London Business School Entrepreneurs Receive Start-up Support
Entrepreneurs from London Business School have been given a boost to launch new business ventures.
The School’s Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship has chosen 11 start-ups to join its Incubator programme. For a whole year, the School’s Incubator will house the graduate entrepreneurs who are launching their own businesses.
This year’s winning start-ups – announced at the Institute’s Founder Awards dinner last week – each receive a one-year support package including:
• A cash injection
• Office space
• Professional support from Deloitte, Landor Associates and London Business School alumni
• Access to training and workshops
• An invitation to the E100 members-only Annual Dinner event where entrepreneurs can network with angel investors, get advice on crafting pitches and showcase their business to E100 members
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Cambridge Judge Launches Entrepreneurship Discussion Series
The role of government in nurturing entrepreneurship will be explored at three policy breakfasts in the Palace of Whitehall, hosted by the Industry and Parliament Trust at the House of Commons and supported by research from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
The first event, on July 14th at 8:30pm, will focus on ‘Red Tape Fatigue? The role of government in supporting & encouraging entrepreneurship’. The experiences of leading British entrepreneurs, the challenges faced by people wanting set up their own business and how entrepreneurs could be better supported by Government policy will be the subjects under debate. The forum will be facilitated by a senior decision maker within industry and parliament. A short speech from both the academic and industry practitioner will be followed by a roundtable-style discussion.
Haas Applied Innovation Workshop Series Builds Skills
Haas School of Business – UC Berkeley students learned how to design a conversation that sparks creativity and innovation in Lisa Solomon’s workshop called “Designing Strategic Conversations for Innovation.” The workshop is one of a half-dozen offerings in the Full-time Berkeley MBA Program’s new Applied Innovation Workshop Series.
“It was great to learn how you could build an engaging presentation in a larger retreat setting to help people understand what the problems are,” Kavita Patel, MBA 15, said after attending the workshop led by Solomon, an expert within the intersecting spaces of design, leadership, and innovation.
The Applied Innovation Workshop Series is designed to help students build skills that are not generally offered in the formal curriculum to help them in their job search and post-MBA careers. Other workshops have covered everything from mindful leadership to personal storytelling. Continue reading…
Michael E. Porter Speaks to Fox School of Business Students in Innovation Leadership Speaker Series
In a recent visit to Temple University’s Fox School of Business, business strategist and Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter spoke to Fox MBAs in an afternoon session on the topic of creating shared value through business.
Porter, most renowned for his Five Forces analysis – a pillar of business strategy globally and taught to nearly every business student – visited Fox as part of the school’s ongoing Innovation Leadership Speaker Series (ILSS). Professor Porter is generally recognized as the father of the modern strategy field, and has been identified in rankings and surveys as the world’s most influential thinker on management and competitiveness.
In his presentation to Fox MBAs, Porter issued a clear call to action by ‘making business, and thereby the world, better. He discussed the role of business in society as creating shared value (CSV), which he described as the next step to corporate philanthropy and social responsibility in that CSV offers more impact because it addresses significant societal needs through scalable business models.
The Fox School’s Department of Strategic Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, and Office of Research, Doctoral Programs, and Strategic Initiatives organized Porter’s visit. The Fox Innovation Leadership Speaker Series seeks to transform organizations into innovation-driven industry leaders by turning innovation research into practice. Speakers are internationally acclaimed experts who share their insights in applying proven and effective management tools for firms, large and small.
The next ILSS event, on April 24, will feature Michael E. Raynor discussing Strategy vs. Innovation: A Scientific Approach. For details, visit www.fox.temple.edu/innovation
