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    14 October 2010
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  • Table of contents:

    1. CUTEC Recruitment Event 2010
    2. Specialist Surgeries - Expert one-to-one business advice for entrepreneurs
    3. Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge (November 18-20)
    4. CUE Grand Launch 2010
    5. Enterprise Tuesday

  • 1. CUTEC Recruitment Event 2010

    Do you want to be the next Richard Branson? Come and visit us!

    CUTEC is a society of students with interests in technology and management. We organize events and initiatives to spread the entrepreneurial spirit amongst the Cambridge student community. Our discussions, workshops and events are targeted to give members insights into developing ideas and generating business.

    Make a difference! Have an impact! Join us!

    *CONNECT* with an outstanding network of, entrepreneurs, investors, bright students and professionals. Work with ideas, understand the enterprise generation process, brainstorm.

    *CREATE! INSPIRE* us, make a difference, go out into the world and have an impact!

    We are fortunate to have Dr Christopher Padfield (University of Cambridge Corporate Liaison Office, Founding Director) and international alumni to briefly outline the benefits of being a CUTEC member. Why not come and network with alumni and learn how CUTEC has contributed to their success!

    Come and visit us at our recruitment event. Visit our website at www.cutec.org.

    *Where: LT1, Judge Business School*

    *When: 20th October 2010, 8.30pm onwards (followed by Networking drinks at Browns)*

    Poster link:
    http://www.cutec.org/files/press_releases/FlyerWantedBack...

  • 2. Specialist Surgeries - Expert one-to-one business advice for entrepreneurs

    Thinking of starting a venture but need some advice? Already started up and looking for scale?

    The Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) and Cambridge Enterprise are pleased to present the Specialist Surgeries for the Michaelmas Term. The Surgeries, hosted by ideaSpace, cover the following topics you need to know about to help commercialise your technology or make your business work:


    20/10/2010 Marketing: Media Managers

    27/10/2010 Patents and other IPR: Kilburn & Strode LLP

    03/11/2010 Venture Capital: TTP Ventures

    10/11/2010 Early Stage Funding & Business Planning: MaGa Coaching

    17/11/2010 Marketing: Tony Wilson

    24/11/2010 Patents and other IPR: BBShaw

    01/12/2010 Legal Issues: TBC

    08/12/2010 Early Stage Funding & Business Planning: ideaSpace


    To book a slot, please email Sebastian Schoefer, CUTEC Director of Development (ss806@cam.ac.uk), specifying:

    -Your name and affiliation to Cambridge University,
    -Which slots you can make (A - 14.00, B - 14.45, C - 15.30, D - 16.15),
    -The nature of your enquiry, so that your advisor can offer you the most personalised assistance.

    This service is extended exclusively to members of the University of Cambridge and is free of charge.

    For more information on the Specialist Surgeries, please visit
    http://www.cutec.org/?n1=workshops&n2=cutec_surgeries

    Surgeries currently take place at ideaSpace, Entrepreneurship Centre, 3 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0GT.

    For more information on Cambridge Enterprise and ideaSpace, please visit
    http://www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/ and http://www.ideaspace.cam.ac.uk/

  • 3. Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge (November 18-20)

    Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge (SVC2C), co-hosted by NESTA and Cambridge University, welcomes pioneers of the most disruptive consumer internet and green technologies on November 18-20 to Cambridge.

    Do not miss the opportunity to be part of this conference when Silicon Valley entrepreneurs will meet their UK and European counterparts. Over the last years, SVC2C has grown into an eagerly anticipated event, with thousands of students and entrepreneurs benefiting from the collective expertise of Silicon Valley and Silicon Fen.

    The three-day-long conference will inspire you to start or join an entrepreneurial business and foster relationships between the leading entrepreneurs, angels and investors and scientists from both world centres of ideas. For this, SVC2C lined up a series of events consisting of Thursday evening Keynote Speeches, Friday Masterclasses and Debate, and a Company Exhibition on Saturday.

    Speakers include:

    Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn),

    Joi Ito (CEO of Creative Commons),

    Daniel Yates (CEO and Founder of OPOWER),

    Megan Smith (Vice President and General Manager of Google.org)


    To register and for more information on the SVC2C conference, please visit:
    http://www.svc2c.com/

    SVC2C is jointly organised by NESTA, Judge Business School, CUTEC, CUE and
    MBA Ventures Club.

  • 4. CUE Grand Launch 2010

    Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) warmly invites you to join us for one of the most exciting events in Cambridge, CUE Grand Launch, where you can find out how to be a real entrepreneur and win from £100 to £5K as a bonus.

    Seating is limited. Register today!

    http://cuegrandlaunch2010.eventbrite.com/

    18 Oct 2010, 6:30 - 9:30pm, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

    Over the last 10 years, CUE has awarded more than half a million to over 400 teams who are now collectively worth £42m. The Grand Launch is particularly special since it marks the start of the second decade of the Entrepreneurs' Challenge. The event is free to attend and there will be food, drink and live music as well as the chance to meet potential team-mates for this year's Entrepreneurs' Challenge. Come along and find out what it takes to be
    a winner.


    To kick start a new year of creativity and entrepreneurship, we are delighted to announce the speakers for this year's Grand Launch:

    Dr Hermann Hauser
    Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners

    Dr Hauser is the most prominent figures of entrepreneurship in the UK and Europe. He received his PhD degree in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory at King's College, Cambridge. He has helped four of the companies that he has worked with become billion dollar companies. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, he has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers, Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel, and Cambridge Network Limited.


    Billy Boyle
    Co-founder of Owlstone Inc.

    Billy is the co-founder of Owlstone, one of Cambridge's most successful spin-outs with perhaps the most legendary story of starting up a company. Owlstone was born when Billy and the other two co-founders, Andrew and David, were researching in the Department of Engineering of Cambridge University. They entered the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £50K prize competition in 2004 and received the Runner up prize, marking the beginning of an adventure that has been ongoing for the past six years, winning
    multiple investments and grants of millions.


    Find out how they did it and how you can be next. We will also be announcing how you can win £100 for 100 Words!

  • 5. Enterprise Tuesday

    Enterprise Tuesday is a series of free evening lectures and networking sessions managed and delivered by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning since 1999. The programme aims to introduce participants to the world of business, as well as to encourage and inspire individuals to pursue their entrepreneurial ambition. It is the most popular non-assessed programme within the University.

    Enterprise Tuesday is open to all University of Cambridge staff and students, members of other universities and the local business community. The series is particularly relevant for postgraduate students considering future career paths, those exploring entrepreneurial opportunities and looking to build high quality networks with experts and practitioners.

    Enterprise Tuesday runs for six weeks during the Michaelmas Term starting 19th October and then for six weeks during the Lent Term starting 18th January.

    Please see
    www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisetuesday/programme/timetable.html
    for details of the timetable.

    The sessions take place at Department of Engineering with registration from 6.00pm. The lecture runs from 6.30pm -7.30pm followed by networking. Please register online at
    www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisetuesday/register.html

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