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SUMMARY:Rough guide to being an entrepreneur - Jack Lang (University of Ca
 mbridge)
DTSTART:20100630T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: At some stage you might want to exploit your ideas
  by starting a company\, just as Bill Gates and Paul Allen did in 1975. It
  might even be the next Microsoft\, or bought by them. I’ll give an over
 view of the process\, explain some of the success factors investors look f
 or\, and how to go about writing a business plan and getting off the groun
 d. \n\n*Biography*: Jack Lang is a serial entrepreneur and business angel 
 with high-tech and internet companies based in Cambridge\, where he is Ent
 repreneur in Residence\, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning\, at the Judg
 e Business School\, University of Cambridge\, an affiliated Lecturer and m
 ember of the Faculty Board at the Computer Lab and a by-fellow of Emmanuel
  College. His latest venture is as co-Founder of Artimi\, which is making 
 the next generation of ultra wide band wireless chips. Previously he was f
 ounder of Netchannel Ltd\, an early Interactive TV company which was acqui
 red by ntl: where he became Chief Technologist. Before that founder of Ele
 ctronic Share Information Ltd\, one of the first online brokerages\, acqui
 red by E*Trade Inc. Prior to that he started a consultancy (now SAIC UK Lt
 d) that was involved in the early days of the "Cambridge Phenomenon"\, and
  was a proper academic at the Computer Lab. He is author of "The High Tech
  Entrepreneurs Handbook" (FT.Com/Prentice Hall 2001). He has other interes
 ts in molecular gastronomy and fireworks.
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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