Paolo Strampelli What do Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have in common with each other? Apart from being incredibly successful businessmen, all began their companies during the period that they should have been in college – and all…

SangJin Lee Imperial College has one of the best Computing and Electrical Engineering Departments in the World, producing the most disciplined and talented software developers and programmers consistently. These programmers often benefit from high salaries and fabulous perquisites from their…

Annabelle Mayers Whilst many students were having a lie-in on Saturday 21st January, the 16 students selected to participate in the 2012 Imperial Apprentice Challenge arrived at the Business school, complete with suits, laptops and determination, ready to conquer the…

Paolo Strampelli “Filing for bankruptcy…a Kodak moment” joked someone in an elevator at one of Goldman Sachs offices, according to the twitter account @GSElevator. Last Thursday morning, (ex) photographic giant Eastman Kodak Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Low on…

Alexandru Podgurschi Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently published an article by Larry Popelka titled “The Key to Success? Your Corporate Mission.” It investigates the particular case of the Chevrolet Volt and it is perfectly summed up by one line: “Most consumers no…

Serge Vasylechko How to help the world and keep your cool with social entrepreneurship As I was walking up towards the exit from SAF lecture theatre I saw two people approach me who asked that exact question. “Are you a…

Nitin Nihalani Imperial College has joined the elite list of universities participating in ‘Silicon Valley comes to the UK’ (SVC2UK), an annual event that brings successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to inspire students across the UK. Silicon Valley comes to Imperial…

Annabelle Mayers If you have found time to follow the news in between episodes of Made in Chelsea and The X Factor, then you will be aware that Groupon, considered the fastest growing company ever, has recently been valued at…

Charles Motraghi Alongside finance and high-tech computing, biotechnology can be thought of as one of the few sectors where Britain is still globally competitive. The British pharmaceutical industry, for example, receives 10% of global research and development funding, despite having…

Máximo Sanz Hernández During the evening of Monday October 10 you were possibly one of the frustrated Imperial students that couldn’t get their BBM working. That was the day on which all BlackBerry devices lost their email and BlackBerry Messenger services.…