entrepreneurship
VentureDay: Innovate to Elevate
Sara Gavin, Marketing Manager at the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship, Cranfield School of Management, reflects on last week’s entrepreneurship conference, VentureDay. Having recently joined Cranfield University, this was my first VentureDay event. Colleagues had told ...
From Angels and VCs to VCIC
Martin Spiller, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Cranfield School of Management reflects on attending the Bettany Centre Speaker Series and being part of the North Europe Regional Finals of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) ...
Breaking New Ground: Organising Cranfield’s first Hult Prize OnCampus Programme
The Hult Prize is a year-long global competition challenging young people to solve the world’s most pressing issues by creating innovative social ventures. This year, the challenge was to create a for-profit social venture in ...
The entrepreneurial mindset: Wild over-optimism and self-delusion
At Cranfield’s entrepreneurship speaker series, a group of students, alumni, local business owners and staff gathered on campus to hear from a Cranfield MBA alumni, former Dragon and Moonpig multi-millionaire founder, Nick Jenkins. Over the ...
How to decide where and when to embark on an MBA Programme
Undertaking an MBA during a period of economic uncertainty may seem like a daunting prospect, even though you may completely understand that having an MBA ‘under your belt’ will only enhance your future employability prospects. ...
Innovation at Play: Empowering change-makers in the food sector (Entrepreneurship Perspective)
I had the pleasure of being involved in organising and running a workshop for PhD students from the Food Biosystems DTP (Doctoral Training Partnership). The Sustainable Business Group (SBG) delivered the morning session, a simulation ...