Business Training News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/business-training-events-viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2010-09-13T08:33:10Z Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Reece Howe http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-rocketing-care Reece Howe studied Astrophysics at UCL. Straight after graduating in 2002, he became an accountant at Deloitte and then joined Innocent. Melissa Lamptey 2013-03-14T14:58:41Z Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: We Are Pop-Up http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-we-are-pop-up It’s a tale of two opposites – an artist looking for exhibition space, and an MBA graduate living in Covent Garden seeing, day after day, empty shop space and wondering how it could be filled. Melissa Lamptey 2013-03-01T14:34:26Z Money Making http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-rupert-lee-browne-money-making Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series:  Rupert Lee-Browne The Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series was opened this year by one of the big entrepreneurs on the London scene. Rupert Lee-Browne is the Chief Executive of Caxton FX, a company which provides currency service. Melissa Lamptey 2013-01-16T12:36:11Z Ballroom Business http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-greg-gillespie-ballroom-business Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Greg Gillespie Greg Gillespie made his way through the arts world slowly and steadily. If one word were to be chosen to describe Greg, this would be “perseverance”. Melissa Lamptey 2012-12-10T09:59:25Z Best of both worlds http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-alex-macpherson-best-of-both-worlds Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Alex Macpherson Alex Macpherson is the first Venture Capitalist to join the Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series at UCL. To define Alex only as a Venture Capitalist would, however, be reductive. Melissa Lamptey 2012-11-30T09:09:01Z Creative Management http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-immaculada-martinez-creative-management Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Immaculada Martinez Immaculada Martinez is “a good friend at UCL”, where she works as a mentor and is known for taking students’ ideas to the market and investing in their start ups. Melissa Lamptey 2012-11-22T09:42:11Z Let him learn your problem http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-jack-jackmann-let-him-learn-your-problem Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Gordon McQuoid Jack Jackmann’s entrepreneurship is about solving problems: problems are his opportunities to invent and innovate products for business application. Melissa Lamptey 2012-11-09T10:12:51Z Fit Jobs http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-gordon-mcquoid-fit-jobs Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series: Gordon McQuoid The question underlying Gordon McQuoid’s talk is whether his business, only twelve months old, will be a flyer or not. Jobs in Network, Gordon’s own brand new start-up is the result of an idea he had and parked a long time ago, but never abandoned completely. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-30T14:59:46Z A niche for the Impossible http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-rich-walker-a-niche-for-the-impossible Entrepreneurship Guest Lectures : Rich Walker Rich Walker’s covers “one the sexiest areas” of entrepreneurship you may come across: robotics. He studied Maths at Cambridge, followed up two PhDs and five years ago became Managing Director of his company, Shadow Robot . Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-24T11:20:02Z Jo Goodson: Unstoppable http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-jo-goodson-unstoppable Entrepreneurship Guest Lectures Jo Goodson never wanted to become an entrepreneur- until she discovered she was one. After studying French and German at Bristol University, she became a dancer, did marketing for Broadway musicals, worked in TV companies and multimedia for a few years and found the best business partner, in her words, she could have ever asked for, Andy. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-16T12:29:59Z "Sweet talking": Rob Fitzpatrick http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/guest-lecture-rob-fitzpatrick-sweet-talking Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series The entrepreneurship guest lecture series 2012-2013 at UCL saw a grand start. Up until the minute before Rob Fitzpatrick started his talk, more and more people kept walking into the lecture theatre; no seat was empty; Rob started his story. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-08T11:35:55Z 10,000 Small Businesses: Training and Growth Programme for London’s Most Promising Small Businesses http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/10000-small-businesses-2a We are pleased to announce we have scheduled a 5th briefing session at 6pm on Tuesday 8 May. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity . Register now! Melissa Lamptey 2012-05-02T23:00:00Z 10,000 Small Businesses: Training and Growth Programme for London’s Most Promising Small Businesses http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/10000-small-businesses-2 UCL, one of the top-ten universities in the world, and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, are delighted to announce the second London intake for their exciting new programme of training and mentoring to help high-potential small businesses reach new levels of growth and boost profits. Melissa Lamptey 2012-04-13T08:54:46Z Call Kabbee http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/call-kabbee After completing his undergraduate and Master studies at Cambridge, Phil Makinson started working as a consultant, a job which he never truly abandoned. Melissa Lamptey 2012-03-14T12:28:20Z UCL students’ friendly app grows in popularity http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/ucl-students-friendly-app-grows-in-popularity With more than a million smartphone applications available worldwide, and more than 19,000 new ones being added every week, it takes something really innovative to stand out from the crowd. Melissa Lamptey 2012-03-09T11:12:10Z The Sound of Dreams http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/the-sound-of-dreams Francis Seriau had a band when it was cool to have a band; he’s an entrepreneur when it’s cool to be an entrepreneur. Francis started off with a dream: rock and roll. Melissa Lamptey 2012-03-05T12:03:40Z Innovate, don’t Replicate! http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/innovate-dont-Replicate Robert Nichols is “ex-UCL”: after he graduated in 2002 from Mechanical Engineering, he started working for an estate agency in London. Melissa Lamptey 2012-02-28T08:47:31Z ‘RolePoint’ UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Kes Thygesen, Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Rolepoint http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/rolepoint Kes Thygesen is “born and bred UCL”, where he studied as an undergraduate and postgraduate. After his Master in Entrepreneurship, he launched the start-up OVIAhr.com along with a partner in 2002. Melissa Lamptey 2012-02-14T12:30:01Z ‘In a Minute’ UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Josh Liu, Co-Founder and CEO, MinuteBox. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/in-a-minute This week’s guest lecture was no ordinary talk. Josh Liu has not made it yet: he “will probably make it”, he “hopes he will make it”. After studying Economics in Tarpey, Josh completed a Mba at Imperial College London. Melissa Lamptey 2012-02-07T13:41:46Z ‘The Power of Innovation’ UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Nick Jankel - Chief Executive, wecreate http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/the-power-of-innovation Nick Jankel told us in one hour “what being a capitalist and an entrepreneur means”. After studying Medicine at Cambridge University, he read History of Science at UCL. At the time, Nick disliked business: the idea of entrepreneurship was not one he took in consideration, all he wanted was to continue his medical training. Melissa Lamptey 2012-01-31T14:43:35Z Go, Tickets, go! UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Edward Parkinson, UK Director of Viagogo. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/go-tickets-go It is not the first time Edward Parkinson engages UCL in an inspiring lecture. Having studied Chemistry at Oxford, Edward worked in consultancy in England and America. He joined Viagogo five years ago and is now Director of Viagogo’s UK offices. Melissa Lamptey 2012-01-23T10:45:17Z UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series 2011/12: The Lovefilm Story http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/the-lovefilm-story The 2012 Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture Series kicked off with Simon Calver, CEO of Lovefilm Simon Calver has an interesting story and CV for an entrepreneur. Melissa Lamptey 2012-01-19T11:22:31Z UCL students get on their bikes to win London Entrepreneurs’ Challenge 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/ucl-students-get-on-their-bikes-to-win-e-challenge-2011 The festive season has brought good cheer to four teams of students who won awards totaling £13,000 in this year’s London Entrepreneurs’ Challenge , which is managed by UCL Advances. Melissa Lamptey 2011-12-12T10:43:14Z Groupon - The Adventure Story! UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture: Nicolas Hantzsch, Director, Groupon UK & Ireland http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/nicolas-hantzsch-guest-lecture-dec-2011 UCL Classics Student Carolina Mostert summarises the talk below. Nicolas Hantzsch’s talk did not feel like a lecture. It sounded more like an adventure story, something very unique and unusual. Melissa Lamptey 2011-12-12T10:43:14Z My Journey”: UCL Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture:  Dale Murray, Angel Investor http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/dale-murray-guest-lecture-dec-2011 Dale Murray’s story is impressive. It begins with a girl leaving home at the age of 16 and starting on an internship program at Price Waterhouse, a top accountancy firm. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2011-03-15T11:29:14Z