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SUMMARY:From academic to successful software entrepreneur – a guide for 
 researchers - James Thomas (Cambridge Enterprise) and Steve Brierley (Rive
 rlane Research)
DTSTART:20190522T114500Z
DTEND:20190522T130000Z
UID:TALK123841@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Stephanie North
DESCRIPTION:Guidance and support on how to to form your own startup compan
 y.\n\nThinking of starting your own company\, or looking to join an agile\
 , growing startup? Cambridge Enterprise shall be hosting this lunchtime ta
 lk to help researchers and students at the University of Cambridge\, under
 stand what support is available to them\, providing real world\, practical
  advice on how to get started as an entrepreneur.\nThis session will focus
  mainly on software-based start-ups\, but much of the advice will be appli
 cable across a range of sectors.\n\nWhat's included:\n\nAdvice from an aca
 demic founder:\nHear from Dr Steve Brierley\, former Senior Research Fello
 w in Applied Mathematics at Cambridge\, and now Founder and CEO of the qua
 ntum simulation start-up Riverlane. Steve will be talking about his journe
 y with Riverlane so far\, including making the jump from being a Universit
 y academic to successful entrepreneur.\n\nGuidance from Cambridge Enterpri
 se staff:\nJames Thomas\, Senior Investment Associate at Cambridge Enterpr
 ise\, will speak about what support is available for those wishing to form
  their own start-ups\, including: investment\, mentoring and training prog
 rammes.\n\nPlease Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-academic
 -to-successful-software-entrepreneur-a-guide-for-researchers-tickets-59436
 982615\n\nAbout Cambridge Enterprise\n\nCambridge Enterprise was formed by
  the University of Cambridge to help staff and students commercialise 
 their expertise and ideas for the benefit of the global community. What we
  do is central to the mission of the University\, which for more than 800 
 years has contributed to society through the pursuit of education\, le
 arning and research at the highest levels of international excellence.\n
 \nFormed in 2006\, Cambridge Enterprise is a wholly owned subsidiary of th
 e University of Cambridge. Our mission is to help the University of Cambri
 dge’s innovators\, experts and entrepreneurs make their ideas more comme
 rcially successful for the benefit of society\, the economy\, the individu
 al and the University.​ We have three main ways of doing this:\nConsulta
 ncy\nOur Consultancy Services team supports University of Cambridge staf
 f\, researchers and students when they are approached for help from exte
 rnal organisations. The team handles the majority of communication with th
 e external organisation in order to minimise distraction from the process 
 of knowledge transfer.\nTechnology Transfer\nThe Technology Transfer team 
 works with researchers on ideas from their University research that have c
 ommercial potential. The team’s goal is to create opportunities that are
  attractive to external organisations that have the resources to develop a
 nd commercialise them.\nSeed Funds\nThrough direct investment and networki
 ng facilitation\, our Seed Funds team is able to support academics and s
 tudents as they build teams and raise the finances needed to develop their
  ideas.\n\n\nAbout Riverlane \n\n"Our Mission is to transform the discover
 y of new materials and drugs using our world-leading quantum simulation en
 gine. We are building a simulation engine for microscopic systems\, one th
 at accurately accounts for quantum effects. We will bring the discovery of
  materials and drugs into a new computational era\, one where the physical
  laboratory is used only sparingly to validate results\, fundamentally acc
 elerating the pace of discovery.\nWe benchmark existing quantum software a
 nd hardware to pinpoint the state-of-the-art and forecast future developme
 nts.\nWe develop application focused software for quantum computers.\nWe h
 elp our customers apply quantum computing disruptively within their organi
 sation and industry by shipping quantum software".
LOCATION:MR4\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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