on a wide range of business topics.

Virtual Guide

Thinking of starting your own business? See how MIH can help with this light touch virtual guide on the steps and support available when starting up Take a look at some short case studies from recent successful start ups and be inspired.

Shell LiveWIRE Awards

admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:27:53 +0000

Shell LiveWIRE Awards are one way in which young entrepreneurs can get cash, publicity and a well needed boost to get their businesses off the ground.

We’ve given our Awards page a little revamp, making it much more visual and providing a space where we can pull together all awards-related content on our site.

What’s New?

The new-look landing page www.shell-livewire.org/awards now offers the visitor two choices; go one way to find out more about our monthly £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards and the other for details of our annual £10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011.

Within each sub-section, you can also see;

Awards-related news articles
Awards-related Tweets containing the #SLW11 hashtag
Awards-related videos
Awards-related images from our Flickr page
The latest additions to our ‘Hot 40′ shortlist for the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011
Highlights and success stories from former Shell LiveWIRE Award winners

Elevator Pitch Videos

Another big change is that in the latter half of each month, visitors can now watch the elevator pitch videos of those who have been shortlisted for our £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards, without being logged in.

You still need to login/be a registered member to vote, but we hope that by making the videos more open they will help inspire other would-be entrepreneurs and serve as a useful teaching aid for teachers, lecturers and business advisors.

Spread the word

We are proud of our awards and the positive impact they have had on businesses up and down the country. Cash is hard to come by for many young entrepreneurs, and so the
Shell LiveWIRE Awards are one way in which young entrepreneurs can get their businesses off the ground.

We need your help to spread the word. Below are some ways that you can help young entrepreneurs:

Forward this link www.shell-livewire.org/awards to your contacts
Tweet about the new site using the #SLW11 hashtag
Request printed promotional materials 0191 423 6229

We hope that the Shell LiveWIRE support and awards will be of assistance to your clients and contacts.

Shell LiveWIRE is a Shell Social Investment Programme that aims to help the community we serve – young entrepreneurs. We want our community to know about all the support that is out there for young start ups. If you run an awards scheme to help young entrepreneurs and wish to engage in reciprocal promotion please get in touch.

Thanks

VTKW Global Student Business Concept Challenge UoK Team

admin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:17:02 +0000

On June 28, 2011, VT KnowledgeWorks announced the university teams competing in the 2011 VT KnowledgeWorks Global Student Business Concept Challenge during the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, USA, August 21-27, 2011.

The Univerity of Kent Team!

Business concept and description:

Bio-Sense Diagnostics
A simple diagnostic test for the fast and efficient diagnosis of specific tumors. Based on the concept of the home pregnancy test, the idea is easily adapatable towards other diseases.

University of Kent team, pictured left to right: Caroline Tolley, Claudia Cattoni Rathje, William Humphries, Phoebe Maund, Emma Perot

The University of Kent team will be competing in the 2011 VT KnowledgeWorks Global Student Business Concept Challenge for the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Challenge Trophy and the $25,000 Grand Prize during the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, USA, August 21-27, 2011.

NACUE is Recruiting!

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National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs

Currently looking for a Strategic Development Officer, a Research & Development Officer, and Operations Manager, a PR Manager, a Social Media Officer, an Events Manager, a Policy and Education Officer, a Graphic Designer, and an iCUE Manager to intern at NACUE.

If you want to join one of the fastest growing start-ups, impact entrepreneurial Britain, and any of these roles appeal to you please do get in touch with Yulia on 07944 895 202 or at yulia@nacue.com.

Free residential business start-up course 20-24 June

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Apply now to get a place on the Kent Foundation residential Business Start up Course.
Application form

A week-long fun and inspiring residential programm
Participants explore the concepts of starting new businesses or developing fledgling businesses.
When?           Monday 20^th – Friday 24^th June 2011.
Where?         Based in the heart of Kent at Palace Farm an eco-friendly, Green tourism site.
Who?             Student aged 17-25 from Kent and The University of Kent who are interested in establishing business roots in Kent.

Course Outline
Day One	Getting started – RU READY to do Business in Kent?
Day Two	Marketing 4 Real & Visits to local businesses
Day Three	Business Planning – In the Boardroom
Day Four	An Enterprising Journey – 24 hour team challenge
Day Five	GO – Final Presentations

Last year’s participants described the course as “life-changing”and several have already started their own business

Charity boot fair on the Canterbury campus

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:41:59 +0000

An opportunity for you to run a stall at a boot fair being held on Sunday 29 May in the Sports Centre car park on the Canterbury campus

Please click on the following link www.seedsforafrica.org/ Contact: info@seedsforafrica.org

The Kent Global Challenge Team

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:20:37 +0000

We now have the names of the five member University of Kent team for the VT Knowledge Global Business Concept Challenge, which takes place in Virginia Tech University in August this year. The team consists of thres bioscience PhD students, William Humphries, Caroline Tolley and Claudia Rathje, who have invented a new diagnostic tool for testing for specific diseases, and they will be joined by Phoebe Maund, studying Cnservation and Emma Perot, studying law.

All 5 will fly out on the 21st August to compete against teams from around the world.