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 disease took away my smile”. Since then, our aim has been to bring smiles back… Read more
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 outcomes, so the goal should always be to find and focus on the 20%. Or… Read more
Image Copyright – Special Treats Productions Ahead of our Enterprise Tuesday in November entitled ‘What’s your story?’, I have been thinking about stories, how they have influenced my working life and what they can teach us about today’s world we find ourselves in. I’m writing this on Sunday 4th October, 90 years to the day that… Read more
Patients are the better innovators Who would be the best person to tackle the challenges of patients? Exactly, patients themselves. No one knows more about a patient’s problem than those who themselves suffer from the disease and its associated problems in the diagnosis, therapy or prevention. Having understood this ‘advantage’, the European Union has recently… Read more
There’s no denying the profound impact COVID has had on the business environment – with organisations forced to review their business models to ensure that, moving forward, they remain sustainable, relevant and profitable. Whilst none are technically immune, the most resilient businesses haven’t viewed COVID as a barrier to growth – they’ve viewed it as… Read more
If there’s one thing I learned about entrepreneurship it’s this: never give up. Lessons learned from Accelerate Cambridge After being mentored and coached in entrepreneurship by Accelerate Cambridge at Cambridge Judge Business School for 18 months, as well as having some war stories, I learned some key lessons which I carried into setting up a… Read more
At the start of every academic year, I like to set myself at least 1 new challenge for the year ahead. And so two years ago, after much thought, I came to the conclusion that I was interested in exploring the biotech startup scene in Cambridge and so I was faced with how best to… Read more
The Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club is proud to announce that you can now find highlights from our CUTalks Podcast and Webinar Episodes featured on the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School media platform! We would like to use this opportunity to express our thanks to the ongoing support of the Entrepreneurship Centre… Read more
It’s been an eventful four months, to say the least. So I attended Cambridge Judge Business School’s “EnterpriseWOMEN – What are the winners doing?” event with the aim of using the opportunity to re-energise and refocus. Year 2020 has been interesting and challenging at the independent asset manager BOOST&Co. I lead the Cambridge office, and… Read more
On July 28th, I had the pleasure to attend the EnterpriseWOMEN workshop “What are the winners doing?” led by Katy Tuncer, Director of Coaching and Products at Horizon37. The training session, based on Katy’s research into crisis leadership, engaged us to self-reflect on how to embrace the uncertainty of leading during a pandemic. During the… Read more