Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Gregg Fraley, author, speaker, innovation consultant and contributor to the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship talks about why Creativity is essential to entrepreneurial development and success. He asserts that creative thinking is needed for innovation and without it there would be no successful new ventures. In addition to offering advice, tools and tips, he encourages entrepreneurs to allow time for exploring and ideating in an imaginative way – turning on the faucet of imagination – to solve problems and create successful businesses.
8 January 2013 Tags: blog, business, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, CfEL blog, challenge, contributor, CPS, Creative Problem Solving, creative thinking, creative thinking tools, creativity, creativity awareness, educators, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial development, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, exploring, faucet, Gregg Fraley, ideating, imaginative, imaginatively, innovation, innovation services, inspiration, Jack's Notebook, KILN, principal, self-expression, students, successful business, Turning on the faucet of imagination, ventures
Posted in entrepreneurship, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship, Skills for entrepreneurs
The Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2012 from Shell LiveWIRE offered many lessons for entrepreneurs aspiring to make an impact. However, there are three key overarching lessons that I took away relevant to how to promote innovation, stimulate and support diversity and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
17 November 2012 Tags: diversity, enterprise support, entrepreneurship, Everyone's Business, innovation, Kwickscreen, Lick Me I'm Delicious, Oomph Wellness, Shell LiveWIRE, socially oriented business, Sponsorcraft
Posted in entrepreneurship, International entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship
The main topic on the economic agenda these days is ‘growth’ or how to attain growth’. Growth is held as the measure of success for both enterprise and the nation as a whole. However, there is much less talk of the impact and implications of a growth agenda. Dr Shima Barakat discusses how the drive for enterprise growth is impacting the sustainability agenda.
25 June 2012 Tags: agenda, business education, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, commercialisation, economics, education, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Financing growth, growth, innovation, sustainability, the growth agenda, University of Cambridge
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The CfEL Research team engaged with entrepreneurship educators at the recent Learning by Development conference at Laurea University of Applied Science in Leppävaara, Finland, to gauge opinion about a tool designed as part of EU-funded CAL4INO (i.e. Creative Activities in Learning for Innovation) for measuring creative learning activities and received surprising but interesting reactions.
30 May 2012 Tags: business education, CAL4INO, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, creativity, education, enterprise, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial research, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, EU, European, innovation, inspiration, Laurea University, learning by development, measurement, research, research activity, self-efficacy
Posted in entrepreneurship, Skills for entrepreneurs
The BBC’s Apprentice show has more of a focus on Entrepreneurship with participants competing for investment in their business venture but is it really reflective of the entrepreneurial journey and does this result in meaningful entrepreneurship with benefits for society as a whole?
30 March 2012 Tags: apprenticeships, BBC Apprentice, business, business education, cambridge, Cambridge ecosystem, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, economic downturn, economic outlook, education, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship programmes, innovation, inspiration, Lord Alan Sugar, networks, pitching to investors, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship, start-ups, University of Cambridge, ventures
Posted in entrepreneurship, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship
As he embarks on a Visiting Professorship at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, Shai Vyakarnam considers the practical support, structures and ecosystem needed in India for accelerating the commercialisation of technology and transferring knowledge to the wider community.
13 January 2012 Tags: Bangalore, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, commercialisation, corporate innovation, creativity, education, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurship in India, IIM, IISc, India, Indian Institute of Science, innovation, innovation agenda, inspiration, knowledge seekers, knowledge sharing, knowledge transfer, research hubs, science, technology commercialisation, Visiting Professor
Posted in entrepreneurship, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship, Skills for entrepreneurs
Dr Shai Vyakarnam talks about the notion of ‘meaningful entrepreneurship’ for the creation of long lasting ventures and more vibrant economic development.
16 December 2011 Tags: academic learning, academics, applications, Arab Spring, business education, C K Prahalad, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, CNN, education, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, fostering ventures, Guy Kawazaki, Hermann Hauser, innovation, inspiration, intellectual capital, make meaning, meaningful entrepreneurship, mobile phones, policy makers, Pyramid, silicon fen, social enterprise, start-ups, technology development, ventures
Posted in entrepreneurship, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship
Marcus Holmes, a current student of the MBA programme at Curtin University in Western Australia, talks about his experience of the entrepreneurship course ‘Ignition’ run there recently. Ignition, launched this year, is based on the successful Ignite programme managed by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning in Cambridge.
2 December 2011 Tags: academic learning, attitude, boot camp, business, business angels, business education, business mentors, business study, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, Curtin Business School, Curtin University, dollar, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, experience, Ignite, Ignition, innovation, investment, investors, knowledge seekers, masterclass, MBA, MBA student, mentors, networking, pitch, start-ups, university, ventures, work experience
Posted in entrepreneurship, Ignite, Uncategorized
Dr Shai Vykarnam talks about the current crisis in the EU and why there’s a need for fewer rules that restrain entrepreneurs and more rules to restrain the elite.
4 November 2011 Tags: bankers, BBC news, big business, business education, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, chief executives, economic meltdown, economic vision, economy, entrepreneurship, EU, european business, European countries, European union, G20, goverment policy, Greece, innovation, policy makers, politicians, St Pauls Cathedral, UK Government, values, vision
Posted in entrepreneurship, International entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Dr Shai Vyakarnam was challenged with this question on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme (19 Aug) as Cambridge software firm Autonomy, founded by entrepreneur Dr Mike Lynch OBE, is sold to Hewlett Packard for around $7billion. Is this another UK tech firm losing its independence to a US giant multinational or a great entrepreneurial success story that’s good for Cambridge and the UK economy?
19 August 2011 Tags: AbCam, Autonomy, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Today, big companies, business, business education, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CEO, CfEL, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Hewlett Packard, innovation, innovative start ups, Mike Lynch, real products, sale, silicon fen, software business, stock options, tech companies, value chain
Posted in entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
