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Posts tagged “Graduates”

Loans for young entrepreneurs "a brilliant idea"

by matt

It was great to hear that David Cameron thinks the idea of offering student loan-style funding to young entrepreneurs is a "brilliant idea". We strongly support policies like this. 

There's never been a better time to be a student...

Breaking through the major startup barriers

Earlier this week, Under30CEO posted results of their survey on 'What is Holding Millennials Back from Starting a Business' by Jared O'Toole and the results are fascinating.

This is probably the most equally divided poll we’ve ever had on...

December Countdown...Get your Applications In!

Bulb (Highres)

Entrepreneur First's mission is to make high-growth entrepreneurship the most exciting career option for top graduates. We provide a programme that supports recent graduates to build their very own start-up, from building a team and refining...

Why Graduates?

We are proud of our programme, not only because of the incredible support from established entrepreneurs and enterprising corporates, but also because each cohort will create a peer group that will learn together and hopefully collaborate, helping...

Our Dream? Scalable Start-ups...

Sprinkle Lab is a start-up full-service video firm that makes compelling videos for tech and tech enabled companies, only founded in March this year. Last week it launched a series called ‘Now I Know’ which exists, they say, to educate anyone and...

Enterprising students need support to take the plunge

by alice

308589 302181853128762 288683354478612 1408380 1637434884 NAccording to a Lloyds TSB poll, 6 in 10 students plan to run their own business and a fifth expect this to happen within three years. However, when you look at the figures, this aspiration does not always turn into reality. There are a number of...

Spot the Difference...

Fern BlogIt's a hugely exciting time to be involved in the world of startups, particularly in London. One of the reasons we know we are on the right track with EF is that there are many other people, companies and programmes are also emerging in this...

Introducing Georgia

Georgia BlogI never thought my first ‘proper nine-to-five job’ would be working for a start-up, let alone a start-up for start-ups! That is what Entrepreneur First is; a programme giving support to graduates who want to start their own businesses in the form...