entrepreneurship
many people today who want to start food delivered to their door. I haven’t enterprise facilities, there’s no-one to
their own business, and I’ve spoken seen this service available in the UK advice entrepreneurs. Here, we have
to students here who have some so it could well be a winner.” to analyse and research and come up
great ideas. Events management with a with our own ideas. The tutors are
“I used the example of a money- difference was the concept behind very good and the course is practical,
spinning idea I’ve worked on for the the business idea devised by Ilze helping us to maintain a balance
Women’s Institute. They were making Krievina, 22, from Latvia, and between study and working part-
decorative fabric chickens purely for Chiemenam Unegbu, 33, from time.”
fun – I told them they were highly Nigeria. The enterprise event was the
saleable so now the WI is making “Our company would organise latest in a series events run by the
them for profit. It helped the students team-building events in an informal RED team.
understand that anyone can have a setting and provide services for the Afew months ago, more than 250
good business idea. It doesn’t have disabled and the homeless as a way business and marketing students
to be high-powered – you can turn a of contributing to the community,” from Newport Business School
hobby into a business.” said 33-year-old Chiemenam. competed successfully in the national
Among the ideas put forward by All of the students were keen to Make Your Mark campaign which was
the students was a plan for fast food stress how much they are enjoying designed to foster teamwork, kick-
with a difference. the experience of learning at start imaginations and unleash
Shubham Siddha wanted to cash Newport’s University – which recently creativity for developing money-
in on the growing popularity of Asian came top in Wales for overall spinning concepts for an eco-friendly
food by creating a company that international student satisfaction in
company. The winning team createdcould cook and deliver lunchboxes the International Student Barometer a
a company called Run-It, whichfeaturing a range of exotic menus. survey measuring the learning, living
focused on harnessing the energy“It’s an idea I’ve seen in Delhi and support of students from
from people working out in gyms.when I was a student there,” said 21- overseas.
They are now preparing to go into theyear-old Shubham. “Basically, it “Studying here is so different from
national finals and are working on ameans students who are a long way studying in Nigeria,” said Chiemenam
from home can have their favourite “Back home we don’t have the prototype for their product.
Left: MBA students Shubham Siddha Middle: George Savva, of 7 Seconds chickens she developed with the
from India, Ilze Krievina from Latvia Ltd, pictured with students Rui Xhang Women’s Institute to Emma Williams,
and Chiemenam Unegbu from Nigeria. from China and Harindu Koijam from of RED, and MBA students
Looking on are Emma Williams of the India. Mohammad Al Masud, from
RED team and Charles Williams, of Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafiz and
law firm fwdlaw Associates. Right: Catrin Williams, of Newport & Jawed Iqbal Millwala, who both come
Gwent Enterprise, who is showing a from Pakistan.
money-spinning idea for fabric
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