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Shell LiveWIRE Awards

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

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:

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

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VTKW Global Student Business Concept Challenge UoK Team

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

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: VT KnowledgeWorks Global Student Business Concept Challenge 2011
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.

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BiotechnologyYES

Monday, May 9th, 2011

  

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BBC Dragons Den

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Dragons’ Den are looking for entrepreneurs to take part in their new series. Last time, they received a large number of applications from the student (and graduate) population

After its record breaking series in 2010, Dragons’ Den is open for business once again, giving entrepreneurs from across the country the opportunity to pitch for investment and fulfil their business ambitions.

If you’re genuinely seeking investment for your business idea or invention, we’d like to hear from you. For an application form please send an e-mail to dragonsden@bbc.co.uk or visit  www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/apply  for details on how to apply.

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Awards Night,Big Ideas Competition 7th April

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Winners of the University of Kent big Ideas Competition for Canterbury Campus and Medway campus to be awarded at last Network612 of the year on Thursday April 7th at the Bulb in the Canterbury Innovation Centre. 5.30 -7.00pm.
All Welcome

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Judges decisions for Big Ideas now announced

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

The top 8 entries for Canterbury and top 6 entries for Medway have now been announced. Check out more here

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Kick Start 2011 – Applications Now Open

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Kick Start - the largest ever seed investment programme supported by university entrepreneurial societies – is back and bigger than ever.

Kick Start is the seed investment programme for entrepreneurs, run by entrepreneurs.

Entrants can earn an investment of up to £30,000 in their business as well as gaining invaluable advice, support and mentoring.

The Kick Start programme is looking for the very best and brightest entrepreneurs.

- Do you have a well thought through idea that you feel passionately about and are ready to throw yourself into?

- Have you developed a product or service that you are ready to launch?

- Are you already running a business and need help to really take it to next level?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes – Kick Start is for you.

Applications close by 6th May 2011 so APPLY HERE NOW.

 Kick Start was created and is run by Mark Pritchard and Andy Yates – experienced start-up entrepreneurs, seed investors and business mentors.

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Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year has begun

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

 The race to win the £10,000 2011 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year has begun with the first three business joining the Hot 40 list.

Shell LiveWIRE ‘Hot 40′ 2011

As a result of finishing in the top 3 (as per the judges’ scores) in the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for January, Amy Drysdale, James Poulter and Sonu Bubna became the first three young entrepreneurs to be included in this year’s Shell LiveWIRE ‘Hot 40′ shortlist. The remaining winners, Antony Jinman and Stephanie Macdonald-Walker, will be entered in to a sift to be undertaken by an independent judging panel to complete the Shell LiveWIRE ‘Hot 40′. 

Remember, you must win a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award to be considered for the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011. You can do this by completing an application form via the Awards page.

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Big Ideas now closed for 2011!

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

The deadline has now passed, and many thanks for all the great ideas! 52 entries received , involving  77 students and 16 teams of the ideas were from teams . All the entries are being judged this week,  and the top 8 from Canterbury campus and the top  8 from Medway campus will go through the  presentation round on 31st March (Canterbury) and 1st April (Medway).

Everyone who entered will hear feedback from the judges,  and all will be invited to the awards ceremony on the Thursday 7th April, where every participant will receive a certificate of participation, 10 employability points as well as some additional prizes!

As well as the winning cheques, the best team entry will also be announced at the awards event, as the team from Kent going forward to enter the Global Challenge this August in Virginia, USA, with a week long expenses paid trip, and the chance to win $25000. Last year the Kent team came second – winning $2500. 

Judges for the presentations in Canterbury will be Bob Jones CEO of BSK-CiC, Sally Aspital business owner and mentor, Paul Andrews, CEO Jobsinkent.com

For Medway the judges are Professor Katie Truss, Head of Kent Business School Medway, Valerie Marshall, Chair of the Council, University of Kent, and Carole Barron, Director of Innovation and Enterprise.

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Big Ideas Competition! Deadline midnight Monday

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

This year £10000 Prize Pot – £5000 for Canterbury campus and £5000 for Medway campus – submit your idea using the competition template and you could win first prize of £3000, or if you enter as a team – the chance to go the Virginnia Tech in an all expenses paid trip in August to enter the Global Challenge with the chance to win $25000! More…

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