This lecture at the Säid Business School’s Building a Business series looked at helping entrepreneurs build a successful product. Drawing on Steve Blank’s Customer Development Model, it specifically addressed Customer Validation and Customer Discovery. The focus was on three key areas:● Conviction – the entrepreneur’s Achilles’ heel● How to recognise and test your assumptions● Validating whether youraaa

We are delighted to announce our speakers line-up for the Innovation Forum 2016 conference. Follow us to keep up to date as we introduce our eminent speakers. Charles Cotton is Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Phenomenon International Ltd. He co-authored “The Cambridge Phenomenon 50 Years of Innovation and Enterprise”. The next book in the series, “Theaaa

We are delighted to announce our speakers line-up for the Innovation Forum 2016 conference. Follow us to keep up to date as we introduce our eminent speakers. Jörg Debatin is the Vice President and Chief Technology and Medical Officer for GE Healthcare, a $17 billion division of General Electric. Jörg is responsible for leading GE Healthcare’saaa

We are delighted to announce our speakers line-up for the Innovation Forum 2016 conference. Follow us to keep up to date as we introduce our eminent speakers. Drawing from his wealth of knowledge as President of the European Committee of Regions (CoR) and Vice-Chairman of the Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group (OISPG), Markku Markkula will be presentingaaa

We are delighted to announce our speakers line-up for the Innovation Forum 2016 conference. Follow us to keep up to date as we introduce our eminent speakers.  Our opening keynote will be given by Ruth March, vice-president of AstraZeneca’s Personalised Healthcare and Biomarkers function. She will speak on how world-class science is transforming how pharmas doaaa

Dr Eliot Forster joined Immunocore as Chief Executive Officer in January 2015. He has almost 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Dr Forster previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Creabilis since 2010 and prior to that role was Chief Executive Officer of US biotechnology company, Solace Pharmaceuticals Inc. His otheraaa

ON Helix is a one-day event by One Nucleus aimed at informing delegates of how to turn early stage inventions and ideas into innovative health treatments (new medicines, novel biomarkers, useful medical devices or improved medical practices). It will present the UK landscape of the business environment, funding, scientific and clinical research excellence and will beaaa

“I’m truly impressed by the quality of the education, the network and the incredible, mission-driven team leading it. Worth every penny and more. I can’t recommend Stanford Ignite more highly.” David Bailey, Innovator & CEO, Stanford Ignite 2015 cohort  After a highly successful 2015 cohort, the Stanford Graduate School of Business returns to London thisaaa

Registration for the IMAGINE IF! Accelerator is now open! IMAGINE IF! is the first truly global competition and accelerator program for deep technology organised by the Innovation Forum across our global branches. If you have a science-based idea, you can participate in our workshops, open networking events and pitching sessions with top players in the local andaaa

Part of a global network of scientists, entrepreneurs and professionals, our goal is to connect creative thinkers, foster innovations and promote the collaboration between academia and the business scene of New York City.