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Hult Students and Schools4Future Scoop Camden Business Award

Masters students from Hult International Business School recently won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Camden Business Awards for their start-up business Schools4Future.

The awards celebrate the contribution that businesses make to the local economy and community and are led by Camden Council in partnership with the Camden Business Board which represents the leading business representative organizations in the borough.

The team of students included: Nicholas Marshall, Renee Vansevenant, Alexandre Tricoire, Pablo Lluch Castells and Michele Bianchi.

Schools4Future was an idea borne out of the Hult Prize, a global competition supported by former President Bill Clinton.

The mission of their company is to address the issue of early childhood education in urban slums. They have successfully made connections in India, launched a crowd source funding platform and are building partnerships with organisations to bring the idea to fruition.

They have support from Unicef, Akshara Foundation, PwC, Sampark Foundation and the Clinton Initiative.

Renee Vansevenant, Vice Chairwoman/Chief Financial Officer, Schools4Future represented the team at the awards ceremony and said:

“It is great to be able to accept this award on behalf of the team. It has been an incredible journey for us. Hult has provided us with the opportunity to start our own company off the back of the Hult Prize, a social enterprise that will change lives.

Hult really does equip students with practical learning that works in the real business world – we are keen to develop our business further and are grateful to everyone who has helped us on the way, including our Professors and mentors at the School“.

Councillor Phil Jones, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Transport & Planning from Camden Council said:

“Our young entrepreneurs are the life-blood of our future economy and we hope that the awards will inspire and encourage all of this year’s nominees to reach new heights of business success.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Victoria Robinson .