Rishi Chowdhury

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Startup Weekend – No Talk, All Action. Launch A Startup In 54 Hours Events

Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings tog Read More...

Startups with Co-founders rather than a single founder more likely to succeed Events

Angel Investor Ron Conway caused some controversy on Monday after stating that all young entrepreneurs are male. I think if you spent five minutes browsing through the YHP site you can see that simp Read More...

Serial Entrepreneur Lauren Leto’s Million Dollar Idea and Life Lessons Entrepreneurs

When Lauren Leto was in law school she founded Texts From Last Night, which she describes as a humour blog. The sight posts funny texts submissions that people send in anonymously, just showing a zip Read More...

Waqas Baggia founder of Kreative Iron represents the UK at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit Entrepreneurs

Waqas Baggia is the co founder and managing director at Kreative Iron Limited. The innovative digital media company that provides graphic, web and general multimedia solutions to its clients, was foun Read More...

The Importance of Networking Entrepreneurs

As I sit on the tube writing this after what was my 3rd networking event off the week, I realised that networking is one of the most valuable spends off my time in terms of return, and not just in &he Read More...

Ironman James Headspeath founder of iChallengeU Be Inspired

James Headspeath hasn’t had an easy route to get to where he is now. The young entrepreneur had a comfortable background but didn’t do well while in school, failing to get more than 2 GCSE Read More...

Eric Kuhn creates FoundersCard for Entrepreneurs after a roller coaster ride with Varsity Books Be Inspired

Entrepreneurship has seen a boom in recent years especially with the recession and a greater amount of money being spent by investors in tech companies. With everyone taking notice of how entrepreneur Read More...

What Role Will Young Entrepreneurs Play in the Global Economy? Entrepreneurship

Following the great economic crash of 2008, the landscape for employment in the developed economies has undergone some profound changes. Employment prospects young people are bleaker than ever before Read More...

Interview with Jamie Dunn – Last Year as a Teenpreneur Be Inspired

Hi Jamie, it has been a while since we last spoke, how is your Entrepreneurial journey progressing? Everything is going very well thank you! Since we last spoke I have been made the Youth Ambassador o Read More...

David Schottenstein founded Astor & Black, aged 21, and now it turnsover $20million Entrepreneurs

Founded in 2005 by David Schottenstien, aged just 21, Astor & Black has become synonymous with style and quality when it comes to bespoke suits for men. They have also started selling custom cloth Read More...

23 Year Old who made over $100k in 24 hours from Bin Laden’s Death Media

You have got to hand it too Maurice Harary, the 23 year old NYU student, who as soon as the news came of Osama Bin Laden’s death, did not go out celebrating on the street with the rest of Americ Read More...

RICHARD BRANSON: Here’s What Attention To Detail Really Looks Like Be Inspired

So you have an idea for a business — one that you believe has the potential to alter the industry. You put together a straightforward proposition, raised the necessary capital, gathered a team a Read More...

Founders of Second Glass Tyler Balliet and Morgan First start a wine riot! Entrepreneurs

Second Glass founders Morgan First and Tyler Balliet started their venture in October 2008. Based in Boston, the startup helps people discover, remember and share new wines. The two young entrepreneur Read More...

Networking Events: Working The Room Networking

This is a guest post written by Will Kintish who founded Kintish in May 2000, when he noticed a gap in the market for people looking to improve themselves for the purpose of improving there careers, a Read More...

How to get your first customer: Always the hardest but ultimately the most satisfying Be Inspired

So you have set up your own business and you have a great product or service, now what? Getting your first customer. Your first sale will always be the hardest but ultimately the most satisfying. The Read More...

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