2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges and substantial disruptions in the way education has been delivered. After the success of our Innovation Festival in February we hoped to actively engage with more members of the Royal Holloway community. Unfortunately, the lockdowns that followed changed everything. COVID-19 significantly impacted (and still does!) the way we…
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Meet the Workshop Leader
On Tuesday the 3rd of March, the Enterprise Hub will be hosting Mr Steve West, who will be leading an Uncertainty and Risk Management workshop. The workshop is called “What’s your Biggest Marshmallow” and will teach students with a venture or venture idea how to approach innovation risk and reduce uncertainty. We are extremely pleased…
Meet our Alumni Entrepreneurs: Elio and Cafe Barbera
This week’s feature on our Alumni Entrepreneur Series is Mr Elio Barbera. Elio is the CFO of the Cafe Barbera franchise and we’ve reached out to him to hear about his journey into entrepreneurship. Elio completed his degree at Royal Holloway in Management and International Business, but his engagement with Entrepreneurship began well before university….
Three Royal Holloway Alumni Secure €1.4 million Travel-Tech Fund
Alumni Dennis and Naveen and their business partner Marco successfully secured €1.4 million to fund their travel-tech start up – Lodgify. The entrepreneurs met at Royal Holloway when Dennis and Naveen studied BSc Management and Marco read BSc Economics in the Faculty of Management, Economics and Law. Their business aims to enable rental owners…
We Can Make USmile
In entrepreneurship literature the ‘pursuit of opportunities’ is a common theme when describing the behaviour of entrepreneurs. Louis and his friends seized their chance of setting up a business even before they graduated. At the time of setting up the first social media platform dedicated to sharing humorous videos, USmile, Louis was a BSc Management…
School of Management Lecturer is now an Academic Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs
Congratulations to Alison De Moraes, Lecturer in Strategic Management at the School of Management on becoming an Academic Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs. Ailson is an award-winning lecturer at the School of Management and is recognised for his excellence in teaching throughout the College. Did you know the School of Management was one of…