OE is proud to be launching OxWIB and running the Enterprising Women Series designed to empower enterprising young women of Oxford University to expand and sharpen their understanding of business and entrepreneurship; giving them the skills they will need to become future leaders. For information on OxWIB contact OXWIB@oxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk.

Hilary 2009

Julie Meyer, Founder & CEO of Ariadne Capital
February 12, 2009 – 6pm
Said Business School

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Julie Meyer has 20 years of investment and advisory experience, helping start-up businesses and industry standards to emerge and establish themselves. As Chief Executive of Ariadne Capital, she has overall general and financial management responsibility for the group which she founded in August 2000. Ariadne is an investment and advisory firm focused on the Software and Services, New Media, Communications and Life Services sectors. Julie is well-known for founding First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. It was sold for $50 million in cash in and shares in July 2000. Julie has raised hundreds of millions of capital for start-ups in addition to overseeing another $150 million of seed capital found for start-ups through First Tuesday. Named a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum and one of the top 30 most powerful women in Europe according to the Wall Street Journal, Julie’s mission is to back the best entrepreneurs in Europe with global ambitions. She was awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award in October 2000 by Ernst & Young U.K.

OxWIB Speaker – Sara Berman
March 2, 2009 – 7:30pm The Corner Club (16-17 Turl St. Oxford)Join OxWIB for free cocktails at the Corner Club on February 5th and hear from Sara Berman, MD of her own fashion label. At the young age of 32, Berman is a St. Martin’s graduate was an unprecedented three-times winner of the M&S New Generation Award, and the brand has been a best-seller in both Harrods and Liberty. Berman also designs lines for Urban Outfitters and asos.com and launched her own diffusion collection last year. Click here to register for the event.

Michaelmas 2008 Events

Essie Weingarten, Founder & CEO of Essie Cosmetics
November 4, 2008 ~ 5:30-7:00pm, The Corner Club
Free Cocktails

ESSIE WEINGARTEN, a beauty industry icon and founder of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd. is a savvy businesswoman with a keen eye for color and a flair for names. Driven by her passion for a perfect manicure, Essie polish has become the brand of choice in fine salons and spas worldwide. Most people associate Essie with the ever-popular Ballet Slippers, a cult classic (pinkiest pink with white undertones) and a beauty blockbuster in every sense of the word. Twenty five years and 300 colors later, the girl from Queens has an apartment on Park Avenue, a house in the Hamptons, and a $150 million empire with her name on it. Essie nail polish is sold in 50,000 salons and spas across the nation and more than 60 countries worldwide.

Sue Stockdale – Seven Steps to Building a Successful Business
November 19, 2008, 7-9pm
SBS, Reception Hall

On Global Women’s Enterprise Day, join OE and Oxford Women in Business for an evening workshop with OxWIB Founding Patron, Sue Stockdale, a lecturer on entrepreneurship and leadership and the author of best selling books Kickstart Your Motivation and Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs. Her business career extends from a senior management role in Corporate Training in a UK Utility, to leading a major improvement project within the United Nations in the Former Yugoslavia. As a successful polar adventurer and athlete, Sue was the first British woman to walk to the Magnetic North Pole, has participated in expeditions to the Geographical North Pole, Antarctica and Greenland, and has represented Scotland in 3000m and cross country events. In 1997 she founded Mission Possible, a company providing a range of support for corporate and entrepreneurial women across Europe. She is passionate about supporting women and is a Women’s Enterprise Ambassador. In 2003 Sue was recognised as a Pioneer to the Nation by HM The Queen.

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OxWIB and OE’s Enterprising Women Series is proudly sponsored by Mission Possible and supported by Founding Patrons Sue Stockdale and Victoria Lennox.

Mission Possible helps women achieve their potential in business.