by Admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Consumer & Retail, Entrepreneurs Uncovered, Exploring Opportunities, Growing my Company, Oxford, People & Organisations, Social Enterprise
Jake Backus is a Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College and Managing Director of Empathy Sustainability. Jake co-founded Common Ground with Piotr Drabik, barista and coffee machine mechanic. Common Ground is a social enterprise pop-up in an Oxford University owned...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog & Case Studies, Consumer & Retail, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, General, Growing my Company, Oxford, Places & Spaces, Social Enterprise, Students
Eclectic, sustainable and quirky, Common Ground – a shared workspace and café – is a bright addition to Jericho Jericho, one of Oxford’s most historic areas, climbed to number 11 in a 2017 list of the UK’s ‘most hip’ destinations. Anyone who knows its melee of proudly...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog & Case Studies, Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Exploring Opportunities, Growing my Company, Oxford, People & Organisations, Social Enterprise
First prize in the Skoll Venture Awards is recognition that Boresha Technologies is living up to its name “The technology is as simple as possible, and so is the process,” says Louis Slade, of Boresha Technologies. “The aim is simple, too: to optimise the ability of...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2018 | Entrepreneurs Uncovered, Exploring Opportunities, Finance, People & Organisations, Personalised
Vitor is a social entrepreneur who founded Banco Maré together with 2 other partners in Brazil. Banco Maré help residents in the favelas who were previously financially excluded, engage with the incumbent financial system in a convenient, safe and secure way....
by Admin | Sep 13, 2018 | Developing an Idea or Early Stage, Entrepreneurs Uncovered, Exploring Opportunities, Growing my Company, People & Organisations, Personalised
Nix Ticehurst is the founder of Nixercise – a breath of fresh air! Nix founded Nixercise in 2009 as a refreshingly realistic and jargon free approach to health, fitness and nutrition which has a devoted following. Get fit and stay healthy, make friends and feel...
by Admin | Aug 1, 2018 | Articles & Information, Business Basics, Exploring Opportunities, Oxford, Personalised, Programmes & Events, Science & Technology
RisingWISE is an established Oxbridge network inspired by EnterpriseWISE: designed by women, for women and delivered entirely by women. The programme Directors are Dr Shima Barakat, University of Cambridge and Dr Anne Miller, University of Oxford (for bios please see...
