Niccolo Corsini
Currently pursuing BSc in Physics at Imperial College London.
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Location: | London |
| Groups: | IDEAS EMPOWERED, Ideas Empowered, Imperial Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Imperial College London |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | LOGOS ltd.. |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Initiating and running a science tutoring agency LOGOS ltd..Manages 56 tutors for 2300£ weekly turnover
• Researched and segmented the tuition market to identify unfilled gaps. . Discovered the potential of custom-tailored tuition specific for the European community in their desired language. • Creating partnerships with schools and cultural centres. The advertising process allowed exposure to a wide range of individuals : parents, school headmasters , attache for cultural affairs,etc. • Organised a database for tutors and clients and devised a payment system . |
| Employer: | African Parks, Kalabo and Liuwa plains, ZAMBIA |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | May 2005 - July 2005 |
| Description: | • Designed and mapped with the GPS a fence to reintroduce buffalos in the Park .
• Helped co-ordinate the construction of a camp alongside 25 local workers (enhanced both teamwork and adaptation skills). • Secured the acquisition of raw materials in an exotic environment. Learned how to cope with deadlines, budgets and supply constraints, thereby having to negotiate and take initiatives. |
| Employer: | Heubach colours India, Ankleshwar |
| Position: | 2 Month long internship |
| Time period: | October 2007 |
| Description: | • Worked on the characterization and synthesis of Pigment red 254 and 264 for inkjet application as well as on the upscale from laboratory to plant batches.
• Wrote a report on a phenomenon discovered in NMR spectrography and a corresponding statistical distribution present in spin-spin coupled systems. • Helped compiling MIS report after learning about fundamental notions in Accounting. • Analysed the working capital structure in association to packing credits . Presented after extensive research a strategy to hedge FX exposure through the use of options in the light of regulations just released by the RBI(Indian Fed). |
| Employer: | Goldman Sachs London in the Equities & FICC division |
| Position: | Spring Internship |
| Time period: | March 2007 |
| Description: | • .Succesfully completed project of pricing a block trade(portofolio of large bulk of shares) and simulating the market’s reaction after the trade.The outcome was presented to a group of VPs. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Imperial College London |
| Time period: | 2004 - Present |
| Degree: | Physics, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | • Involved in sports: surfing, snowboarding, tennis and diving (PADI diving license) |
| Hobbies: | • Passionate for traveling and experiencing new cultures (visited 25 countries on 4 continents) |
| Memberships: | • Currently VP of 500 member Imperial Entrepreneurs society. Organised events, workshops and socials. (past speakers include Brent Hoberman and Paul Graham)
• Founding member of the national consortium for university entrepreneurship in collaboration with top 12 universities and government funded agencies « Make your mark » and the NCGE . The aim is to create a sustainable national network of student entrepreneurs and make it an integral part of the entrepreneurial landscape. National Business-plan competition, seed-fund, magasine, and leadership training-program are on the agenda among other things. |
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David Langer
Internet entrepreneur. Co-Founder & CEO, GroupSpaces Ltd. Blogger, davidlanger.co.uk
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Anne Dhulesia
Doing a PhD in chemistry - biophysics in the group of Pr. Dobson, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Scott Murphy
British, 20, Entrepreneur, Studying History at the University of York (UK) Secretary of the York Entrepreneurs Society, Fellow of the NACUE, Intern at the CETLE and Secretary of Alcuin College JCRC University of York.