Cambridge University Entrepreneurs - Entrepreneurs' £5K Challenge Training

Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM (GMT)

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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How to make your elevator pitch the best of all?

How to make your business plan stand out from 1000 others?

Come join us for an afternoon of free training!

Proudly presented by CUE:

The Entrepreneurs' £5k Challenge

Training: Create a Winning Business

Date and Time: 13:00-17:30 Saturday, 5 February, 2011

Location: Lecture Theater 4 (LT4), Department of Engineering

CUE’s Entrepreneurs’ £5k Challenge Training Event offers a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow to learn the skills today. From serial entrepreneurs to managing directors and IP lawyers, CUE has invited help from leading experts to cover all aspects of a business plan and a elevator pitch that will make sure your business idea is the favourite of investors.

If you think you’re ready, sign up for the training event, pop in for surgeries and get 1-2-1 advice from our mentors. Don't forget to enter the CUE £5K Challenge to claim your share of the £30,000!

Saturday's speakers include:

	How to Write a Winning Business Plan Emmanuel Carraud Co-founder and CEO of MagicSolver.com, a successful iPhone start up in Cambridge, founder of 12 Entrepreneurs and also a famous CUE alumni company.
	Routes to Market David Jenkins Founder and Manager of i2i-management.com, a specialist Cambridge-based consultancy which helps small and medium sized enterprises to run their business well.
	Making the Perfect Pitch Dr Darrin Disley Executive Chairman, Horizon. Dr Disley is a serial entrepreneur with the experience of setting-up seven new ventures in the Biotech, IT and Consumer Products markets and has a track-record for building sustainable businesses from low-tech and high-tech innovation. Dr Disley holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Cambridge; has been the author of six papers, 7 patent applications and 26 conference abstracts and; has been an advisor on biotech commercialisation strategies to key technology centres in Europe, USA, India and Africa.
	Finances and Investments Peter Hiscocks Peter has founded eight new ventures of which three have been sold, one has closed and he is Chairman or Director of the others. These businesses include Integral Inc - a $50 million consulting company; Ecurie25 Ltd - a supercar club; and Pod Point Ltd - an EV recharging business. He is the Chairman of a £20 million seed-fund that helps fund new business start-ups and is on the advisory board of a large venture capital company. He is also an active business angel. At the University of Cambridge Peter was Director of Cambridge Enterprise and prior to that was the first Director of the Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre. Peter has advised several European governments and has chaired European Commission committees on matters of innovation strategy; commercialising university intellectual property; and improving the effective transfer of research programmes into commercial innovations.
	Commercialising Technology Suzanne Oliver Senior Attorney of HLBBshaw. She is a Chartered Engineer with a broad background in telecommunications.

Tentative Schedule for the day:

13:00-13:30 Registration & Welcome from the president

13:30-14:00 How to write a winning business plan

14:00-14:30 Route to Markets

14:30-15:00 Making the perfect pitch

14:00-15:30 Finance and Investment

15:30-16:00 Commercialising Technology

16:00-17:30 Networking and 15-min 1-2-1 surgeries slots with guest speakers and CUE mentors

When

Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM (GMT)

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Department of Engineering

CB2 1PZ Cambridge
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