Enterprise society Enactus Newcastle have gone from strength to strength this year, transferring valuable business skills to local and international communities through our projects. As we currently develop exciting new ties with the Business School, society Vice President Sophie Hawley shares the teams experiences during last month’s National Competition… Enactus is a world-wide, not for profit organisation, that sees students all over the world engage in social outreach projects that tackle needs in their local and international communities. Central to the Enactus organisation is a competition which happens every year in every country that has Enactus. The U.K’s competition More >
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Will King – King of Shaves
Posted 19th June, 2012
My events experience continued last Thursday night as I attended the Will King (founder of the King of Shaves) event in the Business School. The talk revealed how his male-grooming brand continues to challenge market leaders Gillette, some of the lessons he has learnt through his time in business (including the importance of keeping your eye out for opportunities outside of your central business. For example, Will mentioned that when the Internet was still in its ascendancy he purchased the domain name shave.com for $75, and last year turned down an offer of $2million) and the King of Shaves company More >
