£1k

£1k Challenge Awards Ceremony

Amir Chaudhry — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:05:30 +0000

Start: 22 Jan 2009 - 19:00

End: 22 Dec 2009 - 21:00

Save the Date!

Come and hear from the winners of £1K Challenge and listen to them pitch their idea direct to the audience. You'll also hear from our guest of honour, Doug Richard of Dragon's Den fame. Doug has a reputation for his straight-talking, no-nonsense approach to business and will share his experiences with you as we open the next stage of the Entrepreneurs Challenge.

Food and drinks will be provided and more details regarding registration will be sent out nearer the time.

£1k Challenge

Jan-Willem van de Meent — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:12:17 +0000

- CUE £1k Challenge -

- Deadline EXTENDED: Monday 8 December, 13:00 -

- Update: Step by step Entry Instructions can be found here -

CU Entrepreneurs has entered the second phase of its competition, where up to 10 cash prizes of £1000 will be awarded for Executive Summaries of not more than 1500 words. Entry is open to all but each team must have at least one member of the University. Read the Competitions Handbook for more information. To help you write the best possible entry, the Resources page has guides and slides from our training events and workshops.

Protecting your Ideas 2008/09

Amir Chaudhry — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:23:47 +0000

Presentation materials from the Intellectual Property Workshop can be found below

£1k Training Event 2008/09

Amir Chaudhry — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:06:25 +0000

Below, you will find slides from the £1k training event held on 8 Nov 2008

£1k Challenge Entry Check-list

Jan-Willem van de Meent — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:14:54 +0000

- Deadline extended to Monday 8 December 13:00 -

In order enter your business idea into the £1k Challenge, please make sure that all the following steps are completed:

Environmental & Social Goals in Entrepreneurship

Amir Chaudhry — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:26:29 +0000

Start: 26 Nov 2008 - 18:30

End: 26 Nov 2008 - 21:30

Venue: Chemistry Department, Wolfson Lecture Theatre

Doors open: 18:30. Session starts at 19:00. Please arrive on time.

How to build an organisation that balances impact as well as budgets; and establish a reputation that money can't buy.

In a day and age where reputations are increasingly starting to matter, we at CUE see it as simply good business sense to think of the impact of your organisation on society. On 26 November, we invite you to a workshop where pioneers of social enterprise and clean technology discuss how build an organisation that is environmentally, socially and financially sustainable.

Protecting your Idea and IP Surgeries

Amir Chaudhry — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:18:37 +0000

Start: 15 Nov 2008 - 10:00

End: 15 Nov 2008 - 15:00

Venue: Law Faculty, Room LG17

How Will You Protect Your Big Idea?

This workshop is aimed at providing potential entrepreneurs in Cambridge with the knowledge to navigate issues of patenting, protecting their technology, and establishing trade marks. Speakers will include patent attorneys, solicitors, and entrepreneurs who have had to deal with issues of intellectual property protection.

In between the talks there will be business surgeries, where participants are given the opportunity to speak to intellectual property experts on how they can protect their idea.

A light lunch is provided and following the main sessions there will be opportunity for networking between participants.

Anyone is welcome to attend the event but in order to manage numbers, please register here.

£1k Business Training Event

Amir Chaudhry — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:57:47 +0000

Start: 8 Nov 2008 - 10:00

End: 8 Nov 2008 - 16:00

Venue: Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 4 (note venue changed from LT 0)

Take part in the £1k Business Training event and find out how to impress the judges with your ideas.

The £1k Challenge represents the next stage of the Entrepreneurs Challenge and is open to all members of the University. To enter the competition you must submit a 1500 word Executive Summary by the 5th of December and to help you write the best possible entry, we are running a Business Training event on 8th November to help get you think through the issues.

The event will cover the areas of market research, assessing your ideas, dealing with finances and also what Judges look for in an entry.

Anyone is welcome to attend the event but in order to manage numbers, please register here.

CU Entrepreneurs' Grand Launch 2008

Amir Chaudhry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:26:41 +0000

Start: 14 Oct 2008 - 18:00

End: 14 Oct 2008 - 21:00

CU Entrepreneurs warmly invites you to attend this year's Grand Launch event, where you can find out how to win £100 for 100 words.

The venue is the Wolfson Lecture Theatre in the Chemistry Department on Lensfield Road. The lecture theatre itself is located just inside the main entrance (link to google map)

You will also hear from our guest of honour and CUE Prize Winner, Billy Boyle (Owlstone). About 5 years ago Billy was an entrant in the Entrepreneurs' Challenge and now his company has reached sales of over $4 million. Find out how he did it and how you can be next.

Over the last 9 years, CUE has awarded more than £360k to over 400 teams who are now collectively worth £42m. The Grand Launch is particularly special since it marks the start of the 10th Entrepreneurs' Challenge. The event is free to attend and there will be food, drink and live music as well as the chance to meet potential team-mates for this year's Entrepreneurs' Challenge. Come along and find out what it takes to be a winner.

Date: 14th October 2008 -- Time: 6pm for 6:30pm (please arrive early to avoid disappointment) -- Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry (link to google map)

£1k Challenge - The Winners

Cong Cong Bo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:34:34 +0000

Cambridge University Entrepreneurs was founded in a pub in 1999 by three people. Nine years on, it runs the most successful student-run business creation competition in the world – the companies that were created through the competition are now valued collectively at over £42m. This year’s companies include a vineyard modelling system, cologne that can be reactivated by rubbing your wrists together and tampons laced with painkillers.