Chandran Sankaran, Founder and CEO of Zyme Solutions, told MBA students that entrepreneurship is about creating self-sustaining businesses and entities. It's about changing the status quo. In his lecture he asked if the core skills underpinning

Entrepreneurs must accept rejection but keep going

Jun 18th, 2013 31s

Rejection has to be accepted by entrepreneurs and although it is hard to handle, keep going. That's the advice from Dr Lisa Drakeman, whose high-flying bio-tech career led to four new treatments for unmet medical needs.

Setting up your own business is a decision about a way of life

Oct 30th, 2012 9m 4s

Launching a new series of Cambridge Leadership Seminars, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, CEO in Residence at Cambridge Judge Business School, said he feels there are a number of issues around entrepreneurship that are incorrectly talked and though

Adding value

Mar 15th, 2012 8m 50s

Keep your eyes and ears open, says Dinesh Dhamija, former Chairman and CEO of Ebookers.com. Nothing is too small to look at. If you can add value to a customer you have got a business. But, he warns, don’t think of every angle in a business bef

Government support for cluster development important

Jan 19th, 2012 10m 30s

Supply-side and industrial policies being employed by government, if combined with related policies, could strengthen both clusters and the eco-system and bring advantage to the whole economic zone. Dr Pitelis points to the British government's

A non-traditional view of entrepreneurship

Nov 29th, 2011 8m 14s

Workforce empowerment and a global outlook, the Tata way. Paul Mills, Head of Organisation Performance, Human Resources, Jaguar Land Rover explains.

Defining public entrepreneurship

Jun 14th, 2011 10m 27s

The private and public sectors do share common interests and entrepreneurs can work in both sectors.

Partners in success!

May 24th, 2011 11m 32s

Dr Denis Coleman, Founder of Symantec Corporation, the fourth largest software company in the world, gives us lessons from his 14 Silicon Valley start-ups.

The 'fairer sex' and entrepreneurship

Feb 10th, 2011 11m 10s

Women have excellent skills yet their entrepreneurial success is limited, says Dr Barakat. Entrepreneurship programmes have similar impacts on the sexes but, in absolute terms, women remain disadvantaged because they start at a lower point and

The devil's in the detail

Nov 19th, 2010 10m 36s

Dr Shai Vyakarnam, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, says a new Business Mentoring Network launched by the coalition government should have been tested out first. He foresees operational difficulties ahead.

Please mind the gap

Jun 18th, 2010 10m 35s

The sin of a start-up, says Peter Hiscocks, Fellow in Entrepreneurship, is to be "under-capitalised"; but, he explains, there is a real gap between seed funding and larger venture capital investment.

Lifestyle or global business? A major decision faced in any entrepreneurial career

Jun 16th, 2010 8m 10s

Following his Enterprise Tuesday seminar on 4 November 2008, Lord Karan Bilimoria talks about the implications of going global with an idea.

Recognising opportunities: when is an idea a business opportunity?

Jun 16th, 2010 7m 56s

Dr Hauser discusses the secrets of taking an idea and turning it into an enterprise following his Enterprise Tuesday seminar on 11 November 2008.

Entrepreneurs - born or made? Can risky decision-making, essential to the entrepreneurial process, be taught?

Jun 16th, 2010 9m 18s

New research shows that entrepreneurs are highly-adapted risk-takers, and that this functional impulsivity is key to their success. It can also be taught; Dr Vyakarnam explains how.

Gender ethnicity and entrepreneurship

Jun 16th, 2010 10m 52s

Why are the majority of entrepreneurs white males, what are the underlying mechanisms, just how important is legislation in tackling discrimination and what will be the impact of global recession on migrant women workers? Visiting Professor Edw

The dream team

Jun 15th, 2010 9m

Dr Michael Lynch explains the importance of building a team capable of delivering your vision - a top team full of the right talent will be able to convert an idea in a tough and competitive market into a real global success. However in order t

Better, faster, cheaper - entrepreneurship and early stage investors

Jun 15th, 2010 14m 9s

Cambridge Angels Jack Lang and Dr Andy Richards, along with venture capitalist Laurence Garrett, talk about why the current economic gloom is in fact a great opportunity for start-ups, especially for those whose products will immediately satisf

Entrepreneurship for all

Jun 15th, 2010 13m 6s

One of the authors of the recent "Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs" report by the World Economic Forum, Dr Shai Vyakarnam, explains why entrepreneurship is in fact a social movement and not purely the function of elite business schools.

Reinventing yourself

Jun 15th, 2010 8m 17s

The opportunities to have multiple careers is greater now than it has ever been, and, says Margaret, it is a good thing.(Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, CEO and Author)