Tom SpencerJohn Paulson, the American hedge fund manager and billionaire, donated $400 million to Harvard University this week. The donation will go to Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences which, strangely enough, will be renamed the “Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences”. Donating money to an educational institution can never be a bad thing, can it? Well, […]
(Source: Flickr) I attended a talk last week at the Oxford Union given by Alexandra Shulman, editor-in-chief of British Vogue. Shulman is the longest serving editor in British Vogue history. She took the helm in 2002, and has presided over a circulation increase to 220,000 copies. Needless to say, I was interested to hear what she had […]
Crowdfunding is a growing trend that allows individuals, non-profits and start-ups to fund projects by raising money from the crowd using an online platform. Last week I attended a crowdfunding discussion at the Oxford Launchpad with Jonathan May, CEO of Hubbub, and representatives from the development offices of various Oxford colleges. Asking for donations from alumni is one […]