CfEL at Cambridge

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL), part of Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, aims to spread the spirit of enterprise through the creation and delivery of educational activities that inspire and build skills in the practice of entrepreneurship. One of CfEL's key teaching values is that the best people to teach entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs. The Centre collaborates with a network of over 300 experienced entrepreneurs, innovators and other practitioners to provide relevant, credible and practical training.

The Centre has developed an enviable track record in the field of entrepreneurship education with a number of flagship programmes including:

Enterprise Tuesday (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprise/index...)

This is a series of free evening lectures and networking sessions run from October to February in Cambridge each year. The aim is to inspire individuals to pursue entrepreneurial ambitions, inform about basic business skills and enable networking between academic and business communities.

Advanced Diploma in Entrepreneurship (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/diploma/index.html)

This is a part-time programme which provides entrepreneurial individuals with the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification at the same time as being actively supported in the pursuit of a business venture whether this is a technology, creative or social enterprise.

Enterprisers (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisers/ind...)

Enterpriser is 4 day educational experience that inspires people to develop entrepreneurial skills and a ‘can do’ attitude with the confidence to make things happen.

Ignite (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/ignite/index.html)

Ignite is an intensive, annual, one-week training programme for aspiring entrepreneurs and corporate innovators to trial and prepare technology-based business ideas or innovations for the commercial environment in order to increase the chances of success.

Research (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/research/index.html)

CfEL is conducting further research in order to develop state of the art understanding of entrepreneurship education. Collaborative research projects include "Entrepreneurs - Born or Made" with Professor Barbara Sahakian at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.

Resources for entrepreneurs (http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/resources/index.html)

CfEL has developed a number of resources and tools aimed at delegates of our entrepreneurship programmes including videos and podcasts, advice on networking and sources of start-up support.

Latest News:

For all the latest press releases on CfEL programmes and activities, please see http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/index.html

Contact:

Please contact the CfEL team on +44 (0)1223 766900 or email cfel@jbs.cam.ac.uk to discuss opportunities for training and/or collaboration. Further information on CfEL activities can be found via our web site at www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk.

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• Katharine Price wrote (3 weeks ago):

  Enterprise Tuesday: Making It Happen
  Date: Feb 16, starts at 18:00
  Venue: Department of Engineering, Cambridge
  With guest speaker John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice, London Business School. Despite numerous books and articles on business planning, a plethora of websites, and no shortage of good advice, most business plans attract no customers and raise no capital. This talk argues that the problem with most business plans isn’t crafting them poorly or even wrong. It’s doing the wrong things. And it identifies a process and a framework for getting to a business plan and a business model that will actually work. To find out more and register, please see http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprise/index...
  

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• Katharine Price wrote (1 month ago):

  Enterprise Tuesday continues on 26th Jan with session focussing on risk and the part played by instinct in recruiting people. A panel of 3 guest speakers, Neil Davidson (Co-Founder and joint CEO, Redgate Software); Steve Barlow (Co-Founder, Alphamosaic); and Alex Mehta (Communications Director, Judicium), will explore not only what makes a great team but also what makes a great entrepreneurial team. For further info or to register, please visit http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprise/regis...

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• Katharine Price wrote (1 month ago):

  EEDA is supporting some workshops - Understanding Finance for Business from January to June 2010
  
  If you are starting or growing a business and you’re looking for funding of more than £10,000, you may need help to work through the different options to identify which type of funding will work best for your business. Grant? Bank? Friends & Family? Business angel? Venture Capitalist?
  
  Sign up for “Understanding Finance for Business” and you’ll get the answers you need from experts in business finance. The programme is free of charge and starts with an informative and interactive workshop before progressing to more detailed workshops and/or mentoring. There are spaces on workshops in Harlow, Ipswich, Hethel, Cambridge, Stevenage, Luton, Chelmsford and Norwich. Follow this link for testimonials, dates/venues etc or to sign up www.eeda.org.uk/finance
  
  

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• Ian Fisk wrote (3 months ago):

  The William James Foundation has announced 8 competitions that together provide $100,000 in cash and in kind support for sustainable entrepreneurs. Entrants can be of any age or from anywhere in the world. First round deadline is December 4th. Details at: www.williamjamesfoundation.org/press.

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• Katharine Price wrote (5 months ago):

  The highly successful Enterprise Tuesday series resumes on 20th October 2009 with a group panel of entrepreneurs including Prof Henning Sirringhaus, Co-Founder of Plastic Logic; Martin Jackson, VP Technology at Plastic Logic; and Bill Earner, Investment Manager at Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd providing a discussion on the opportunities for entrepreneurship. Please see our web site for further details and to register -http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprise/index
  

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