About King'S Entrepreneurship Institute
We help you meet inspiring, entrepreneurial people; develop and support your entrepreneurial skills. www. kcl. ac. uk /entrepreneurship-institute
King'S Entrepreneurship Institute Description
The Entrepreneurship Institute is King's College London's dedicated entrepreneurship hub. We offer support opportunities for King’s students, staff and alumni throughout their careers and start-up journeys.
Whether you want to think more innovatively and creatively in your chosen career, or you have an enterprising idea or running start-up of your own, we will support you on your journey to start and scale.
Our initiatives are designed to help you meet inspiring and entrepreneurial people; develop your entrepreneurial skills; increase your entrepreneurial experiences and create an entrepreneurial community where experiences are shared and enhanced.
We are always looking to engage with and support the King's community. So drop us an email (innovation@kcl. ac. uk)
www. kcl. ac. uk /entrepreneurship-institute
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Ventures pitched to judges David Walsh, Justine Roberts, Founder and CEO of Mumsnet, Anna Gross, founder of Project Access, Phill Blundell, MD, Flamefinch and Kajal Sanghrajka, Founder of the Growth hub. The winners were:
Tobi Oredein and Bola Awoniyi, cofounders of Black Ballad, won £10,000
Louise Weiss, founder and CEO of Nurture, won £10,000
... Madeline Petrow, Cofounder and CEO of Mamoq, won £7,000
Hazel Reynolds, founder and CEO of Gamely Games, won £3,000
Matt Waugh, founder and CEO of Live More, won an ongoing package of mentorship from David Walsh.
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Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the David Walsh Scholarships for Entrepreneurship 2019! 🎉💯 https://www.linkedin.com/…/winners-davi d-walsh-scholarship…/ @KingsCollegeLon #startups #funding #VC #university #pitchcompetition #mentoring #kcl
Entrepreneurial Careers: Mahyad and Loop https://www.linkedin.com/…/entrepreneur ial-careers-mayhad-…/ @KingsNMS #careers #skills #startups #kcl #lifeatkings #london @KingsCollegeLon #ventures #university #work 💯
How to start a venture: A really useful Q&A webinar today with @KCLalumni @think_mamoq @edhalliday & Jessica Berlin! #online #entrepreneurs #startups #ventures @KingsCollegeLon #howto #support #ask
Good luck to the ventures pitching in the David Walsh Scholarships tomorrow! Gamely Games, The Access Platform, Spoonzy, Nurture, Live More, Proptech Analytics, Black Ballad, Seedlink and MAMOQ.
Everyone is welcome to join us in Bush House, lecture theatre 1, 6pm. #pitchcomp #entrepreneurs #ventures
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pitch-nigh t-david-walsh-scho…
Women-led #fintech startups outperform their rivals http://www.cityam.com/…/time-ditch-tech -bros-women-led-fint… #femalefounders #fintech #entrepreneurs
This Entrepreneur Went From 50 Investor Rejections To $200 Million In Sales
https://www.forbes.com/…/this-entrepren eur-went-from-50-i…/… #resilience #entrepreneurs
Top tips about the value of an Accelerator from some of our King's20 founders. Applications for the King's20 Accelerator are open until 9 June at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/accelerator @KCLalumni @KCLsuccess @KingsCollegeLon @KingsCareers
PITCH NIGHT INVITATION: You're invited to join us on Thurs 9 May, 6.00pm, Bush House to see some of our exciting ventures pitch to an expert judging panel. The fantastic judges are: David Walsh, our King's Entrepreneur in Residence and Scholarship founder, Justine Roberts, Founder of Mumsnet, Phill Blundell, MD, Flamefinch, Kajal Sanghrajka, Founder of Growth Hub Global and Anna Gross, Founder of Project Access.
Watch the pitches, find out about the founders' progress and join us for networking drinks. Open to all of King's and the London and wider entrepreneurial ecosystem. See you there! #talent #Kings #pitch #funding #exciting #new #london #investors #judges Book at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pitch-nigh t-david-walsh-scho…
We're on the King's College London homepage 👋👋encouraging all alumni, students and staff to apply for the King's20 Accelerator. Hello! Click 'find out more' or get in touch #kings20 #entrepreneurs www.kcl.ac.uk
Want to build your own venture? Apply for the King's20 Accelerator! 12 months of investor introductions, Experts in Residence, office space, funding & skills building opportunities 🚀🚀💡 Deadline 9 June kcl.ac.uk/accelerator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmKm-Cui- XY&t=28s #Accelerator #entrepreneurs #Kings20
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Opportunities in Global Health: What global healthcare challenges require innovative, scalable and sustainable approaches and therefore require the attention of innovators and entrepreneurs?
Global Prosperity through Entrepreneurship: What role can innovators and entrepreneurs play in overcoming global health challenges and creating a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK?
... Ecosystem Action: How can we work together to support and shape the conditions for healthcare innovators and entrepreneurs? What partnerships can we build at home and abroad to help healthcare entrepreneurs and innovators succeed in accelerating developing world growth?
Mutual Benefit: What can we learn from healthcare entrepreneurs (and their innovative approaches to tackling grand challenges in healthcare) to improve healthcare at home and abroad?
Discount passes available for King's
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Application for the 2019-2020 King's20 Accelerator opens on Monday! Who's excited! 🙌💯🚀🔥 Application is open 15 April - 9 June 2019 http://www.kcl.ac.uk/accelerator Where has the year gone? #startups #ventures #entrepreneurs #london #enterprise #accelerators #create #kcl #ideas #skills #new
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: We're looking for 7 Summer interns to work with us and our startups. Is this you? Paid, 12 weeks, based in Bush House.
You'll gain exciting experience in areas including marketing, business strategy, product development and more. All student applications welcome from any Faculty
Apply on King's CareerConnect before 22 April https://lnkd.in/d47Za5X #internships #startups #kcl #entrepreneurship #london
We are also on the hunt for a Senior Communications Officer, to run the Entrepreneurship Institute’s communications function. Our brilliant Head of Communications Amy Lothian is taking up a new role after nearly three years with us. The deadline is 16 April and please share with anyone you think may be suitable. Apply at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/jobs #jobs #KCL #communications #entrepreneurship #enterprise
We’ve got some exciting opportunities to join our award winning team! We’re a passionate team of nine based in Bush House, Aldwych, Central London.
We’re looking for a permanent Partnerships Manager (0.5 FTE) to lead on our strategy to increase our partnerships and community of investors. Deadline 14 April. An Outreach Manager (60% FTE) to support the introduction of entrepreneurship across King’s including through our annual magazine, Welcome Week activities and speaker se...ries. Deadline 30 April. Both roles are currently covered interim by Hayley Ard.
We’re a small team but we pack a big punch. The Entrepreneurship Institute won Higher Education Team Enterprise 2017 from EEUK and Outstanding Entrepreneurial University 2018 in the Times Higher Education Awards and we have lots of exciting plans to come! Apply at:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/jobs
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Listen to our enigmatic Professor in Practice of Entrepreneurship Stefan Allesch-Taylor on the great @Monocle24 podcast! https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-entre preneurs/389/
At The AllBright Club, London.