Ask our entrepreneurial panel what motivated them to become entrepreneurs, and why enterprise and entrepreneurship is so important and relevant.

Chaired by Peter Day BBC Radio 4 Presenter with Richard Green, CEO Ubisense and Andy Hopper FRS, Co-Founder of Ubisense and Acorn

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Find out how to determine potential opportunities, test your ideas and gather support in the early stages.

Julie Meyer, Founder of First Tuesday and Ariadne Capital

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

To have a successful business, you really have to understand exactly what your customers need – hear an example of how to achieve success!

Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE DL Founder and CEO, Cobra Beer

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

How to gather the resources to make your ideas happen, i.e. securing the team, the premises, advice, etc.

Prof Chris Lowe & Frank Craig CEO, Smart Holograms

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Selling your ideas and persuading people that you are the most capable person to lead and generate interest from investors and customers is one of the keys to success.

Mary Spillane, Whitehead Mann. Also Founder of Imageworks.

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Business ideas are commonplace, but how do you find a real opportunity?

Hermann Hauser, Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners

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What can you do to maximise your chances of success - developing a deep understanding your environment, competitors and customers amongst some of the top tips give by our entrepreneurs.

John Snyder, CAP Partners and Co-Founder of Grapeshot; Jack Lang, Serial Entrepreneur

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Entrepreneurship is a team activity – but how do you build a team and then a company which is capable of delivering your vision?

Walter de Brouwer, Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of Starlab

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Ask our investor panel about the different types of funding available for entrepreneurial businesses, how to access it and that different types of investors look for.

Dan Roach, Investment Director, Avlar BioVentures Ltd; Sherry Coutu, Founder of Interactive Investor International Plc; Laurence John, Amadeus Mobile Seed Fund

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department

Find out more about the practical issues of running a business, both from the entrepreneur’s and a legal perspective.

Isabel Napper, Partner (Technology) at Mills & Reeve; Phil O’Donovan, Commercial Director and Co-Founder, Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd

Venue: LT0, Engineering Department