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Entrepreneur in Residence

I’m giving a course at the Centre for Mathamatical Sciences at Cambridge University as part of the Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence programme. Lecture dates, times and slides below.

More details including a link to my “office hours” appointment calendar is here.

  • Lecture One
    • Introduction – what’s in the course, what is entreprenurship
    • The “idea” – where do they come from and how do you tell a good idea from a bad idea
    • 14th February 2024
    • Slides
  • Lecture 2
    • Business Plans – what’s in them and why
    • Presenting – writing a pitch deck, the golden rules of presenting
    • 28th February 2024
    • Slides
  • Lecture 3
    • Raising money – grants, debt, equity, dilution, ownership
    • Customers – finding them, marketing, selling, product development and go to market
    • 13 March 2024
    • Slides
  • Lecture 4