Entrepreneurship

With our long history of bold thinking, King’s is firmly committed to the promotion of entrepreneurship both as an independent discipline and as an area of enquiry for students in all subjects. In addition to supporting around 40 students on the MBA and MSt degree courses at the Judge Business School, we seek to bring great minds together from across the College to exchange ideas and to encourage collaboration, creative thinking, and the making of a positive difference in society – some of the hallmarks of King’s.

Thanks to the generosity and dedication of our alumni, we have been able to establish a number of ambitious initiatives to help students gain entrepreneurial skills and explore careers in innovation and business, while keeping our social, ethical, and environmental responsibility at the heart of everything we do.

Through the King's E-Lab, the College runs entrepreneurship-related events throughout the year. The E-Lab also produces a blog series featuring short posts that showcase interesting people, research, and innovation associated with the E-Lab.

E-Lab events

Mindsets blog

The College’s entrepreneurship programme includes:

The King’s Entrepreneurship Lab, offering a year-long foundation programme for King’s and Cambridge students, an incubator programme, a social ventures programme, and other community, education, research, and incubation initiatives (shown here);
two directors, Kamiar Mohaddes and Sophie Harbour, who are both fellows of the College;
visiting entrepreneurs, who provide advice and mentoring for students, and coordinate a monthly webinar series with distinguished speakers;
a Senior Advisory Board, chaired by Malcolm McKenzie (KC 1977) and including noted business leaders, to help guide aspiring entrepreneurs and connect them with helpful resources;
a group of research associates with entrepreneurship experience;
the King’s Entrepreneurship Competition, established by Stuart Lyons CBE (KC 1962) to encourage all King’s members to develop entrepreneurial ideas and concepts into businesses with sustainable commercial and social benefits, with a first prize of £20,000.

The E-Lab plays a crucial role in supporting entrepreneurs at all stages of their careers. The diversity of events, workshops, and the high-calibre speakers it brings in provide immense value to participants.
Zhuangnan Li, King's College Fellow