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A good discussion.

There are a variety of reasons as to why this occurs, particularly in the uk. The most prominent is the lack of awareness of joining a start-up as an achievable or even applicable career option.

NACUE, the business which I work on, encompasses a network of 40,000 enterprising students. And our biggest barrier is enabling students and grads to understand that are different modes of being entrepreneurial post graduation, and therefore 3 career options: 1. Launching a company 2. Being entrepreneurial whilst working for one of the big boys - an intrapreneur 3. Joining a start-up team

The third has the greatest potential. Given the thriving start-up community in London and others areas, and still, the record graduate unemployment.

We're working on raising the awareness of the above problem. Looking to launch a programme next year - this can hopefully tie into the milkround.

Lastly, I don't think you need to be on campus. What we all need is to be visible, and that is achieved through networks (i.e. ADCAS, EEUK) and online, social media - that's where they're engaged.

I've promoted this across network - have a good one this weekend. Also, based in Old Street if you want to share some ideas.

Hushpreet




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