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Awesome student opportunity: Banjo Campus Ambassador

by matt

Want to find out what a startup is really like, but don't know where to start? Perhaps you'd like to see how startups work, but you don't feel ready to take the plunge into a full-time job or internship.

If that's you, we have a great opportunity...

Guest Blog: Disrupt Inc.

by alice

A new report by the RSA and RBS Inspiring Enterprise, ‘Disrupt Inc. How young people are challenging the conventions of entrepreneurship’, has fuelled debate about how well the support available for young entrepreneurs matches their experiences...

EF2013 launched at No 10.

by alice

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After 4 months recruiting and an intense selection process, that saw some of London's leading entrepreneurs and investors helping us choose, we can now announce the 36 graduates that will be joining the EF2013 programme. 

They were...

Girls, just in case you wondered what's the point in learning to code...

by alice

Here at Entrepreneur First we agree with Code.org about the importance of learning to code and what's more we're doing our small part to help out. This summer we are running Code First: Girls, a free, 9 week programme teaching female graduates...

EF startups raise millions in seed funding

by alice

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We were told repeatedly that taking individuals and expecting them to form teams and generate ideas was a recipe for disaster. It hadn't been done before in this way and I suppose for good reason,...

Campus: the 10x office space

by matt

April marks Campus London’s one year anniversary and I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on why it’s been such a huge success and what makes it so special.

Campus has had an extraordinary impact on our organisation. There are great...

Interested in social ent and want to win 10,000 Euros?

by alice

At EF we are very focused on tech startups, but this doesn't exclude social enterprises that use tech to support their mission. Take Prizeo, one of the EF 2012 companies, that helps charities raise more money through online raffles (by using once...

EF meetup! Come join us!

by alice

Due to popular demand, as we have been inundated with requests to attend, we are now opening the EF Applicant Meetup to other members of the startup community. So if you want to know what opportunities are out there in the startup world and you...

Code First: Girls opens for penultimate year students!

by bay

Are you a female student who wants to turn your ideas in to reality or get ahead in entrepreneurship? Learn to program free with us this summer!

Code First: Girls is a free summer course designed to teach young women how to build web sites and...

MessageBase provides free support to EF startups

by alice

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The very friendly folks at MessageBase are now providing their services to the EF startups. We're delighted to have them on board - anything to make our startups' lives easier!

MessageBase acts as your front-desk in that all important ‘first...