CAMentrepreneurs events July-October 2024, requests for help/calls to action, success stories
Richard Lucas
Greetings
There is quite a sense of momentum going with CAMentrepreneurs with new cities coming on board,
CAMentrepreneurs upcoming events in London, Oxford, San Francisco, and New York
June 27th Cantab NYC Happy Hour
https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/new-york-ny-june-happy-hour
Look out for George Bonilla who is aiming to help relaunch the NYC CAMentrepreneurs chapter, along with Magdalena Błyskosz, of whom more later/
July
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/san-francisco-camentrepreneurs-fireside-chats-with-unicorns-their-vc-hunters-and-other
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Interactive event featuring founders of billion-dollar companies ("unicorns"). Audience Q&A with venture capitalists.
Hosted by Wildlife enthusiast Sebastian Donovan. Support needed from local alumni- If you want to help - please use this form .
There is great interest in this event. 135 signups with several offers of help. I’m confident we can fill this gap in our global map thanks to Sebastian’s leadership.
August
London Summer Business Mixer
14th August 18:00-21:00: We have our London Summer Business Mixer at Daly’s Wine Bar on The Strand - with drinks generously sponsored by Penningtons Manches Cooper who have been supporting our events in Oxford for some time. This means that until the budget is exhausted drinks at the bar will be covered, which is a reason to be on time sign up here
September
CAMentrepreneurs online networking, mini-pitches with Peter Cowley
Wednesday, September 11 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Peter Cowley author of recently published Private Grief Public Success will share some reflections. Co-Founder CAMentrepreneurs Chair of Cambridge Angels, Angel of the Year, President of European Business Angels Network, and author of Private Grief Public Success https://www.ps-pg.com * Tickets here
Mini Pitches - if you to make a mini pitch, apply here
As during our highly popular lockdown events we are hosting this on Zoom, with plenty of small group “break out room” sessions so you can chat to other CAMentrepreneurs.
* as many of you know, Peter has late stage cancer and his participation is health dependent for obvious reasons. Follow updates which he posts here on Linkedin.
October
CAMentrepreneurs Oxford Autumn Gathering
Monday, October 14 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Organised by Cambridge alumni for everyone… Come along to ou event for entrepreneurs, investors, students and others. As with other CAMentrepreneurs events the main focus will be on structured networking so you can make plenty of new connections.
This event is hosted by Jon Hill Linkedin and Richard Lucas Linkedin If you want to help CAMentrepreneurs thrive in Oxford, please let us know via this form.
If you want to make a lightening pitch at this event, please use this form . The number of slots is limited.
Special Guests/Speakers to be confirmed
Many thanks to Penningtons Manches Cooper for supporting this event, and to Grassroots Workspace for providing the venue at symbolic cost.
CAMentrepreneurs/London Business School event
Details to be confirmed
CAMentrepreneurs/London Business School event
Details to be confirmed
November
CAMentrepreneurs/LSE event
Details to be confirmed
Special announcements
Daniel Lucas, who helped get CAMentrepreneurs up and running in Sydney is moving to London to develop partnerships and do business development for SaaS legal tech company VXT . If anyone who works in legal services is ready to have a chat, please let him know. daniel@vxt.co.nz.
VXT saves lawyers’ time (without reducing billable hours).
Magdalena Błyskosz found her summer internship with Stephanie Richards and will be in London London: 27th July - 6th August and New York 26th August - 20th December. She’s interested in expanding entrepreneurial connections, and has excellent connections in Middle East and China.
Katy Tuncer - is offering four free places to CAMentrepreneurs for a day long leadership workshop (normally costs GBP 950) in Oxford: details here
Peter Cowley’s book is on sale https://www.ps-pg.com
Help
Venue
We need a low/no cost venue for Open Coffee meetups in London
8-10 ish from September onwards if you can help, please contact me Richard Lucas
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