SUE – Sussex University Entrepreneurs

I have recently learnt that only 4% of Sussex graduates choose entrepreneurship as a career path after their degrees. This number for instance is higher than Kent University, which produces 3% graduate entrepreneurs. Although more can be done at Sussex to support entrepreneurship. This is when I decided to develop a group to encourage Sussex [...]

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 [...]