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Gulliver is looking for a new board
Would you like to expand your network, organize events, and give away €10.000? Gulliver is looking for you. Positions Currently we are looking for young, entrepreneurial minded people for the following positions; Social Media and PR, you are the backbone of Gulliver,
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<All events, Blog/>Vinoloog in een doos
Door Duane Moes Horeca ondernemers in heel nederland bevinden zich in zwaar weer, nu alles langzaam aan weer open mag is er hopelijk voor velen weer licht aan de horizon. Gelukkig zijn er altijd mensen die zich een weg weten te
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Gulliver online competition
While we cannot have our regular competition right now. We offer you the opportunity to take part in our online competition. See it as an exercise towards the competition in August. We give away a prize of your choice up
Sera Novo acquires new funding
Sera Novo, one of our previous competition winners is really working hard on their new platform of medicine formulation. They recently acquired a €300.000 investment from UNIIQ. Sera Novo’s technology enables a new way of dissolving medicines and thereby enhances the chance of positive effect to the patient. Medicines that did not have a positive effect to the patient in another dissolvent can now be really valuable. This opens up a wide range of medicines that could be further developed using
Digital Security
What: Digital security Where: PLNT, Langegracht 70, 2312NV, Leiden When: March 28, 17:00 walk-in Price: Free, including drinks and dinner On March 28 Gulliver will organize an event around Digital Security. In several short keynotes we will discuss the modern day security threads. With examples and experiments we will show how vulnerable we are to cyber attacks. We discuss the ins and outs of digital security. We approach the topic from different angles such as legal or practical. You will learn what to keep in
Looking back: Stories about Switching
On January 31 Joris Castermans and Susanne de Nooijer discussed their stories about switching. Joris shared his personal story and drive of becoming part of a big corporate. After being part of KPN he realized that corporate life is not completely how he imagined it. Joris switched to entrepreneurship and started with a rather safe freelance opportunity. That position provided him with the necessary inspiration, contacts and freedom to work on his new start-up concerning speech technology called Whissp. Susanne shared
Stories about Switching
What: Stories about Switching Where: PLNT, Langegracht 70, 2312NV, Leiden When: 31st January 2019, 17:30 On January 31 Gulliver organizes a new edition of 'Stories about'. This time we will discuss what it means to switch between entrepreneurship and employment in both directions. On the one hand it raises questions like: what does it mean to give up your (successful) job and start your own business, what are the drivers to do so, and how did it work out? On the other hand,
Throwback Futureproof
On the 7th of November, we celebrated sustainable entrepreneurship during Gulliver’s first edition of Futureproof. Our chairman Arash Aazami took off with an inspiring keynote about new energy models. One of the important messages he gave us: alternative sources of energy are not that alternative at all. We have been using wind and water power way longer than we have been using fossil fuels. Furthermore, Arash took us into a new concept he is working on with his company Kamangir:
Gulliver FINALE
In order to stimulate new entrepreneurship Gulliver organises an annual competition among young entrepreneurs in Leiden. We believe that the three most important factors for the success of a new enterprise are speaking to the right people, gathering and processing valuable feedback and attracting the right amount of funding. By joining the competition as a young entrepreneur you get access to a vast network, organised and ad-hoc feedback and the possibility to win €10.000,- to develop your new enterprise
FUTUREPROOF
FUTUREPROOF, Gulliver's biggest event up to now. It will be guided around sustainable development. We will explore different facets of a futureproof society. Highly recognized speakers take us along their mission to build a futureproof society.