Posts Tagged ‘mentors’
This article discusses entrepreneurship education to support, encourage and empower women in entrepreneurship in the context of the experience of the recent European SME Week Summit.
24 October 2012 Tags: Alarga, business education, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, Chryso Christodoulou, creativity, Dilek Ayhan, EnterpriseWISE, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurial Education for Women Entrepreneurs workshop, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Europe, European network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, European SME Week Summit, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, female stereotype, feminist critique of science, FUNecole, gender biases, gender gap, inspiration, ISBE Conference, Melanie Bryan OBE, mentors, motivation, self-efficacy, social enterprise, stereotypes, The European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, UK Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador, WHYNOTCHANGE, women entrepreneurs, Women's Entrepreneurship Makes Business Sense
Posted in EnterpriseWISE, entrepreneurship, Skills for entrepreneurs
EnterpriseWISE is no ordinary course. It is a course designed specifically to meet the needs of women in science, engineering and technology – the most underserved entrepreneurial community in the world.
10 February 2012 Tags: Albert Bandura, business education, Cambridge Enterprise, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, creativity, education, engineering and technology, enterprise, Enterprisers, EnterpriseWISE; women enterprise; enterprise education; SET women business, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial activity, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Europe, GMAC study, market research, MEETS, mentors, role models, self confidence, self-efficacy, SET, spotting opportunities, start-ups, technology enterprise, ventures, women, women entrepreneurs, women in science, work life balance
Posted in EnterpriseWISE, 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
What happens when the entrepreneurial ambition doesn’t follow the planned path? What happens when the dream fails? How does the entrepreneur find the next dream and move forward? Jane Wilks, a regular mentor on our Ignite programme, has written a book, ‘When it’S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride’ about her personal journey – the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur, her experiences with her company Valiant and regaining her entrepreneurial spirit.
8 July 2011 Tags: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride, business consulting, business education, business failure, business mentors, Cambridge high-tech cluster, Cambridge start ups, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, Dot-com bubble, down-sized, Elizabeth Jane Wilks, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial ambition, entrepreneurial business, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurship education, failure, female entrepreneur, female entrepreneurship, guide for entrepreneurs, high growth startup, Ignite, Ignite programme, investments, investors, Jane Wilks, lessons learned, market timing, mentoring, mentors, motivation, raising capital, raising funds, rapid growth, Shai Vyakarnam, software business, spirit of enterprise, summer school, VC money, venture capital, When it'S HIT THE FAN, When it'S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride
Posted in entrepreneurship, Ignite
