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Passionate about Innovation in Social Media.

Words from the wise (article in The Observer)

Reblogging article in the Observer (Thanks Olivia Gordan)
There’s no secret formula for succcess and every entrepreneur has their own idea of how to achieve it. Four network members share their advice

Raj Anand
Recently announced as one of the 50 most influential people in the digital industry by Revolution magazine, Raj Anand is one of the UK’s [...]

List of online communities to maximize recruitment potential

Often, finding the right candidates or customers require recruitment teams to go far and wide. For some customers or circumstances teams have to tap into communities which already exist e.g. Institute of Engineers, women in Space Research, CIOs in the insurance industry. Traditionally this could be an expensive, time intensive process and would require to [...]

Travel sector struggling to have conversations online

A few million of us each year leave our busy schedules behind and go and enjoy a holiday. Internet savvy users troll through sites like SkyScanner and Kayak to find ‘Cheap Holidays’ or ‘Popular Holidays’ on various websites. Often value for money and good booking experience plays an important role for us when purchasing these [...]

Shell STEP, judging third time around. Delighted!

Chuffed to judge Shell STEP, UK’s leading nationwide project-based work placement programme. I have judged this twice before, read here and here. Being a STEP student myself I’m glad I can help add value. It’s fantastic for businesses (high value for brilliant work force) and students (brilliant professional opportunity) at university.
If you are a business [...]

Freelancers bid goodbye to Sage? Welcome Crunch.co.uk [kwiqq]

One of the many inspiring things about Richard Branson is his passion to take on the big boys like Coke, Pepsi, British Airways and a never ending list of brands. I think perhaps we have just discovered our local Branson, goes by the name of Darren Fell. If you are in the Email marketing business [...]

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 [...]

Architects and Interior Designers! Can you help ?

My sister is currently looking to do postgraduate course in Architecture at a UK university. She is a little confused as to what specialisation she should undertake during her masters. Being a smart cookie she has landed with offers at several universities but is finding it hard to choose one.
Anyone who would be able to [...]

Announcement: Finalists of Global Entrepreneurship Week (Social Networking Challenge) [kwiqq]

Last year during Global Entrepreneurship Week I was assigned the task to judge a niche social network competition: “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”.
I’m thrilled that the quality of entries for the competition [...]

How does your typical UK Entrepreneur look ? [kwiqq]

Interesting to read that there is a study to find a typical entrepreneur ! Read the entire article on Startups.co.uk ’s blog.

Statistic reveal that the majority of entrepreneurs are white males, in their forties, who live in the South East. The article shines light on some interesting statistics on small business owners:

Age Category: under 35 [...]

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’ [...]

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