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14 Jan 2025

The Transformative Potential of MedTech Innovation

by Katharine Price | posted in: Biotech, Coaches, Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Mentoring, Technology, Uncategorised | 0

By Tony Kypreos (pictured above), coach, entrepreneur, corporate innovator, and investor MedTech holds vast potential to reshape healthcare. AI-powered diagnostics, personalized medicine, and real-time monitoring devices are bringing care closer to patients in ways that can both enhance outcomes and … Continued

20 Aug 2021

Back to the future

by Richard Watson | posted in: Innovation, Technology | 0

It might seem a little odd that one of the first things I was asked to do as Futurist-in-Residence at the Entrepreneurship Centre at the Business School was to look backwards. But considering where things have come from can be … Continued

4 Feb 2021

Venture Voices: Botprobe

by Dr Mark Graham | posted in: Innovation, Technology | 0

Our world has changed so much since COVID-19 first emerged a year ago, that it’s often difficult to remember life pre-pandemic. This is especially true if you are one of the four million UK knowledge workers who now works from … Continued

25 Jan 2021

Pivots, partnerships and innovations

by Owen Thompson and Xavier Parkhouse-Parker | posted in: Education, Innovation, Pitching, Technology | 0

Owen Thompson, an alumnus of Wolfson College and Xavier Parkhouse-Parker, an alumnus of Homerton College, discuss how they met whilst studying at Cambridge Judge Business School. Now they are working together to grow two exciting ventures. How did you meet … Continued

15 Jan 2021

New innovations in food sustainability

by George Crane | posted in: Education, Food security, Innovation, Technology | 1

My name is George, a fourth year PhD student based at the University of Cambridge Crop Science Centre, and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB). I’m interested in the diversity and abundance of symbiotic microorganisms in agricultural systems, quantified … Continued

14 Jan 2021

COVID and the winter of our discontent

by Mike Edelhart | posted in: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology | 0

By Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner of Social Starts. Now, as Shakespeare said, is the winter of our discontent. COVID-19 keeps on coming, creating a third wave of infections that put the earlier upswells to shame. We are hunkered down, tired … Continued

16 Nov 2020

Founder stories: Dr Carina Tyrrell

by Dr Carina Tyrrell | posted in: Biotech, Education, Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Innovation, Technology | 0

What are some of the challenges in healthcare innovation that need to be addressed? The healthcare sector presents a unique set of challenges for innovation. These include a requirement for prolonged validation trials, complex regulation, ethical considerations, and a highly … Continued

28 Oct 2020

Venture Voices: Charco Neurotech

by Lucy Jung and Floyd Pierres | posted in: Biotech, Innovation, Technology | 1

Charco Neurotech is a medical technology startup dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with long term health conditions. In 2013 we met a gentleman who said “I am very happy now but I look angry because Parkinson’s … Continued

14 Oct 2020

Five mental models to help navigate any entrepreneurial journey

by Frederic Kalinke | posted in: Coaches, Digital Programme Resources, Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology | 0

The world is complex and mental models help us simplify information, focus on the most important things and make better decisions. Examples include the Pareto Principle which teaches us that in most situations, 20% of inputs lead to 80% of … Continued

18 Aug 2020

Venture Voices: Connect4

by Andrew Jordon | posted in: Education, Entrepreneurship, Technology | 0

Connect4 is an online meetings platform that helps businesses have smarter meetings. At the end of March our working lives changed overnight, and we’re all still learning to adapt. Not only have we moved from office to home, we’re also … Continued