Archive for October, 2008
Ideas2Market is pleased to introduce the Start it up in a day BOOTCAMP - an intensive one-day workshop that will provide you with everything you need to know to start your venture. The BOOTCAMP is run by Business Boffins and the Ideas2Market Team and it is sponsored by Octopus Ventures, Deutsche Bank, Business Link, Cmypitch.com and Linklaters.
Whether you are a serial entrepreneur, have an idea that you want to launch into a venture or are just interested in entrepreneurship, the BOOTCAMP is for you. We are searching for enthusiastic new recruits who believe that they have what it takes to be the next Richard Branson or Anita Roddick.
The Bootcamp takes place on November 12, 2008 from 9:15am-5:15pm at the Said Business School with a keynote address by Tim Smit of the Eden Project. Recruits get a Start-up pack and a BOOTCAMP shirt. There are only 40 places for the BOOTCAMP.
Click here to apply and tell us why you should be selected to attend the 2008 Oxford Entrepreneurs BOOTCAMP. The deadline for applications is November 3, 2008.
October 29, 2008, 6:45-8:30pm
Rhodes Trust Theatre, SBS
FREE Cobra Beer Reception Following
Join us for an evening with Lord Karan Bilimoria, an entrepreneur best known as the Founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer. He received the Bachelor of Commerce degree from Osmania University in 1981. He founded Cobra Beer in 1989, aiming to create a less gassy lager more suitable for drinking with curry and other foods. In 1999, the company diversified into wine, and as of 2006 has a turnover of £96 million at retail value. In 2005, he became Chancellor of Thames Valley University — the United Kingdom’s youngest university chancellor at the time and in 2006, he was chosen as a cross-bench life peer with the title Baron Bilimoria, of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, becoming the first-ever Parsi in the House of Lords.
Register here to see Lord Karan Bilimoria on October 29, 2008
October 27, 2008, 7-9pm
Said Business School
SIFE is about giving yourself the edge, both as an entrepreneur and as someone applying for a graduate job. It is an international business competition in which student teams set up socially and environmentally sustainable projects which help the disadvantaged. Your projects are then judged against 1600 universities all around the world. Success brings free world travel, job offers, and the knowledge that you’ve changed people’s lives. Nurture your leadership skills, business experience or teamwork abilities in free training weekends at hotels. Most importantly though, SIFE gives you the framework, support and opportunities to create something that can change the lives of the disadvantaged, a feeling that will last with you forever. To learn more about SIFE and to make a difference, attend the SIFE Orientation.
October 22, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Said Business School, Seminar Room A
Have you ever thought of becoming your own boss by becoming an entrepreneur? Do you want to start paving the way for your first million?
In partnership with Business Boffins, OE is launching a NEW Ideas2Market Programme that can provide you with the knowledge and skills to begin a venture while in university. On October 22 at 18:00 at the SBS come participate in the Ideas2Market Ideas Brainstorming and Team Building Workshop and:
- Gain insights into the benefits and realities of being an entrepreneur by Dr. Russell Smith, MD of Business Boffins
- Learn about how OE Ideas2Market Programme can help you to bring your ideas to fruition
- Network and team up with some of the most innovative students in the UK; and,
- Hear from the OE company GroupSpaces about their OE start-up experience.
Register here to attend the Ideas2Market Team Building Workshop
October 20, 2008, 5:30-7:00pm
SBS, Rhodes Trust Theatre
Tim Campbell has come a long way since winning the UK’s first run of The Apprentice television programme. Described by Sir Alan Sugar as ‘a great asset’, Tim went on to set up his own entrepreneurial venture; a social enterprise initiative – The Bright Ideas Trust. In this session he will discuss the experience of creating a new venture, and the lessons learnt from working with Sir Alan Sugar.
Register here to see Tim Campbell’s It All Starts with an Idea
October 16, 2008, 3:00-5:00pm
Said Business School
Bain & Company is a leading international strategy consulting firm. Many of its alumni, such as Jon Wright (Founder of Innocent Smoothies) and Simon Hill-Norton (Founder of SweattyBeatty), use their experience from Bain to go on to set up successful companies or work in private equity.
Come and find out about the entrepreneurial ventures of serial entrepreneur Simon Henderson (Bain Partner), join our workshop on presentation skills and learn how a career in consultancy could help you start your own business.
