Women On the Web (WOW) is a membership learning platform for women in business who want to learn more about doing business digitally or who are struggling in certain areas of technology. WOW provides members with an extensive and fully searchable library of short, targeted video tutorials delivered by female experts in their particular digital field. [...]
The Super Connect Series is a national initiative co-designed by Empact Ventures and Hays UK&I operating in 12 cities across the UK and Ireland. The series supports tech startups and scale-ups to explore collaboration and funding opportunities with larger private and public sector organisations.
Empact Ventures is a global super-connector for tech start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, funding providers, corporates and public sector organisations. We co-design leading tech initiatives, scout innovation for larger companies, and open the right doors at the right time at a local to the international level to potential partners, clients and funders.
Bloomsbury Radio is the in-house radio station of the Bloomsbury Institute, London. As one of our Media Partners, they provide live coverage of GEN UK’s key events. Culture, society, education and employment all come under the spotlight alongside an interesting mix of music and chat each week. The station provides opportunities for students to train as [...]
Fresh Business Thinking is the online resource for business owners, directors and entrepreneurs. It is where information-hungry and time-poor business decision makers can source information and advice to help them run their businesses more effectively and efficiently.
Founded in 2013, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards acknowledges the hard work and inspiring stories of entrepreneurs and businesses in Great Britain. It celebrates the incredible stories that have taken entrepreneurs to where they are today, regardless of size or turnover. Central to the ethos of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards is being more than just [...]
Global Growth Hub is a London-based growth consultancy, dedicated to helping promising entrepreneurs transform local economies by creating thriving, scaling businesses. We provide incubator and accelerator frameworks, internationalisation services and access to a network of over 40 European funders.
Before joining the World Bank, Dr Chris Haley was Head of New Technology & Startup Research at NESTA, the innovation foundation. He led NESTA’s research interests into how startups and new technologies can drive economic growth, and what this means for businesses, intermediaries and for the government. Prior to joining NESTA, Chris worked for several years [...]
Founder of startup RunFriendly (Airbnb for showers) matching demand among runners, cyclists and those on-the-go in cities with under utilised showers & changing facilities in hotels, and gyms. Scott writes on the subject for the Guardian, Men's Running and Runner's World. He is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Bartlett (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) working [...]
Jonathan is founder and president of GEN, a platform of programs and initiatives to help new firms start and scale within one global entrepreneurial ecosystem headquartered in Washington, DC. Jonathan launched GEN’s cornerstone initiative, Global Entrepreneurship Week, in 2008 with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Each November since then, millions of people are welcomed into the [...]
