Coaching as a leadership strategy
The first time I got in contact with coaching was more than 20 years ago. At the time, I worked for an international company, which wanted to grow its European business. We engaged a Coaching team to develop our culture … Continued
Venture Voices: Myriam Ouberai, Founder of Spirea
I am Myriam Ouberai, CEO and Founder of Spirea. Our venture has developed an exciting and flexible new approach to building antibody drug conjugate (ADC) cancer therapeutics that allows more drug payload to be specifically directed to tumour cells. This … Continued
Ignite Innovators: Joseph McElmeel, Founder of TeamCreator
After exiting my first start-up six years ago, I achieved an MBA at the University of Edinburgh (2014-2015). During my time in Edinburgh, I shared the idea of SymbaSync and was introduced to my technical Co-founder by the University’s commercialisation … Continued
Ignite Innovators: Cesare Cejas, Co-founder, MicrofluidX
I am a scientific researcher with background in chemistry, physics, and materials science with principal focus on microfluidics and microfabrication engineering. I was fortunate enough to be selected by PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres) to participate in Ignite (2017). Back … Continued
Venture Voices: AutonomiCity
Historically, the construction industry has been a male-dominated industry. Two female founders are aiming to provide durable and sustainable solutions for our buildings. They discuss the challenges of being a female engineer and founder in this endeavour. Introducing the female … Continued
Ignite Innovators: Dr Tom Simmons, Founder, Supplant
When I arrived in Cambridge, I was a fresh-faced Plant Science PhD graduate eager to make some big scientific discoveries, excited to do things that no one had ever done before. At that time I had no solid idea in … Continued
Ignite Innovators: Darina Tepavitcharova, Founder of Dogs Allowed
Pre-COVID-19 Dogs Allowed is on a mission! We are fetching everything doggy in our brand-new, dog-obsessed app – Dogs Allowed. We are bringing the dog community together by featuring the coolest local and national doggy events (such as dog festivals, … Continued
Venture Voices: Choral Hub
The Choral Hub mission The Choral Hub is a platform whose mission is to get the whole world singing again. Here at TCH, we believe in the power of the human voice. “I’m tone deaf!” “I can’t sing.” “I hate … Continued
Venture Voices: Botprobe
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
Pivots, partnerships and innovations
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