SHOWREEL
TESTIMONIALS
Susan Benjamin:
This is an excellent programme for startups who face so many challenges and limited budgets
Matt Robinson:
Excellent Day, Interesting Anecdotes, Energetic Delivery
John Hynes:
It’s nice to hear from a man who has done the walk and is able to talk the talk
Clare Brynley-Jones:
Great day – great setting, really interesting and reassuring
Ross Wallin, Pitcher and Piano:
Great Venue, charismatic presenter and good time slots
Phillip Gibbs, Synergy Linx Ltd:
Doug Richard is great, open and has a great sense of humour. Phil Wilkinson was a very valuable addition
Vanessa Knight, 100 Percent Art:
Brilliant, loved the interactive approach with audience to give real on-the-spot examples
Joanna Anthony:
A positive day which I can highly recommend to others
Event Hosts
University of Hull
The University of Hull is supporting the launch of a new student-led, Enterprise Club to compliment the recently opened award winning Enterprise Centre and are delighted to be hosting such a prestigious event. The University is also a member of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, including another 25+ organisations such as The Princes Trust, Young Enterprise, local schools and colleges and are pleased to be offering a regional event for entrepreneurs that will benefit from Doug’s expert advice and guidance.
About UCL
Founded in 1826, UCL was the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, the first to admit students regardless of race, class, religion or gender, and the first to provide systematic teaching of law, architecture and medicine. UCL is the fourth-ranked university in the 2009 THES-QS World University Rankings.
UCL alumni include Marie Stopes, Jonathan Dimbleby, Lord Woolf, Alexander Graham Bell, and members of the band Coldplay. UCL currently has over 12,000 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate students. Its annual income is over £600 million.
For more information see: www.ucl.ac.uk
About UCL Advances
UCL Advances is the centre for entrepreneurship and business interaction at UCL. It exists to stimulate collaboration among researchers, business and investors, driving innovations that benefit society and the economy, with a particular focus on new businesses and SME engagement.
As part of its mission, UCL Advances works to support start-ups and small businesses across London by helping them to access the technical and business expertise of UCL’s staff and students through a series of programmes including Higher Education London Outreach, Innovation Central London and Selected Interims for London Enterprises.
For more information see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is pleased to be hosting Doug Richard’s School for Start-ups which comes at a time of heightened interest in entrepreneurship and self-employment for students and graduates. Birmingham’s student enterprise society, BEES, is a thriving community of nascent entrepreneurs, and all students at the University and in the region will benefit from Doug’s expert advice and guidance.
The City of Birmingham is currently a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. The beginning of 2010 sees the launch of B-SEEN, a business start-up support programme for graduates. Bringing together University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University and Aston University, the scheme will offer a six-month tenure in incubator space, with a seedcorn grant, training, coaching and mentoring. Students and recent graduates can register their interest in the programme on the day.
The website is www.b-seen.org.uk
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection.
Business & IP Centre
The Business & IP Centre is designed to support SMEs and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing their business.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
The Royal Institution is the leading science based community delivering balanced, relevant understanding of science and technology and its impact on our rapidly changing world. As an independent charity, it is dedicated to increasing knowledge, excitement and involvement in science and technology for current and future generations.
For over 200 years, at the headquarters on Albemarle St, the Ri has been at the forefront of science research, innovation and communication. The Ri is where scientists such Humphrey Davy, Michael Faraday, James Dewar, William and Lawrence Bragg and George Porter discovered 10 chemical elements, won 14 Nobel Prizes and made world-changing discoveries such as the laws of electromagnetism and the foundations of molecular biology. Today, the Ri continues this cutting edge research in the first ever laboratories in London.
Newcastle University Business School
With around 2,000 students, Newcastle University Business School is one of the largest schools in Newcastle University, one of the UK’s leading civic universities. In keeping with the University’s worldwide reputation the School attracts some of the brightest students from across the globe. We currently have around 100 staff, including many leading academics recruited from both inside and outside the UK as experts in their fields. Our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes has a strong international focus and is constantly being updated to give students the latest professional and research-based knowledge, and the best possible learning experience. We have excellent links with industry and professional bodies. We run a wide range of activities to support businesses in the North East region and beyond, and we also offer customised management development programmes. Our influence is increasing across the world, thanks to the achievements of our alumni, the research expertise of our staff and our partnerships with internationally reputed schools.
Newcastle University Careers Service
Newcastle University Careers Service aims to be one of the most effective, expert and innovative HE careers services in the world. Its mission is to develop enterprising students who can self-manage, interact and apply their knowledge and skills in a global context. It offers careers advice, guidance and skills development opportunities, curricular and extra-curricular enterprise and entrepreneurship education as well as business start-up support to over 19,000 students and graduates of Newcastle University. The Service works on an on-going basis with over 80 of the Times Top 100 graduate employers and around 500 small and large enterprises throughout the North East. The service won the 2009 AGCAS Entrepreneurship Excellence Award and boasts a number of other national awards: AGCAS Excellence Awards 2007 and 2006. Institute of Career Guidance National Awards 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001. From February 2010 the Careers Service’s entrepreneurial development activity can be followed on Twitter by visiting http://www.twitter.com/NURiseUp