Disruptors Podcast

Hannah Ouazzane, is a Neuroscience student who loves programming. She is passionate about increasing transparency around mental health within our society. Hannah is on the board of the Neuroscience Society at King’s College London. In this episode Hannah talks about: - taking an entrepreneurial approach within neuroscience & programming - her journey to entrepreneurship through internship - how she upskilled focusing on 3 entrepreneurial skills - her stoic approach to when things go wrong – the pressure around knowing what to do in the world of never-ending options – finding yourself rather than following paths Follow Hannah on: Instagram: @_.incrementum and @hannahouazzane To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ https://kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6d3cc44d5852f187f28de2d6a&id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/scale-your-venture/kings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/women-entrepreneurs-network 🌐 Our website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

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Ria Walia holds a BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Management and Finance from King’s College London, University of London. She has completed over 15 internships including Summer Trading Analyst (FX Options Structuring) at HSBC, Assurance at EY and Finance Analyst at Procter & Gamble. Ms Walia founded her first start-up at 17, raising and managing $100,000 of investment and organising 222 exhibition days at venues such as the Tate Modern and The British Museum. She was invited to the House of Lords for her start-up idea and named ‘Top 10 Student Start-up of the Year’ by Enterprise Nation. She has been awarded ‘Young Entrepreneur’ at the Youth Awards and named the 14th most influential student in the UK. In her spare time, Ria runs a Blog, Instagram Page and YouTube Channel, sharing her experiences in the hope to help and support other students with early careers and entrepreneurship. In this episode Ria shares: - her wealth of experience - her perspective on learning entrepreneurial skills but not going into that landscape - what drew her to do so many different things at the Entrepreneurship Institute - what value she gained through internships, Enterprise Award, Idea Factory and being immersed in the start-up ecosystem - why entrepreneurial skills will make your CV stand out - her advice to incoming student.

Follow Ria on: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmkAMz_6qnsXAeSmY9neDMg 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riawalia/?hl=en 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/riaawaliaa?lang=en To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ https://kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6d3cc44d5852f187f28de2d6a&id=4577dc181c 

Find out more: 

🚀 King's20 Accelerator https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/scale-your-venture/kings20-accelerator 

💡The Idea Factory https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/idea-factory 

🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/women-entrepreneurs-network 

🌐 Our website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship

Audio transcript:

Isaac McNamara is an Executive Director at HydroGrow, President of Enactus KCL and Geography BSc and GCSA at KCL. In this episode, Isaac shares with us + his entrepreneurial journey from being a geography student to becoming an Executive Director and CEO of HydroGrow C.I.C + Enactus + sustainability and innovation + what he learned from Idea Factory and then put into practice to be successful in King's20 Accelerator + his biggest lessons and advice on being an entrepreneur HydroGrow is an urban sustainable hydroponics initiative which helps to tackle issues around water and food insecurity from over usage and wastage of both sources whilst keeping a responsibility to dealing with the crisis of plastic production which has been an ongoing issue for decades. HydrowGrow https://www.hydrogrowcic.com/ https://linktr.ee/HydroGrowCIC IG: @hydrogrow.uk Enactus https://linktr.ee/kclenactus IG: @enactuskcl To hear more about disruption at King's and the London entrepreneurial ecosystem, sign up to the Entrepreneurship Institute's newsletter ✉️ https://kcl.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6d3cc44d5852f187f28de2d6a&id=4577dc181c Find out more: 🚀 King's20 Accelerator https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/scale-your-venture/kings20-accelerator 💡The Idea Factory https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/idea-factory 🙋🏾‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs Network https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/develop-your-idea/women-entrepreneurs-network 🌐 Our website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship