For this event, we are extremely excited to be joined by Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer and former Dragons’ Den business angel Piers Linney who will both deliver a keynote speech telling us about their start-up and scale-up experiences and then join opposing sides of our team of 6 debaters.
We will see three experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders debating on each side of this battle of ‘start-up’ versus ‘scale-up’. This will be an insightful and hopefully light-hearted contest covering skill set, mindset, resourcing, financing, marketing and a range of other facets of these two key stages in the growth of a successful business.
With a debate of such direct relevance to the local business ecosystem it will be fascinating to see which side prevails on the night!
Before the main event, there will be a great opportunity to network over drinks with old and new contacts from across the business and professional community.
Timings:
- 17:00 – Arrival at Cambridge Union – Welcome networking drinks in the Keynes Library
- 18:15 – Audience to be seated
- 18:30 – Gareth John Introduction
- 18:45 – Lord Karan Bilimoria and Piers Linney will both deliver a keynote speech
- 19:15 – The Great Debate!
- 20:30 – Finish – A few of us will head next door to the Orator bar so please feel free to join us for a drink afterwards for those who can stay
In the meantime, if you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via email ficambridge@firstintuition.co.uk.
