Join YouNoodle | Login

  • CUTEC

    17 January 2012
  • Header

  • Table of contents:

    1. Seasonal Wishes from CUTEC!
    2. CUTEC’s TVC diary
    3. Start of a promising partnership between CUTEC and ITRM
    4. EntrepriseWISE: only few places left for the programme running this month so hurry up!
    5. User Experience Workshop: 25th January, Graduate Union – 8.15pm
    6. Springboard London now open for applications
    7. News from CUE: raising your entrepreneurial competiveness!
    8. Cambridge ‘Pitching for Management’ Event
    9. Cambridge Technology Challenge

  • 1. Seasonal Wishes from CUTEC!

    Happy New Year with our best wishes for a successful 2012!!!

    We hope everyone has enjoyed a lovely festive period and is getting ready for a fresh start of the academic year in few days. Please let us fulfil your diary with the first fundamental date: our Technology Venture Conference on the 22nd June @ Robinson College – more details will be shortly communicated via our website so don’t forget to check it out!

    Furthermore, although CUTEC has not completely stopped over the Christmas break, our weekly General meeting at the Graduate Union will restart on Wednesday 18th January from 8.15pm as usual. We invite all the Vice Presidents and team members to gather together beforehand so all the new ideas will keep flowing smoothly during the session.

    For more information about our forthcoming events, please visit: http://cutec.org/events/calendar/

  • 2. CUTEC’s TVC diary

    This year CUTEC is inviting you behind the curtains of its biggest and most popular conference: the Technology Ventures Conference (TVC). The TVC will take place on the 22nd June at Robinson College. Thus, from January to June, the newsletter will present you the challenges faced by each single CUTEC team in the organisation of a large international conference.

    The TVC is one of the world’s largest student-run entrepreneurial events, attracting worldwide high profile venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and angel investors providing unmatched access to this community for student attendees.

    Liz, our CUTEC’s President, is leading the club this year with the support of the Executive Committee (EC): Claire, Alexey, Neil, Andriy and Vivian. They constitute the core expertise, support and advise the five new Vice Presidents (VPs) who since their election (5th December) had to coordinate their teams, and distribute the workload amongst their members.

    One of the great things about being part of CUTEC is the flexibility that it allows, albeit maintaining a high level of professionalism. Its members can get involved to the level that suit them best, according to their busy schedule. CUTEC members are typically students, BA, MA, MBA, and PhD, but there are also professionals. Some members even collaborate from outside the UK. This flexible model within the organisation poses a few challenges in itself. At the same time, it provides an excellent learning environment for all people involved.
    The next six months are going to be an incredible learning curve for the members, even the first real working experience for some of them. It will pay back not only adding some good skills and experience to everyone’s CV, but also in forging characters, and creating life-long memories. Friendships will form in the midst of hours of panic and excitement in the run up to the TVC.

    Will CUTEC leave another successful footprint in the Cambridge technology and enterprise network? Or will the challenges be too much for this year’s members? Can a student organisation compete against bigger and professionally planned conferences? If so, how can they do that? Step by step, the next six months will help unveiling this, perhaps in the hope to create a model, which will be followed by other student clubs in future.

    This month the insight will be given by Ivan, Vice President from the External relations team:

    “Throughout the Christmas break, the External Relations team has been working hard to further develop the media contacts which will be vital in gaining widespread interest in TVC 2012. As the majority of the team members were travelling across the world, either back home or on holiday, it was not easy to keep everyone organised and in contact - but with the hard work that was done throughout the past year, it was a well deserved break for all. One of our recent successes is a forthcoming article about CUTEC and the TVC in Entrepreneur Country, and as we move into the New Year we are looking forward to even more media coverage.”

    Please do get in touch if you have any ideas and suggestions for our teams. We are always looking for new motivated individuals to join our organisation. Beware you’ll need to handle a challenge or two!

    Likewise, drop us an email if you would like to get involved as a CUTEC sponsor or participate to the TVC Technology Showcase or the Diamond Exhibition (sponsorship@cutec.org).

  • 3. Start of a promising partnership between CUTEC and ITRM

    In few days a fresh new website will be launched for CUTEC Technology Venture Conference 2012. We are tremendously grateful for the help ITRM has generously offered in building the site which brings our conference on a true professional stance.

    ITRM is a privately owned IT services company who provide technical solutions for all your business needs. Formed in 1999, we take a dynamic approach to delivering the best possible service to our customers. Their objective from the outset has been to build strong relationships with clients based upon honesty and diligence. Their solutions will both support and transform your business.

    IT Support & Consultancy
    By taking the time to understand the needs of your business they are able to provide bespoke IT supported and managed services tailored to your requirements and budget. They utilise industry leading technologies to ensure our services are delivered to the highest standards. Additionally they advise and deliver technology change and infrastructure transformation for SME and Enterprise environments alike by embracing industry leading tools, best practice and proven project management methodologies.

    Network Cabling
    They offer comprehensive design and installation services for both copper and fibre optic infrastructure. From small office networks to large multi-site implementations, their technical designers and engineers have the knowledge and experience to maximise the performance of your cabling infrastructure.

    Voice and Data
    A full range of Internet and telephony services are available to suit your business needs. They offer impartial, unbiased advice on all aspects of business communications, specialising in reducing operational spend and delivering the right solution.

    Web Design and Development
    They specialise in providing high quality custom web and intranet software solutions, along with search engine optimisation, allowing you to maximise your presence on the web. They also provide logo and print design, allowing you to give your organisation a unique identity.

  • 4. EntrepriseWISE: only few places left for the programme running this month so hurry up!

    EnterpriseWISE is a tailored entrepreneurship course for PhD and Early Career women researchers who are working in Science, Engineering and Technology with the express purpose of developing skills, knowledge and confidence. The programme focuses significantly on three things:

    - Personal development and increasing confidence in being entrepreneurial
    - Highlighting the realities of entrepreneurship for women from STEM subjects
    - Building networks of entrepreneurial women

    This four-day programme takes place on the weekends 21-22 January 2012 and 18-19 February 2012, with study assignments in between.

    EnterpriseWISE adopts methods that are recognised to raise confidence as well as knowledge and skills like learning-by-doing, learning from others, and provision of role models. The course runs over two separate weekends to accommodate busy researchers who cannot take time off.

    See information on the website: at www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisewise/index.html

  • 5. User Experience Workshop: 25th January, Graduate Union – 8.15pm

    Search for & browse non-fiction books (like in a bookstore) and buy individual pages - at just a few pence per page. Buy only the pages you want, from anywhere in a book. Or across books and put together your own collection. Get the gist of a book with a few selected pages. Enhance your learning by accessing relevant material across books.

    Create your own online pin-board of pages/excerpts you like. Share interesting pages/excerpts of books with others via facebook/twitter, email. Follow others whose content you like and get good recommendations on what to read with limited time and money.

    We would like to demo our website to you on the 25th of January and get your feedback on the user experience, pricing and social networking aspects and other features you would like to see on our site. Please sign up for our beta launch via our holding page www.buy1page.com

  • 6. Springboard London now open for applications

    Working on a startup in 2012? Springboard London is now open for applications! The 13 week accelerator programme for startups kicks off April 2012 in East London. Smart teams working on internet/mobile startups across any industry, any age, any stage are welcome to apply: http://spr.bo/Apply2012

    Find us at www.springboard.com and @springboardnews for more programme details and gossip. Application deadline 29th January & all startups applying will receive this extended Christmas present.

  • 7. News from CUE: raising your entrepreneurial competiveness!

    The Entrepreneurs' £1K Competition Deadline: 5pm, 20th January 2012
    Remember the hard copies need to be RECEIVED not mailed before the deadline.
    Enter the £1k Competition by registering online at: http://www.cue.org.uk/1k-competition-registration-form/

    Please note that there are multiple steps to complete the process of entering the competition. Double check! Don't miss out on one of the eight £1k prizes because of something small!

    The time allowed for the £1k Competition this year is much longer than before. So use your time wisely and give yourself a chance to win!

  • 8. Cambridge ‘Pitching for Management’ Event

    Thursday 16th February, 4.00-7.30pm
    Taylor Vinters, Merlin Place, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0DP

    "Pitching for Management" is a UK series of events offering fast-growth companies the chance to find senior executives and non-executives to help their company proceed to its next stage of growth. At each event, 6 companies present their businesses and the roles available to a room of highly talented individuals ranging from sales, marketing and finance board positions to mentorships, chair, CEO and non-executive director positions.

    Join the hundreds of businesses have already presented at these events and have employed talented individuals as a result. Click here to read a great case study from a recent pitching company.

    Get in touch with the AngelNews team today to discuss why presenting at “Pitching for Management” could revolutionise your business. Contact Sarah Abrahams at sarah@angelnews.co.uk or call 07916 340 009

    For more information visit www.pitching4management.com or book online at http://pitchingformanagementcambridge4-eorg.eventbrite.co...

  • 9. Cambridge Technology Challenge

    The challenge is simple. In teams of five, raise £1000 within two weeks for The Prince's Trust using the power of technology.

    This is your opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in your local community. You will be competing with other technology firms in and around Cambridge. The two weeks will kick off on Wednesday 15th February with and action-packed day introduced with a webcast from John Caterer, Managing Director of Qualcomm and Vice Chair of The Prince’s Trust Technology Leadership Group.

    The team raising the most funds will win the opportunity to have lunch with David Cleevely and John Caterer to pick their brains. A second prize will also be awarded for the most innovative use of technology. Competing teams will need to come up with an idea in advance. Companies will need to allow their employees one volunteering day on the 15th February, and teams will be given the following two weeks to raise the money.
    Not only is this a fantastic opportunity to stretch the creativity of your employees, the funds raised will go towards supporting disadvantaged young people in the region. Last year The Trust helped over 3,500 young people in the East to change their lives for the better, and with your support, we can build on this success.

    For entry details and more information email: charlie.baxter@princes-trust.org.uk
    About the Trust: http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_d...

CUTEC Newsletters