Members of Oxford Entrepreneurs have gone on to form a wide variety of different companies and social enterprises, some formed through the society’s start a company scheme, others formed themselves while studying or after graduating from the university. Featured below are some of the companies formed by members of Oxford Entrepreneurs past and present.
Each founder has battled different challenges along the way and has their own inspirational story to tell. If you are a current member of the society thinking about starting your own venture we encourage you to get in touch with those that have been there before - they all have valuable experiences to share. Where we have provided contact details, the people involved will probably be more than happy to answer any questions they can - although please appreciate their busy schedules if you have a lot of questions!
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Featured Companies
Snooth was founded by Philip James (St Hughs MChem 1999).
Snooth is the world’s largest wine search engine and social network and is revolutionizing the way people choose wine.
Snooth was founded in November 2006 and closed its first round of funding in December of that year. Based in New York City, Snooth combines proprietary algorithms with the world’s most comprehensive wine database to accurately identify the wines best-suited to an individual.
James Holmes: Age 28
Founder of myTripBook.com
James is the founder of myTripBook.com. He graduated in 2001 with a BA in Modern History from St Annes’s College.
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Tom currently runs two companies, Blue Ventures and Travelroots. He is also currently working with a number of other ex-OE members to start a ‘ground-breaking business’. Watch this space…!
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Enterprising undergraduates create first ever student online marketplace
What is Boso?
Boso.co.uk is an online marketplace for students to trade all those items they need while at University but may never use again. Users can browse items for sale, advertise their unwanted possessions, and post requests for wanted items.
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WearFair is a fair trade jewellery company, based upon an initial business model developed under the Young Enterprise Graduate Scheme, 2004-05. The YE company was called Labislajulla, and sold fair trade jewellery sourced from South America at various social and cultural events around Oxford. The company made a healthy profit and helped raise the profile of fair trade within the University.
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