We love mavericks and are delighted to announce that Jerry Allen is joining the GEN UK team as National Director England. Jerry spans the academic and commercial worlds as an entrepreneur and Director for Entrepreneurship at UCL. After 25 years of research and starting 7 businesses, he has experienced the hard way many of the pitfalls [...]
Mentorship is one of the key success factors for launching and growing a new business. GEN UK is launching the Approved Mentor scheme to help entrepreneurs find the right mentor match for them. If you are a mentor or believe you have the knowledge and experience to offer to our founders we invite you to apply. [...]
We're pleased to welcome women in business champion, Helen Martin Gee, as a Non-Executive Director. Helene is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and founder and President of Savvitas, the network for women business leaders she established as well as the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship. Helene devised the highly successful BoardAble programme improving opportunity for women and [...]
This month thousands of entrepreneurs and their champions come together as one family to support and learn from one another at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. The citizens of 200 countries rising above political and cultural differences standing together without borders. Right now GEN UK stands with our friends in Europe and around the world united in [...]
We are delighted that Dr. Jacqui Taylor is joining us as GEN UK Advisor, Net Zero. Jacqui is co-Founder/CEO of FlyingBinary, founder of the Empathy Economy and an advisor to the Cabinet Office, European Commission, and United Nations. She has been recognised as one of the Most Influential Women in UK technology and one of the [...]
GEN UK invites you to join our UK Delegation attending the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh 27-30 March. Following the pandemic the world's largest dedicated entrepreneurship meeting is back and in-person. Connect with entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, ecosystem leaders, researchers, and more from 200 countries for 4 days of talks, workshops, and networking. Celebrate UK entrepreneurship on [...]
We’re excited to announce the opening of a new Startup Huddle in Winchester to support the growth of the local startup community while crowdsourcing advice and support for its entrepreneurs. Winchester joins a global network of more than 60 Startup Huddle chapters world-wide and will host its first event on January 19, 2022. Startup Huddle Winchester [...]
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? Achieving big goals can be hard and two people right now are in the Atlantic Ocean trying to reach theirs. HUB member Guy Rigby and David Murray are attempting to break the record for the oldest pair to row across the Atlantic. With a combined age of 124, they’re [...]
Entrepreneurship World Cup 2021 winners have been announced. Here is their journey... 100,000 entrepreneurs, 200 countries, 25 semi-finalists, 10 finalists, 5 startups share $1million. GEN UK congratulates the winners. • TODOC (South Korea) 1st • Orbillion Bio (USA) 2nd • Plastus (Saudi Arabia) 3rd • Trillion Tree Fund (Bahrain) Top Idea Stage • Xogo (USA) Top Social [...]
They don't come any bigger than this. 100,000 entrepreneurs across 200 countries have entered the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2021. The top 25 startups are pitching today for a share of US$1million and more. UK finalist is Amer Baroudi who is founder of Masref, a digital bank that is democratising access to secure and ethical banking services for [...]
