The following presentations, case studies and reports by entrepreneurial thought leaders, senior business managers, leading scientists and innovators, as well as experienced experts are available to view online:
Reports & case studies
McCammon, M.G., Pio, E., Barakat, S. and Vyakarnam, S. (2014) "Corporate venture capital and Cambridge." Nature Biotechnology, October 2014 (DOI: 10.1038/bioe.2014.10)
BioBeat (2014) 50 movers and shakers in biobusiness 2014.
St John's Innovation Centre (2013) Cambridge technopole report: an overview of the UK's leading high-technology business cluster.
Ernst & Young (2013) High achievers: recognizing the power of women to spur business and economic growth.
McKenzie, M.D. and Janeway, W.H. (2008) "Venture capital fund performance and the IPO market." Centre for Financial Analysis & Policy Working Paper No.30 (subsequently published in Accounting & Finance, 2010)
World Economic Forum Global Education Initiative (2009) Educating the next wave of entrepreneurs: unlocking entrepreneurial capabilities to meet the global challenges of the 21st century.
Myint, Y.M. and Vyakarnam, S. (2008) Path-dependency analysis on new emerging technology: Ubisense.
Presentations
Building billion dollar companies
Dr David Cleevely
Forget venture capital! Get your customers to fund you
Dr John Mullins
Commercialising research: where are the bear traps?
Professor Andy Hopper & Dr Hermann Hauser
Growing the business: where process & spirit come together
Professor Stelios Kavadias
Building a brand against all odds
Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE DL
Make it brilliant & they will come
William Tunstall-Pedoe
Recognising opportunities
Dr Shai Vyakarnam
Bringing mental illness out of the shadows
Professor Sabine Bahn
From the lab to the construction site
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald
Is there a right place, right time?
Jamie Urquhart
Gandys: orphans for orphans
Rob Forkan
Growing your venture
John Snyder
Growing your venture
Joep van Beurden
CSR: an example of how to grow your venture
Glenn Collinson
Recognising opportunities
Dr Shai Vyakarnam
Mindsets & motivations
Dr Darrin M. Disley
Spotting market needs
Dr Tony Raven, Shirley Jamieson & Dr Andrea Cantone
Serendipity or hard work?
Dr Shamus Husheer
Growing your venture
Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE DL
Creating star teams
Chris Barnardo & Richard Blakesley
Vision meets reality
Rolf H. Günther