Simon Hulme

Simon Hulme is a British academic, professor, author, and programme director for the master's programme in entrepreneurship at University College London.
Education
Hulme attended Epsom College where he earned A-Levels in Mathematics, Economics, and English. He then went on to Kingston University, completing a BA (Hons) in Business Studies.
Career
Hulme began his professional career at Redland Roof Tiles Limited, where he worked while also attending university. Hulme has been involved in teaching and mentoring entrepreneurs. He started in technical sales and went on to become a product manager in one of the world’s largest roof tile manufacturers. He later co-founded Frame Express Plc, a London-based fast picture framing company, which grew to 16 retail stores in London. The business was sold to The Oliver Group Plc in 1989.
In 1992, Hulme co-founded Card Connection Limited, a greeting card publishing company. It introduced the franchised distribution of greeting cards to convenience retail outlets and became a market leader in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The company grew to service 17,500 retail outlets, employing over 100 franchisees and generating 16 million of greeting card sales annually. Card Connection was sold in 2008 to UK Greetings, a subsidiary of American Greetings Inc., and remains one of their key divisions.
Hulme has been involved in teaching and mentoring entrepreneurs. He became an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kingston University where he mentored students, judged startup contests, and taught various entrepreneurial finance workshops. He served as a programme tutor for the Goldman Sachs Small Businesses Programme at University College London. He also serves as the Programme Director for the MSc Entrepreneurship at University College London School of Management and is currently a professor teaching entrepreneurial finance.
Publication
Entrepreneurial Finance (Bloomsbury, 2020; second edition forthcoming in 2024).

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