Posted by James King at 1:00 20/11/09
New FIGureheads, Pitch To Investors details, Global Enterprise Week and we got a few awards.
What a week!
After coming third in the Website of the year awards (link) and James being selected as part of the Future 100 (link) we didn’t think the week could get better. It did.
New FIGureheads, Pitch To Investors details, Global Enterprise Week and we got a few awards.
What a week!
After coming third in the Website of the year awards and James being selected as part of the Future 100 we didn’t think the week could get better. It did.
For Global Enterprise Week FIG went and helped out at Rushy Mead school in Leicester as they launched their Make Your Mark challenge. School students were asked to come up with green business ideas with local inspiration and they did so with gusto!
On Tuesday we went to the Enterships launch and enjoyed the chance to talk about our experience with intern-…read more
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Posted by James King at 2:00 06/11/09
Launching today, FIG has started the winter funding drive.
10 budding entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch for investment to a panel of active investors (our FIGureheads) who are looking to mentor and fund student and recent graduates’ start-up businesses.
Find Invest Grow is going to be awarding small grants to the companies pitching. That is on top of any investment offered by our FIGureheads!
One young entrepreneur will be awarded a £1000 grant to invest in their young business/ idea.
FIG is also giving the university with the most complete business proposals submitted a Spine Strength fitness machine for their gym. Spine Strength is a FIG seed company that raised £70,000 investment using the FIG process. Founded by Doug Higgins an Imperial graduate, he designed and built the £5,700 machine that mimics the rugby scrum and is now working with the Matt Hampson Trust. The first machine is already on the Christmas list of many UK rugby clubs (including the England Rugby team itself!) and is sparking interest from Formula 1 and NFL. If Doug can do it, so can you. You can see a case study on SpineStrength here and a video of the prototype here.
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Posted by James King at 1:00 06/11/09
I nipped over to Costa today to grab my morning coffee on the way to work. I got to the front of the queue and was asked for the usual £2.49 when I went to my wallet and realised I had lost my loyalty card (the thing they stamp each time you buy a drink, giving you a 10th cup for free).
I was miffed, I knew the card was full and my drink this morning should have been free. Then a guy standing behind me in the queue said;
"I hate it when that happens, it feels like you've lost 25 quid!"
There was a small murmur of giggles, nods and looks of empathy from the other people waiting for me to pay. I handed over the cash and went on my way.
The lighthearted banter reminded me of a common question we get at FIG - "What is the value of my company?"
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