CUE - Cambridge University Entrepreneurs

Our final event of the year takes place tomorrow!

On the 19th of May we're hosting the entrepreneur, public figure and YouTuber Mimi Ikonn at Sibilla Room, Jesus College.

Mimi's work focuses on developing products that aim to improve lives, including one of her flagship products the 5-minute journal. We'll be talking about entrepreneurial journey, use of social media and much more!

Please register here:

Mimi Ikonn 19th May 5pm Jesus College

Reminder of our Virtual Workshop Series kicking off tomorrow at 6.30pm! Tickets available here: Details:

15th of November, online (link on Eventbrite), 6pm - 7-30pm
Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cue-workshop-series-day-1-tickets-741403446667?aff=oddtdtcreator

16th of November, online, (link on Eventbrite), 6pm - 7.30pm.
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cue-workshop-series-day-2-tickets-741409705387?aff=oddtdtcreator

CUE COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!!! Apply by October 22nd!

Link: https://www.cambridgeuniversityentrepreneurs.org/committee.html

Day 2 of our CUE - Cambridge University Entrepreneurs Mentorship Series with globally esteemed leaders!

These free sessions start with the mentors giving a brief 3–5-minute presentation, a couple question from Jim and our CUE President David Quan as Co-Host, before the floor is completely open to the audience! We encourage anyone interested in entrepreneurship, or are already involved business, to engage directly with our mentors!

Session 1: Raising Venture Capital in Tough Economic Times

Mentors: Martin Martinez (Executive Director, Founder Institute) and Masha Levin (Investor Relations, One Way Ventures)

Session 2: Commercializing Tech

Mentors: Jesus Tapia (Head of ISDI Accelerator), Shernaz Daver (CMO & Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures), and Michael Puscar (Co-Founder, Puscar Buritica Family)

Session 3: Media & PR

Mentors: Jacquelyn Melinek (Senior Reporter, TechCrunch), Andrii Degeler (Head of Media, TNW), Natasha Pentin (Vice-President & Editorial Director, Publicize)

We loved day 1, particularly the engagements between the audience and our mentors – so we hope that you can take advantage of this mentorship series our committee has worked so hard to offer!

FREE-FOR-ALL CEO ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES (1/2)!

We CUE - Cambridge University Entrepreneurs are thrilled to host a mentorship series with Publicize!

With our President David Quan as Co-Host, we intend for two thirds of each session being dedicated for live, audience engagement!

Day 1 is 4pm-5:30pm this Thursday (London time), when we will host three consecutive sessions with the following leaders (see graphics too):

Session 1: Leadership & Company Culture
Mentors: Jonathan Reckford (CEO of Habitat for Humanity) and Henry McKinnell (Former Chairman of Moody's Analytics and Former Chairman & CEO of Pfizer)

Session 2: Ideation & Inspiration of a Company
Mentors: Mark Brosso (Founder & CEO of Purple Lab) and Michael Redd (Co-Founder of TwentyTwo)

Session 3: Building Blocks of a Company / Building an MVP of a Company
Mentors: Ajit Thomas (Chief Marketing Officer of Cavli Wireless), Mike Hoey (Founder of Source Meridian) and Lauren Cascio (Founding Partner of Gulp Data).

To join these discussions, please visit our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cambridgeunientrepreneurs!

🚨Sign-Ups for our flagship £20k competition close this Monday🚨 Don’t lose out on the opportunity to win £20,000 for your start-up!! We’re excited to see your entries!!!

HexagonFab won CUE’s £10k competition in 2020 after successful pitches through all the initial presentation phases. HexagonFab is a biotech company specializing in making biological analysis of proteins faster, easier, and cheaper through their product, the HexagonFab bolt. Since their success in CUE’s competition, they have secured 1.9 million in seed funding and have garnered media attention. Do you want your start to be successful like HexagonFab? Then join our £20k competition this Easter through the link in our bio!

We are hosting a founders matchmaking event in collaboration with the creator fund on March 16th from 6-9pm! Have a start-up idea and are looking for a co-founder to help you start it? Are you eager get involved in the Cambridge start-up scene as a co founder? This event provides the perfect opportunity for you to meet like-minded students and maybe your partner in creating the next billion dollar start-up!

Sign-up link: https://form.typeform.com/to/sqOWJlaS?typeform-source=linktr.ee

🚨🚨There are more details for our upcoming £20k competition🚨🚨

Application Deadline: April 3rd at 11:59pm

Mentorship Program: April 10th to May 1st

Pitch Finale & Awards Ceremony: May 3rd

We are extremely excited to announce that CUE is hosting a hackathon this weekend!!! Winners will get a commendation and a recommendation for our £20K competition. Check the link below for sign-ups:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2feoFXWPGdOmrLk6tc6hSq4pIDFtuoyAiperuf16riHDZNQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Big things are coming from us at CUE. Want a chance to win £20,000? Stay tuned to our socials for more details on the opening of applications!

Meet our President: David Quan ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Competitions Vice Presidents: Oliver and Jennia ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Events Vice President: Ayushman Nath✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Secretary: Shen Lin ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Heads of Publicity: Charlie and Juan ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Director of Sponsorship: Jenni Morris ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Directors of Technology: Alice and George ✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Startup Director: Angelica Akrami✔️
🟡 Join us using the link in our bio.

Meet our Director of Business School Relations: Edward Hilditch ✔️
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Meet our Director of Social Enterprise Relations: Aman Vernekar ✔️
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Meet our Director of Alumni Relations: Jack Allinson ✔️
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CUE’s Round 1 application deadline is 11pm this Saturday, 7th of January.

Please do apply via the application in the Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/cambridgeunientrepreneurs

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Since 1999, CUE has been supporting and accelerating business innovation and entrepreneurship, and providing training for hundreds of students, staff and alumni. We have traditionally hosted four competitions annually: £100 for 100 words, the £2k competition, the £10k competition and the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. As a result, we have awarded over £600,000 in prize money to more than 60 start-ups and have seen many of them develop into successful companies. These companies have contributed greatly to the local region and beyond, raising over £250 million of investment and producing over 500 full-time jobs!

The Board is pleased to announce David Quan 权丁文 as President of Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE), after a months-long candidate search.

Applications to join David in his 2023 team are available here on a rolling basis: https://linktr.ee/CambridgeUniEntrepreneurs

Having grown up in Xi'an, China, and Adelaide, Australia, David studies BA (Hons) Education at Clare College, University of Cambridge, UK, as a Cambridge Trust Scholar. David represents the University on the Blues basketball team, and plays the plastic trombone for several musical ensembles, including the Cambridge University Brass Band. Having served as Equalities Officer of The Cambridge Union, Deputy Head of Policy of The Wilberforce Society, Deputy Lifestyle Editor of Varsity, and a Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, David is also President of The Cambridge Student Investment Fund, a Trustee of The Cambridge SU, and host of his 'Coffee's on Me, David Quan 权丁文' podcast. David can be contacted via his LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/DavidQuan

https://www.facebook.com/David Quan

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Announcing the Cambridge x HAX Phase 0 Grant! A £7.9k grant for any hard tech. This includes but is not limited to: robotics, sensors, connectivity, electronics, materials, industrial processes, and infrastructure to unlock massive industry opportunities.
For 1-1 pitch practice (or Q&A) with HAX Associate Dylan Crow TOMORROW, sign up here: https://calendly.com/hax/hax-pitch-practice
Applications due 20 May: https://hax.co/phase-zero