Aged 25 Lucian is the energetic face behind BraveNewTalent.com. He is winner of the Global Enterprising Young Brit of 2009 and has been placed in the UK’s top 5 up and coming entrepreneurs by Natwest and RBS. He was the UK’s first undergraduate entrepreneur to receive EU financial backing and Edinburgh University support. He is also the world’s youngest entrepreneur to join the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment’s) Global Entrepreneur Program with BraveNewTalent.com being described by the UK Government as a “Technology company of Exceptional Potential”.
Lucian is using the BraveNewTalent.com platform to head up the global social media outreach for One Young World -- An initiative to give young people a place to engage and have their voices heard about their future. Lucian is overseeing the selection of 1500 young leaders from 192 countries in what will be one of the most ambitious uses of social media for a real world event. BraveNewTalent.com is tapping into the major social networks and new media channels across the planet to try to mobilize next generation leaders behind the initiative.
Aside from BraveNewTalent.com Lucian has been recognised by StridingOut’s Future 100 as one of the UK’s 100 entrepreneurs leading social and environmental commitments. He has a long association to India and is a youth advisor for Next Generation India on the Board of the UK India Business Council. BraveNewTalent.com now has an office in Mumbai. As a student he ran one of the UK’s only entirely student run charities -- Take Heart India. Through his fundraising efforts Take Heart has built an IT and English language school in rural India training hundreds of blind and handicapped students in IT skills. Lucian has also recently joined the ‘Yunus Brain Pool’ -- A global group of 30 young leaders who through their ideas and creativity support the development of corporate social business inspired and led by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Perize winner and founder of Grameen Bank.
Lucian is passionate about young enterprise and is a Make Your Mark Connector. He has been an enterprise mentor and judge for The Prime Ministers Global Fellowship and participated in IBM’s Forum on Global Leadership receiving an from an invitation from IBM’s Global CEO to be one of the founding members of their forthcoming Global Entrepreneur Exchange. He has co-pioneered a Next Generation Leadership Forum in Finland attracting participants such as Microsoft and Nokia. Lucian has spoken to audiences across Europe and Asia about the phenomenal change that young people are having on the way we work, live and communicate.
http://www.luciantarnowski.com/
October 14th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Quite amazing that someone with no business success can position themselves as a successful entrepreneur.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Take Heart seems to raise a little bit of cash here and there, but it isn’t to hard to get together £10k or £20k for a charity event. I certainly applaud the bloke for getting involved in worthwhile causes… That being said, where is there any substance to his business acumen? The guy seems to leverage the names of rich friends and bang on about a load of waffley stuff that doesn’t exist and, quite frankly, wouldn’t see the light of day if it weren’t for his high profile connections.
BraveNewTalent sounds like linkedIn and seems to indicate his complete lack of understanding of an industry… connecting with companies via facebook etc. Give me a break! If a hedge fund tried to recruit me through a facebook group I’d think they were a mickey mouse outfit.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:05 AM
When will bravenewtalent make money? It seemed to have swallowed a lot so far…….