The successful duo (pictured - Richard on the left) took The Wand Company into the BBC's Dragons' Den where their pitch for the 'Kymera Wand' - the world's first motion-sensitive, button-less universal remote control, attracted record investment offers from all the Dragons.
The theme of their Enterprise Tuesday talk was ‘Creating Star Teams’. The most frequently cited reason for the success or failure of a venture is whether or not the team (as defined by its composition, experience, expertise, chemistry, soft skills, shared purpose and values) is effectively formed and developed. This practitioner-led talk was an opportunity to understand more about the formation, shared vision and development of good entrepreneurial teams and how they build businesses. It explained the need for the founder role to evolve and how entrepreneurs can influence the investor.
The next Enterprise Tuesday session next week (19th February) will feature the co-founders of Bicycle Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a platform technology that enables the creation of a new generation of biotherapeutics which combine the desirable features of small molecules and biopharmaceuticals to create highly specific and highly stable drugs. Sir Greg Winter CBE and Rolf Gűenther will talk about the issues entrepreneurs face as they progress the vision to reality.
More information is available at http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisetuesday/programme/timetable.html
Enterprise Tuesday is a series of free lectures and networking sessions managed and delivered by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. The talks are open to University students and staff as well as the wider community. If you’re interested in attending, please register online »
Registration is from 18:00. The lecture starts at 18:30 followed by networking from 20:00.
About the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL)
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL), based at Cambridge Judge Business School, aims to spread the spirit of enterprise to both the University of Cambridge community and to wider national and international audiences through the creation and delivery of a range of educational activities that inspire and build skills in the practise of Entrepreneurship. One of CfEL's key teaching values is that the best people to teach entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs. This philosophy has led to the Centre collaborating with a network of over 300 experienced entrepreneurs, innovators and other practitioners to provide relevant, credible and practical training.
The Centre has developed an enviable track record in the field of entrepreneurship education with a number of flagship programmes designed to provide skills for students, graduates, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs from different backgrounds and at different stages of the entrepreneurial journey. These programmes are Enterprise Tuesday, ETECH Projects, Ignite, Enterprisers and the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship.
Tel: 01223 766900; Email: cfel@jbs.cam.ac.uk ; Web: www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk
________________________________________________