In-volved: Journey through the ‘Dark Side’ with Anica

In 2019, Anica and her co-author Markus published a book that takes a dive into the messy world of Social Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics: Understanding the Contribution and Normative Ambivalence of Purpose-driven Venturing takes its reader on a journey through the ‘bright side’ and ‘dark side’ of social entrepreneurship. Social Entrepreneurship has created…

Enterprise Hub In-cubation Award 2020:the Winners

We are happy to announce that, with the help of Santander Universities, 7 Student Ventures have received seed funding for their ventures! We want to extend our congratulations to Cavertech, Smart Book, Poppy Inc, LangConnect, Socrates, Enactus, and Dominiuq. They have done amazing work and we are sure to follow and support them throughout their…

IN-Volved Series: Emilio Costales

Universities and Type III Errors: Isomorphism and Systems Change My PhD research looks at how Social Entrepreneurs influence the emergence of Smart Cities. Smart Cities are pretty much the future – more and more people are moving into cities, which means they have to deal with problems like gentrification, climate change, and inequality. All of…

In-the-field-trip: London Venture Crawl 2020

On Wednesday the 11th of March, The Royal Holloway Enterprise Hub, along with London Metropolitan University Accelerator, joined more than 450 students from over 16 London universities to take part in this year’s London Venture Crawl. Students were able to visit some of London’s top innovation hubs, accelerators, and workspaces. Venture Crawl is an annual…

Meet our Alumni Entrepreneurs: Gastón and Toucan Insights

This week’s feature on our Alumni Entrepreneur Series is Mr Gastón Kaüfer Barbé. Gastón completed his MBA at Royal Holloway’s School of Business and Management, and is now the CEO of Toucan Insights, an international Marketing Research agency specialising in Latin America. Gastón has given multiple presentations to aspiring entrepreneurs and has recently been invited…