RBS/RSA Inspiring Enterprise

The RSA is working in partnership with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) to help young entrepreneurs explore enterprise and to encourage and enable them to start up and sustain their own business. Over the coming months, we will be working with young people and business support organisations to help make Britain a better place for young enterprise.

Towards the end of 2012, the RSA and RBS commenced their Inspiring Enterprise partnership with workshops in London, Leeds, Bristol and Glasgow. Involving over 120 young entrepreneurs and business support organisations, the aim was to understand the opportunities and challenges that today's entrepreneurs face, and to identify what resources and capabilities they need to thrive.

We will shortly publish a manifesto document that pulls together our findings and provides a number of ideas for how government, support organisations, the corporate sector and others can create the conditions for existing and would-be young entrepreneurs to realise their potential.



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To inform the development of the manifesto, we conducted a short piece of associated research that aimed to paint a more vivid picture of the day-to-day lives of young entrepreneurs. Our findings reveal that many young entrepreneurs now start and run businesses in highly unconventional ways, and that some support services have yet to catch up with this changing reality. View the Disrupt Inc. report.

View more information about RBS Inspiring Enterprise.

Young Entrepreneurs and other millennial attendees

Eshaan AkbarUprising alumni @eshaanakbar
Polly AkhurstTalk to Me London@pollyakhurst
Harun AsifScorpio Partnership
Ami BloomerCEO, Give what you're good at@AmiBloomer
Milena BotteroFounder, Room for Tea@roomfortea
Karen Bradley Dramatize Enterprise
Kelvin CheungFoodcycle @kelvincheung_uk
Rose Collins Caxton House Community Centre
Joel DaviesTutors United
Rajeeb DeyEnternships.com@rajdey
Ann Don Bosco Talk to Me London@talktomelondon
Jack GrahamYear Here@JackDGraham
Juan GuerraThe Credit Crowd@emergelab
Noel HatchKent Council@noelito
Katherine HibbertFounder, Dotdotdot Property@3dotproperty
Katherine Hui Green Thing
Matt KeppleMake Worldwide@mattkepple
Sarah LiGet Lost @sarahliuk
Catriona MaclayThe Hackney Pirates @CatrionaMaclay
Kyra Maya PhillipsSandbox @thisiskyramaya
Amma MensahBeyond the Classroom@liveunltd
Bethan  MichaelRSA Fellowship Councillor@Bethan_Michael
Edwin MingardSatellite Films
Guido MolinariDIVINO @DIVINOdessert
Lisa Talia MorettiFounder, BrightSpark@LisaTalia
Ry MorganPleasecycle@rymorgan
Henry Morris UpReach
Michael  Murdoch The House London @thehouselondon
Ebrahim Musalman RSA Connected Communities
Charlotte NicolMost Curious Tours@mostcuriousuk
Deepesh Patel Canopy to Cures@deepeshapatel
Marcus RowntreeDyslexic Power @marcusrowntree
Darshan Sanghrajka The House London @chiefchimpanzee
Lewis Scott Exclusive Sports Media Enterprise @lewisscottESM
Joe Smith FutureGov@joesmithdesign
Eugenie  TeasleyFounder, Spark and Mettle @eugenieee
Tom Tobia Designer @tomtobia
Ben Vickers@benvickers_
Tom WhicherSemantic Health/DoctorDoctor @twhicher
Ed Whiting WeDidThis@EdWhiting1
Viviane WilliamsFounder, Wakeup Campaign @vivionliveyoung
Caleb Wooding@cjwooding

Representatives from Support Organisations

Dan SnellArrival Education@ArrivalEducate
Duncan CheatlePrelude/Supper Club@DuncanCheatle
Hushpreet DhaliwalNACUE @Hushpreet
James KingFIG@jkfig

Jenny Prosser

London Ambassador, Sandbox@JennyProsser    
Julia KoskellaAshoka@JuliaKoskella  
Kamran Rashid

UnLtd

@liveunltdnorth
Ken BarnsleyBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council@kennethbarnsley
Laura Hanson     UEL
Lewis CoakleyNUS Development Office@LewisCoakley             
Lily Ash SakulaSocial Innovation Camp@lilyashsakula   
Mark HartProfessor of Entrepreneurship, Acton Business School
Matt Clifford      Entrepreneur First@matthewclifford
Miranda Walker Business LaunchPad
Natalie FreemanUEL
Peter PtashkoYoung Achiever's Trust and UnLtd@PeterPtashko
Simon DennyThe University of Northampton
Soushiant  ZanganehpourSkoll Foundation
Thom KenrickThe Royal Bank of Scotland @thomkenrick
Victoria PatacchiolaBusiness LaunchPad@BusinessLP