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UK Universities developing entrepreneurs [kwiqq]

As global entrepreneurship week is drawing closer. I’m trying to think of topics which helped me to choose entrepreneurship straight after university. Well nothing better to start from the impact of university in my life. At high school I discovered my love for C++ programming. It was fun because you can build programs which could [...]

Competition for budding entrepreneurs (and prizes) [kwiqq]

On the occasion of Global Entrepreneurship Week MakeYourMark are holding series of competitions for budding entrepreneurs. I have set up a challenge for budding entrepreneurs too: “2008 is the year of the niche online social network. Come up with a new idea for a niche social network that would be fun, popular, and profitable” There [...]

How to measure success ? (Both Social + for profit)

[Early Stage idea] When I started developing my business a very common question investors asked me was how do you measure the success of your business. The answer 9 out of 10 times was, revenue. It almost got to the point that subliminally I related ‘measure success’ to ‘business model‘. Although when I think carefully [...]

DPA conference (3 of 3): The Presentation [kwiqq]

Today I’m speaking at the DPA conference in Brighton. Check out the presentation (Sorry I haven’t attached any notes with it) Raj Anand Kwiqq Dpa View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Related articles by Zemanta Finalist: Sussex Entrepreneur of the Year DPA conference (1of 3): Lets unconference it ! Twittering live from All Things [...]

Should Middlesex Uni kids dance ?

So I’m doing a short talk at Middlesex University London on Digital Future. As the organisers put it to me, could you do a ‘Fun presentation on social networking sites, and the phenomenon and ongoing future/possibilities of them’. Now I’m thinking, I’m sure I can do a presentation on Social Networking in my sleep. But [...]

Online (UK) Angel Investment community to the rescue [kwiqq]

During the economic turmoil companies are feeling the pinch, especially startups. Many entrepreneurs aren’t sure how they would pursue the projects they have been working of for the last few weeks. This is where Angels come in nicely. Angel investors are generally serial entrepreneurs who have some money to invest in new business ideas. The [...]

Who really is Raj? Lost in translation

At the Young Apeldoorn conference another part of me was exposed, to myself. My background ! Having spent (almost) 1/3rds of my life in Kuwait, India and then the UK. I feel I’m blessed to be able to see things from a different eye. Although often the question ‘who are you Indian, Kuwaiti or British’ [...]

If your business was a person who would they be ?

The title perhaps doesn’t do justice to the blog, never the less what I meant is ‘If your business was a person what characteristics would they have ?’ Workaholics, party animals, lazy, clever etc. I think of my business (Kwiqq) as a person and it comprises of everyone who works for it. If my business [...]

Developing entrepreneurs whilst at university / school [kwiqq]

It is almost hilarious how many entrepreneurs emphasis that entrepreneurship is something you learn on the job. i.e. you need to fail 1 or 2 businesses to make the 3rd one successful. Although there is some truth in the fact that most of the experience is ‘Learn as you go’ there are several things you [...]