Events

Business ideas are commonplace, but how do you find a real opportunity?

Hermann Hauser, Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

The Coventry Enterprise Business Surgeries are a weekly opportunity to discuss specific topics confidentially and at no cost with professional service providers such as lawyers and marketing experts and with investors such as venture capitalists.

This Surgery is given by Coventry Investment Research Ltd.

To book a place in this Surgery, choose a time from:

• 2.00-2.40pm
• 2.45-3.25pm
• 3.30-4.10pm
• 4.15-4.55pm

and then either call 01223 763751/2 or email to reserve a place.

Please book as early as possible as these places go very quickly.

Coventry University Entrepreneurs would like to invite you to our £1k Awards Ceremony on 24 January 2007. The £1k Awards Ceremony will begin with a Poster Exposition of all the entries into the £1k Business Ideas Competition. This is a great opportunity to network with all the entrepreneurs who entered the competition and find out about their ideas. CUE will then announce the winners of the £1k Business Ideas Competition and award 10 cash prizes of £1,000! The winners will be asked to do short pitches of their ideas. Come along to find out more about enterprise and meet the stars of the future.

The CUE Business Creation Competition (CUEBiC) rewards high growth propositions that show a strong likelihood of receiving of receiving venture capital or business angel investment. Previous winners include Owlstone Nanotech, Splashpower and Light Blue Optics.

The 3P (People, Planet, Productivity) Business Creation Competition rewards propositions which focus on creating social or environmental benefits. These businesses may be either for profit or not for profit. Previous winners include Enval and Aptivate.

What can you do to maximise your chances of success - developing a deep understanding your environment, competitors and customers amongst some of the top tips give by our entrepreneurs.

John Snyder, CAP Partners and Co-Founder of Grapeshot; Jack Lang, Serial Entrepreneur

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

The Coventry Enterprise Business Surgeries are a weekly opportunity to discuss specific topics confidentially and at no cost with professional service providers such as lawyers and marketing experts and with investors such as venture capitalists.

This Surgery is given by Barker Brettell.

To book a place in this Surgery, choose a time from:

• 2.00-2.40pm
• 2.45-3.25pm
• 3.30-4.10pm
• 4.15-4.55pm

and then either call 01223 763751/2 or email to reserve a place.

Please book as early as possible as these places go very quickly.

Entrepreneurship is a team activity – but how do you build a team and then a company which is capable of delivering your vision?

Walter de Brouwer, Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of Starlab

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

The Coventry Enterprise Business Surgeries are a weekly opportunity to discuss specific topics confidentially and at no cost with professional service providers such as lawyers and marketing experts and with investors such as venture capitalists.

This Surgery is given by Stafford & Co.

To book a place in this Surgery, choose a time from:

• 2.00-2.40pm
• 2.45-3.25pm
• 3.30-4.10pm
• 4.15-4.55pm

and then either call 01223 763751/2 or email to reserve a place.

Please book as early as possible as these places go very quickly.

Ask our investor panel about the different types of funding available for entrepreneurial businesses, how to access it and that different types of investors look for.

Dan Roach, Investment Director, Avlar BioVentures Ltd; Sherry Coutu, Founder of Interactive Investor International Plc; Laurence John, Amadeus Mobile Seed Fund

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

The Coventry Enterprise Business Surgeries are a weekly opportunity to discuss specific topics confidentially and at no cost with professional service providers such as lawyers and marketing experts and with investors such as venture capitalists.

This Surgery is given by ET Capital.

To book a place in this Surgery, choose a time from:

• 2.00-2.40pm
• 2.45-3.25pm
• 3.30-4.10pm
• 4.15-4.55pm

and then either call 01223 763751/2 or email to reserve a place.

Please book as early as possible as these places go very quickly.

CUE would like to remind all members of the University that the deadline for entering the first round of the CUEBiC & 3P Business Creation Competition is the 20 February 2007. Cash prizes totalling £30,000 are available, and you retain all rights to your ideas. For more details about the competition, please see our Competitions Handbook.

To enter the CUEBiC & 3P Business Creation Competition, follow these online instructions.

Find out more about the practical issues of running a business, both from the entrepreneur’s and a legal perspective.

Isabel Napper, Partner (Technology) at Mills & Reeve; Phil O’Donovan, Commercial Director and Co-Founder, Coventry Silicon Radio Ltd

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

The Coventry Enterprise Business Surgeries are a weekly opportunity to discuss specific topics confidentially and at no cost with professional service providers such as lawyers and marketing experts and with investors such as venture capitalists.

This Surgery is given by St John's Innovation Centre.

To book a place in this Surgery, choose a time from:

• 2.00-2.40pm
• 2.45-3.25pm
• 3.30-4.10pm
• 4.15-4.55pm

and then either call 01223 763751/2 or email to reserve a place.

Please book as early as possible as these places go very quickly.