There was a busy programme of events, masterclasses, workshops, networking, dinners and banter over the two and a half days of the visit by a dozen or so entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley. I attended a number of the formal sessions and the dinner at the Masters Lodge at Trinity College. Apart from the energy and [...]
Archive for November 2009
Should entrepreneurs be cross with banks or bankers for the mess we have now?
Should entrepreneurs be cross with banks or bankers for the mess we have now? At a debate last week at the Cambridge Union – part of the Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge event- a few simple facts became obvious – well once we dealt with the noise in the information. We need a banking system [...]
One of the fastest internet companies with cash and profits!
Once again the audiences of Enterprise Tuesday at Cambridge were treated to some insights into entrepreneurship by someone who is very modest about his achievements. His initial take was that he just bumbled along for about 7 years from 1990 to 1997, living off his wife’s success – a former classmate from the Indian Institute [...]
Creating opportunities in technology – Experience from two Business Angels on Enterprise Tuesday
Having just spoken with David Cleevely and Andy Richards about their talk(s) on Enterprise Tuesday on the 10th of November 2009, – they see about 2 – 3 ideas per week and have to try and filter out those that excite them enough to invest in. What are the criteria by which they do this [...]
Meeting customer needs – Learning from Kell Ryan
The story behind the huge success of Ryanair – which has grown from a small Irish airline with 5000 passengers to an international carrier with 200+ planes, 900 routes, profits and with 58m+ passengers is a lesson to us all. How have they done this? A clear vision that is easy to articulate seems to [...]
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