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    02 March 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. CUTEC Networking Event (7th March)
    2. Join i-Teams for the Easter Term, (5th March deadline)
    3. Investors' Forum: Let us show you the money! (11th February)
    4. CUE £5k Finalists Ceremony (16th March)
    5. Enter the IDEAS EMPOWERED competition for a chance of winning £3000 (2nd March)
    6. London Business School Entrepreneurship Challenge Business Plan
    7. MIT $100K GSW in Cape Town (25-27th March 2009)

  • 1. CUTEC Networking Event (7th March)

    Finding the right core team is the most important aspect to consider when starting a business.

    During the CUTEC networking event on 7th March, you will have a chance to meet:
    - potential team members for your business idea
    - experienced entrepreneurs willing to share their experience with you
    - people with brilliant ideas you could partner with

    What: Meet students and entrepreneurs from Cambridge, London, and Paris!
    When: 7th March 2009, 4pm for a 4:30pm start
    Where: Judge Business School, LT1 & common room, Cambridge

    In partnership with entrepreneurial clubs from London Business School, Imperial College, University College London, King’s College London, HEC Paris and Copenhagen Business School.

    The event will kick off with Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL), Shai Vyakarnam, giving insight into “how to make the most of a networking opportunity," before the leaders of each participating club introduce their organizations and members. Following a facilitated networking session between students, the big entrepreneurs will make their guest star appearance!

    Participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy a tour of Cambridge before the networking session and a formal dinner in the evening.

    MORE DETAILS & REGISTRATION at http://www.cutec.org

  • 2. Join i-Teams for the Easter Term, (5th March deadline)

    In i-Teams, a group of students collaborates with researchers and industry mentors to determine the commercial potential of their projects. At the end of the term, the team presents their findings to a mixed business/academic audience and has the opportunity to present them further at CUTEC’s Technology Ventures Conference.

    Do not miss this unique opportunity for students to build go-to-market strategies for Cambridge inventions!

    Learn more and see available projects at www.iteamsonline.org

    Applications by Thursday, 5th March.

    To apply, send your CV and a covering letter explaining which project you want to do and why to Amy Mokady at am678@cam.ac.uk no later than Thursday, 5th March.

  • 3. Investors' Forum: Let us show you the money! (11th February)

    One more fantastic event entered into the records of CUTEC, as this has been our first collaboration with the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) club.

    The commitment of our club members in tuning all details to perfection has been evident in the results that speak of themselves: a full room of 250 people in an event that was sold out more than one 1 week ago, characterized by a truly rich content and first-rate organization that returned the most positive feedback from attendees. Visit the official website at www.theinvestorsforum.org and for a full report visit http://www.cutec.org/?n1=workshops.

    Alex van Someren, moderating the panel, opened the forum by asking, “How has investing changed in the new economic environment?” A diverse panel of early-stage investors addressed this and a range of other questions pertaining to venture capital. The panel unanimously had a positive tone for start-up companies in today’s market, but as Kerry Baldwin (IQ Capital) poetically put it - investors are looking for companies that are leaner and meaner with their money.

    The panel spoke to a full room of over 250 attendees who travelled from as far away as Copenhagen, with 23 MBA students from the Copenhagen Business School participating in this event, which sold out more than a week in advance. Following the forum, attendees and panelists enjoyed a food and drink networking session.

  • 4. CUE £5k Finalists Ceremony (16th March)

    Save the Date!

    The entrants have been submitted and the judges are judging! Come to the £5K Finalists Ceremony to see who will get to continue to the final stages!

    CUE is planning a cocktail party to announce the Finalists for the CU Entrepreneurs £5k Challenge. The venue will be the Cambridge Union located on Bridge Street from 6pm. Come eat, drink, network and see if you agree with the judges decisions!

    For more details visit the CUE website at http://www.cue.org.uk.

  • 5. Enter the IDEAS EMPOWERED competition for a chance of winning £3000 (2nd March)

    Ideas Empowered next event is on Monday 2nd of March at 6pm (Blackett Lect1,Prince Consort rd SW7). The Talk will be about Technology transfer and Intellectual property. We are thrilled to have Hugh Penfold of Imperial Innovations to come and speak about his 20 years of experience with spinning out companies in the Biotech sector.

    The talk will be followed by networking/drinks and introduction to mentors for competition entrants. Expect the usual suspect on the Business Angel and entrepreneurs front!

    We will have a traffic light format (green entrepreneur/entrant, orange mentors, red investors) to maximize networking outcome. This event is open to externals and we have had attendants from Cambridge ,Oxford and Kings in the past.

    Join us on our younoodle group at http://younoodle.com/groups/ideas_empowered

  • 6. London Business School Entrepreneurship Challenge Business Plan

    As part of the 11th annual London Business School Entrepreneurship conference 2009 (April 24th), the Entrepreneurship Challenge Business Plan Competition gives all aspiring Entrepreneurs the chance to compete for £10,000 in prizes + consultancy towards starting your business. It is a unique opportunity to pitch and challenge your idea in front of investors.

    The competition is open to teams consisting of at least one student or alumnus of any UK university or Business School.

    By submitting an entry, your business plan will be reviewed by students, faculty, venture capitalists and angel investors (N.B.: confidentiality will be ensured by a Non-Disclosure Agreement).

    Schedule in a nutshell:
    - Round 1: Executive Summary (5 pages maximum) to be received by March 12th
    - Round 2: Business Plans of successful teams will be review by a panel of judges including students, faculty and investors. Deadline for submissions to this stage is April 7th. The 5 qualified teams will be contacted by April 15th to participate and pitch their idea at the Entrepreneurship Conference.
    - Round 3 (final round): the 5 selected teams will be invited to present their idea for 200+ people attending the conference on April 24th (15mn Q&A, format to be confirmed), and an unequalled chance to win a £10k+ prize and network with successful Entrepreneurs and investors.

    If you have any question, please feel free to ask a member of the Business Plan Competition team (bplan@londoneconference.com) or visit the competition website at http://www.londoneconference.com/bplan.html.

  • 7. MIT $100K GSW in Cape Town (25-27th March 2009)

    The MIT $100K business plan contest is one of the most prestigious entrepreneurship competitions in the world. Now in its 19th year, the Competition has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and engendered over 85 companies with an aggregate value of over $10.5 billion (www.mit100k.org).

    To support the work of the business plan competition in encouraging entrepreneurship, there is an annual 3-day conference: the MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW). This year, the GSW will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on 25-27th March. It is an opportunity to meet with students, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and top business leaders from all over the world and discuss the global issues facing the next generation of enterprises. For further details, please visit the website at http://gsw.mit100k.org

    If you are interested in attending the conference, send me an email at vidushi.tekriwal@cue.org.uk and if there is sufficient demand, I will organise a group delegation from Cambridge. There is also the possibility of arriving a few days early to see the sights around Cape Town before the conference begins.

    Whether you want to meet some inspiring people, develop innovative ideas or simply see some sunshine again, this should be a very rewarding trip!

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