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| Raj Anand | |
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| Born | March 6, 1982 Kuwait |
| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
Raj Anand (born 1982) is a Brighton-based web entrepreneur. Raj Anand is one of eighteen Young Entrepreneurs in Europe profiled by BusinessWeek in 2007.[1] He is also the ambassador[2] for Enterprise UK campaign. Raj was the founder and operations director [3] at social network service provider Kwiqq and author of Social Media's Impact on Recruitment and HR. He also writes personal blogs Raj Anand
[edit] Personal life
Raj 'Rajeshwar Singh Anand' was born in Kuwait and grew mainly in India [4] and Kuwait.
[edit] Early life and now
He has a bachelors degree in computer system engineering and Master of Research in Computer science and Artificial intelligence from University of Sussex.[5] Raj was one of six entrepreneurs chosen by the panel and won Government funding to take a short Master of Business Administration course at Cranfield University. Things snowballed quickly when Raj found a Brighton-based business angel, David Hill, prepared to invest [6] into setting up a business. Raj built Kwiqq at the age of 23,[3] building majority of the software himself. Anand is a major supporter of entrepreneurship/young entrepreneur speaking at British Library,[7] Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MakeYourMark campaigns [8] etc. Raj now [9] works as a consultant developing creative use of Social network/media and is involved in developing strategies to innovate new social tools at Kwiqq.
Kwiqq's parent business, Anderstand Ltd was closed in September 2009. Kwiqq's final blog post gave details of why the company had failed.
Raj is also the creator of SUE, Sussex University Entrepreneurs,[10] through which he is trying to support and promote entrepreneurship.
[edit] References
- ^ "An Indian who made good". Hindustan Times. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/06/0601_europe_entp/source/5.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Inspiring Stories". http://www.enterpriseuk.org/inspiring_stories/raj_anand. Retrieved 2008-07-30.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Social Website Builder Kwiqq". http://www.kwiqq.com/management. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Europe's Young Entrepreneurs 2007". BusinessWeek. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=d01daf31-858a-4476-a116-f923fd3e9e5d&MatchID1=4727&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1191&PrimaryID=4727&Headline=An+Indian+who+made+good&strParent=strParentID. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Study UK". Hobsons UK. http://www.studyuk.hobsons.com/microsite/university_of_sussex/casestudy/1014. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Social climbing pays in the virtual world". The Argus (Brighton). http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1468198.social_climbing_pays_in_the_virtual_world/. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Social Networking at British Library". http://rajanand.biz/2008/04/21/social-networking-at-british-library/. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Brighton’s YES Network hosts ‘Enterprise Changes Lives’". http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/2007/11/21/brightons-yes-network-hosts-enterprise-changes-lives/. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Raj Anand LinkedIn". http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajanand. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ / "SUE - Sussex University Entrepreneurs". http://rajanand.biz/2009/03/16/sue-sussex-university-entrepreneurs/ /.
