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SUMMARY:CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Mindsets and Motivations - Pr
 of Andy Hopper\, Chairman of RealVNC and Ubisense\; and Richard Green\, CE
 O of Ubisense
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CONTACT:Enterprise Tuesday
DESCRIPTION:Two founders and serial entrepreneurs worth millions and makin
 g products that are changing the world. *Andy Hopper* and *Richard Green* 
 will talk about *entrepreneurial mindsets and motivations* – what drove 
 them to take university technology and turn it into a global business succ
 ess story. The session on *1st November* will provide an overview of entre
 preneurship as a process and method using the example of their company\, *
 Ubisense* - a start up that went from an early stage idea to being a real 
 venture.\n\n*When?* 1st November 2011. Registration is from 18:00. The lec
 ture starts at 18:30. Networking from 20:00. Refreshments are provided.\n\
 n*Where?*  University of Cambridge Department of Engineering\, LT0\, Trump
 ington Street\, Cambridge\n\n*Registration* Please register online at http
 ://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/enterprisetuesday/register.html\n\n*A
 bout Ubisense*\n\nUbisense\, now the market leader of location solutions\,
  delivers mission-critical enterprise asset tracking and geospatial system
 s for over 500 customers around the world and a dedicated staff of over 10
 0 people delivering solutions. Customers include: BMW\, Airbus\, Aston Mar
 tin\, Caterpillar\, Metro Transit\, US Army\, POSCO\, NAM as well as other
  FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies. \n\n*Guest speakers:*\n\n*Andy Hopper
 * has pursued academic and industrial careers in parallel. In the academic
  career he has worked in the Computer Laboratory and the Department of Eng
 ineering at Cambridge. In the industrial career he has worked in senior ro
 les for multinational companies and also co-founded a dozen spin-outs and 
 start-ups\, two of which floated on stock markets. He is currently chairma
 n of RealVNC\, Ubisense and Adventiq. \n\n*Richard Green* studied Mechanic
 al Engineering at Trent and Fluid Dynamics at Loughborough\, but in 1983\,
  attracted to the CAD field\, he joined Cambridge Interactive Systems. Ric
 hard and seven colleagues then saw a gap in the market for geographic info
 rmation systems and set up Smallworld. Initially funded out of their own p
 ockets\, they produced a market research study which they sold to competit
 ors and which also helped them identify their early market. Richard has be
 en involved in numerous acquisitions of later stage technology companies. 
 He is currently involved in two Cambridge-based software companies and ser
 ves on the board of an Indian software company.\n\nFor further information
  about the Enterprise Tuesday series\, please see  http://www.cfel.jbs.cam
 .ac.uk/programmes/enterprisetuesday/programme/timetable.html\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, Department of Engineering\, Trumpington Stree
 t
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