MSc
ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS CREATION
CV Book 2017
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WELCOME
This book introduces you to our future entrepreneurs.
It’s a chance for you to get to know the students of the Enterprise and Business Creation MSc course at the University of East Anglia, Norwich UK. These students have been carefully selected and we are providing them with demanding, hands-on entrepreneurship training on how to identify opportunities, evaluate and develop business ideas. The course has been carefully designed to enable participants to develop entrepreneurial skills, proactive decision-making capabilities and apply these in practice. As a result, we think they represent prime candidates for seed corn funding. If you wish to know more about the course or about any of our students, please let us know. Dr Dimitrios Dousios, Course Leader
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CONTENTS ABOUT THE COURSE
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THE STUDENTS
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ABOUT THE COURSE This course is about doing; it is beyond theory; it is about business creation and success. Think of it less as a traditional MSc and more as developing a business (and gaining an MSc along the way). This is a distinctive course aiming to help entrepreneurially-minded individuals realise the path to self-employment, venture creation and business growth. PROACTIVE During the course of 12 months students develop entrepreneurial skills and proactive decision-making capabilities by practice-based learning. This vocational course is very much focused on action rather than theory and participants learn how to create a value proposition, how to iterate, validate and ultimately pitch their ideas. The course delivers a holistic, interdisciplinary view of early-stage entrepreneurial activities, adopting a collaborative working format between academics and founders, along with targeted coursework, mentoring, extensive networking and an optional placement with our start-up partners.
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“ EVERYTHING WE LEARN GOES INTO THE BUSINESS PLAN. THERE’S A REASON FOR GETTING UP AT 9AM AND ATTENDING EVERY LECTURE! I’VE LEARNT SO MUCH IN MY TIME HERE TO BETTER EQUIP MYSELF IN RUNNING A BUSINESS ” MATTHEW WEST, GRADUATE OF THE FIRST ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS CREATION COHORT, CLASS OF 2015/2016
BESPOKE
ENTREPRENEURS. NOT MANAGERS
The course covers key theories with an approach that’s interdisciplinary, demanding and highly creative.
Our students are proactive, creative and digitally-proficient investment-ready entrepreneurs.
Bespoke workshops develop entrepreneurial skills in communication, teamwork and problem-solving. Students develop interpersonal skills, entrepreneurial leadership and become proficient in app and website analytics and development.
Student highlights of the year so far:
Taught modules cover:
-- Designed and delivered the 2016/17 Norwich Health Hackathon event
Semester 1
HIGHLIGHTS -- Participated in 2016/17 Norwich Sync the City
-- Developed a UEA-based Virtual enterprise
Compulsory modules:
-- Provided Start-up consultancy
-- Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
-- Start-up placements
-- Business, Winning; the Art of -- Accounting and Finance for Start-Ups Semester 2 Optional modules: -- Business Operations and Project Management -- Planning and Running Your Business -- Navigating Through the Red Tape -- Entrepreneurship in Global Healthcare -- Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology/Agrotechnology -- Creative Enterprise: Sustainable Business for the Arts
EXCLUSIVE The course is based in the award-winning, purposebuilt Enterprise Centre and is open to people coming from any academic background. In addition to entrepreneurship-related teaching, additional activities include bespoke workshops for entrepreneurial skill development), ‘Meet the Entrepreneur’ networking sessions and start-up support masterclasses.
“ THE COURSE TOUCHED CRUCIAL POINTS SUCH AS CONFIDENCE, PITCHING AND MAKING THE MOST OF EACH OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK. TO GET OUT OF THE COURSE WITH A BUSINESS PLAN IS ONE STEP INTO REALITY. IT TAKES YOU INTO ANOTHER LEVEL TO ANSWER ‘YES, I DO HAVE IN FACT A BUSINESS PLAN’ STRAIGHT AWAY ” DANIELA PAIVA DE ARAUJO. GRADUATE OF THE FIRST ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS CREATION COHORT, CLASS OF 2015/16
Dr Dimitrios Dousios, Course Leader of MSc Enterprise and Business Creation and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship (left) Dr Tiago Botelho, Lecturer in Business Strategy (right)
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THE STUDENTS KWAN CHING YU
HARRY CRANFIELD
CHRISTOPHER DIXON
agnesykc6@gmail.com +44 (0) 7463787762
h.cranfield@uea.ac.uk +44 (0) 7974219839
christm19@hotmail.com +44 (0) 7854315818
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EWORITSE EZRA ARENYEKA
GOUTHAM KC
NONGNAPAS THAITAMAKUL
arenyekaewos@yahoo.com +44 (0) 7761653560
gouthamkc@outlook.com +44 (0) 7541593754
nuleknong@gmail.com +44 (0) 7454576122
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CHRISTOPHER VERNON
YAPING WANG
cdvernon@hotmail.co.uk +44 (0) 7791 073803
yaping.wang1016@ gmail.com +44 (0) 7378 627911
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KWAN CHING YU EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2013-2016 University of East Anglia, UK BSc Economics with Accountancy 2012-2013 University of East Anglia, UK Foundation in Business, Economics, Society and Culture 2011-2012
CONTACT agnesykc6@gmail.com +44 (0) 7463787762
SKILLS -- Team Work -- Problem Solving -- Social Media -- Photography
Moira House Girl School, UK A-Level Photography, Psychology, Mathematics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015-2016 Sync the City (Project) Marketing -- Worked in a team to launch a project within a short time frame. -- Learned to create website from team mates. -- Promoted the business project using different platforms of social media. -- Worked with different people and earned valuable feedback and experience.
-- Creativity
PROFILE
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE
I am a positive thinker, enjoy working in a team and solving problems in a creative way. My interest is to make everything become better.
alue Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) V Event Planning Business - Organised an event for charity funding.
LANGUAGES Cantonese - native Mandarin - fluent English - fluent
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HARRY CRANFIELD EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2013-2016 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK BSc Business Management (1st Class Honours)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016 Fairview Advertising Sales Leader
CONTACT h.cranfield@uea.ac.uk linkedin.com/in/harry-cranfielda0631b90/ +44 (0) 7974219839
SKILLS -- Leadership -- Teamwork -- Communication -- Business Strategy -- Sales
PROFILE A driven, proactive and selfmotivated Business Graduate. Strong experience working in a demanding sales role, where I demonstrated skills as an award-winning sales person. Also possessing significant leadership and entrepreneurial experience, through roles in University societies and projects.
LANGUAGES English - native
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-- I worked as a door-to-door fundraiser representing the world's most influential charities such as the British Red Cross. During my time in this position I had the opportunity to further develop my sales skills, whilst also being given the opportunity to assist with the training of colleagues new to the position. 2014-2015 University of East Anglia Peer Assisted Learning mentor -- T hroughout my second year at UEA, I worked as a Peer-Assisted-Learning Mentor for first year students at Norwich Business School. This requires holding weekly classes with up to thirty students where we discussed difficulties with anything from trouble grasping academic concepts, specifically their Accounting and Finance module, to where they can buy a cup of coffee on campus! This required good communication and presentation skills, organisation (as classes require planning), and amicability. I gained positive feedback from members of my group and was able to build a relationship with them, which I found very satisfying.
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Event Planning Business - Organised an event for charity funding. Director, Nine Lives Events (2013-2014) At the University of East Anglia, our team took part in the Young Enterprise Award (university level). We started up, and ran, an events company called Nine Lives Events. Being part of this was very beneficial for me to understand the business world and the factors, both internal and external, which affect an organisation. Our business was profitable and we succeeded into the top 10 of 200 start-ups to compete at the Young Enterprise National Finals. We also worked closely alongside The BlackDog Music Project which is a charity that supports the inclusion of people with mental health issues.
CHRISTOPHER DIXON EDUCATION 2016-2017 N orwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2011-2015
niversity of East Anglia, UK U BSc Climate Science with a Year in Industry
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015-2016 Cornwall Insight Retail Analyst -- Responsibility for providing intelligence to energy market participants.
CONTACT christm19@hotmail.com linkedin.com/in/chris-dixon1aa2345a/ +44 (0) 7854315818
SKILLS -- Ability to quickly adapt to new environments -- Always exploring new ideas and trying out new concepts -- Keen to learn about other businesses and people -- Experience of a variety of jobs
-- I also compiled market share assessments for the UK domestic energy companies based on feedback. This gave me detailed information and insight into the makeup of the domestic market and how it operates. 2013-2014 Mott MacDonald Year in industry Intern -- This environmental consultancy role was part of my year in industry as part of my degree. -- Responsibility for carrying out Air Quality, Acoustic and Ecology surveys. -- Responsibility for producing environmental constraint maps for clients. For two months, I was seconded to do some of this work for the Highways Agency (now Highways England) in Kent. -- Some responsibility for producing Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
-- Understanding of customer needs
PROFILE
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE
Through the unique variety of jobs I’ve had, I’ve been subject to different environments which I’ve had to adapt to quickly. Always wanting to get down to the real issues, including what causes problems, I’m always looking at new concepts which could improve how an industry operates.
Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Sales Business - Working in a small team, we sold UEA-branded phone cases. It was a great success and we managed to raise almost £400 for charity in a six week period.
LANGUAGES English - native
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EWORITSE EZRA ARENYEKA EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2012-2016
University of Salford, UK BSc Business and Financial Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015 Home Fundraising Team Member
CONTACT arenyekaewos@yahoo.com linkedin.com/in/eworitse-ezraarenyeka-120296a7/ +44 (0) 7761653560
SKILLS
-- Door to door fundraising for Anthony Nolan, the funds generated were used by the charity to help people who suffer from blood cancer. 2014-2015 Linguine Italian Restaurant Kitchen Staff -- Ensure the kitchen was clean at all times, washed the used dishes and assisted the chef when he required assistant. 2014 Getafix Nominees Delta state, Nigeria Assistant Manager -- Delegate work and give tasks to individuals to do.
-- Resilience
-- Continuously reviewing and managing team performance.
-- Team leading
-- Working with the General Manager to improve operations, sales, and profitability.
-- Project management -- Effective communication -- Strategic planning -- Multi-tasking
PROFILE I am an individual with high level of resilience and motivation. My number one goal in life is to make a difference and have a positive impact on anyone around me.
LANGUAGES English - native Mandarin - basic
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ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Freshr - Helped co-found a delivery service that delivered international foods to students on campus at the University of East Anglia. Foreign Project Currently a part owner of a small pig business in Nigeria, which currently has about 30 pigs. We breed and sell them after 6 months.
GOUTHAM K C EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2010-2014 Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, India B.Tech Information Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016-2017 RGIS Inventory Auditor
CONTACT
2016
-- I was a part of the Andon Team, which has a critical task of working with products that have been removed from sales due to defects. I worked with different people from Retail Managers and Warehouses, to Customers in order to resolve the issue with the product and bring it back live for sales.
gouthamkc@outlook.com www.linkedin.com/in/gouthamkc +44 (0) 7541593754
SKILLS -- Creativity and Innovation -- Design Thinking -- User Experience Design
PROFILE I am passionate about product design and user experience. My area of interests are Electronics, Agriculture, diversified Research and Development (R&D) and Luxury Market. I am trying various things in life, taking steps towards my aspiration of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
LANGUAGES Tamil – native Telugu – mother Tongue English - native
Retail Business Service, Amazon.com Catalogue Associate
2014
Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, India -- My final semester project was Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Controlled Home Appliances (for the physically disabled). -- A BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) with a smart device provides a novel frame work to help control home appliances for people who are differently-abled and paralyzed. The main goal is to enable completely paralyzed patient to communicate with their environment and ensure self-reliance. -- I was part of a 4-member team, responsible for conceptualizing the prototype working along with developers.
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Freshr - Helped create a delivery service that delivered international foods to students on campus at the University of East Anglia. Raised funds for a FinTech start up in India backed by 2 angel investors and acquired support and partnership from EKO India Financial Services. I put this venture on hold to pursue my masters in Entrepreneurship and Business Creation and to further develop my business ideas.
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NONGNAPAS THAITAMAKUL EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2012-2015
Chiang Mai University, Thailand BSc Industrial Engineering
2011-2012
Mahidol University, Thailand BSc (first year) Industrial Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTACT nuleknong@gmail.com +44 (0) 7454576122
SKILLS -- Social media -- Business Strategy -- Creative skills -- Teamwork
2015-2016 Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Project Researcher -- Improving the standards of Arabica coffee manufacturing via Value Chain Analysis. The project started with studying all the activities that related to the coffee bean process by doing research and conducting interviews with a coffee expert. 2014-2015 Provincial Electricity Authority, Chiang Mai, Thailand Procurement Intern -- Checking the products in stock and daily monitoring of product quantities. -- Reducing defects and avoiding excess inventory and out of stock items.
-- Microsoft office
PROFILE
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE
I love to plan everything in my life systematically because I can realise the cause of problem that happen to me and I can decide to solve it easily.
Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Sales Business - Selling Iphone cases with UEA logo and all the profits made went to the charity Wymondham Dementia Support Group.
LANGUAGES Thai - native English - intermediate
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CHRISTOPHER VERNON EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2013-2016 Cardiff University, UK BSc Radiotherapy & Oncology 2012-2013 Tameside College, UK Access to HE Health Sciences 2011-2012
Glossop Adult Centre, UK GCSE Mathematics
2008-2009 eCornell University, USA Management Fundamentals
CONTACT cdvernon@hotmail.co.uk
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
linkedin.com/in/christopher-vernon7b228263/
2012-2013 Currys PC World (DSGi) Sales Colleague
+44 (0) 7791 073803
SKILLS -- Qualified as Therapeutic Radiographer -- Good manual dexterity -- An ability to adapt to most tasks people and situations
PROFILE I excel when problem solving, enjoying the creative process through lateral thinking. I am enthusiastic with excellent communication skills and I always perform in a professional and conscientious manner. As a positive individual, I feel that initiative, ability to build rapport, good ethics and consistent high standards set me apart from others. With many years of supervisory experience and altruistic values, I believe I can inspire others to share my dream to create successful and rewarding businesses.
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-- Customer support and sales, including warehouse and merchandising projects to increase store KPI performance. 2006-2011 Air Products Data Audit Team Leader -- Managing team responsible for effective communication between office administration and the field. 2005 Phones4u Designate Store Manager -- Responsible for day-to-day running of various stores and accountable for achieving sales targets. 2002-2003 The Link/Mastercare (DSG) Project Manager (Secondment) -- Introduction of new returns procedure to ensure better efficiency and profitability.
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE alue Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) V Freshr - Helped create a delivery service that delivered international foods to students on campus at the University of East Anglia. Many years buying and selling products. Sold over ÂŁ3000 worth of eBay stock. Assisted others with their business ventures and implemented systems and projects during previous employment benefiting from major cost savings.
English - native
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YAPING WANG EDUCATION 2016-2017 Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK MSc Enterprise & Business Creation (currently studying towards) 2013-2016
Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, UK BA (Hons) Business and Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015 Wok & Chips Bar tender
CONTACT yaping.wang1016@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/yaping-wang192706a5/ +44 (0) 7378 627911 +86 1390 9202 494
SKILLS -- Planning and Organization -- Creativity -- Team work -- Research -- Networking -- Problem Solving
PROFILE I am passionate and interested in converting creative ideas into feasible business plans. I find myself to be ambitious, creative, outgoing and able to work in various situations. With a good understanding and insight into the Asian market and culture, I want to develop my new skills further in China and inspire others with my experience and knowledge.
LANGUAGES Mandarin - native English - fluent
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-- As a bar tender in the fish & chips shop in city of Portsmouth. Preparing food and drinks to local customers and gained selling and managing skills in this experience. 2012 Staff of operation, Happy Horse Cinema, XI'AN, China Intern -- Three months’ intern for a Cinema in China, in charge of daily tickets selling and assistant to managers for monitoring service.
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE Health Hacked (2017) Project organizer of Health hacked 2017, a collaborative event bringing health and technology professionals together to generate novel solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing problems. Value Challenge, University of East Anglia (2017) Sales Business - Working in a small team, we sold UEA-branded phone cases. Our team managed to raise almost £400 for charity in a six week period. My main role was using limited funds to negotiate with suppliers, product designing and procurement. Sync the City (2016) Gained collaboration and teamwork skills in the event. A 54 hour event to build and launch a start-up within a limited period and working with people from different countries with various backgrounds.
“ THE COURSE HAS CHALLENGED ME TO LEARN NEW WAYS OF THINKING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. THE PERSON I WAS AT THE START OF THE COURSE FALLS SHORT WHEN MEASURED AGAINST THE PERSON I AM NOW. ” TINASHE CHIWESHE, GRADUATE OF THE FIRST ENTERPRISE AND BUSINESS CREATION COHORT, CLASS OF 2015/16
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