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Running water

08 Nov 2021

Meet social enterprise founder, Francesca O'Hanlon whose tech start-up is partnering with local plumbing businesses to bring clean water to...

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The futurist who'd like the future to slow down - just a little

10 Jun 2021

The problem with being a futurist, says Richard Watson, is that change is happening a lot faster and a lot crazier these days. We talk to him about...

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Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2019 now open for entries

28 May 2019

Entries are now open for the sixth Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards, supporting and celebrating inspirational young people from all over the world...

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Cambridge Cluster

Cambridge and AI: what makes this city a good place to start a business?

13 Feb 2018

What makes a city as small as Cambridge a hotbed for AI and machine learning start-ups? A critical mass of clever people obviously helps. But there’s...

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Hauser Forum

Opinion: What makes the Cambridge cluster special?

13 Nov 2017

Andy Neely is Cambridge’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations, a role which oversees the University’s activities in innovation...

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Zambia

'Last mile’ fingerprints

20 Sep 2017

Cambridge start-up Simprints, awarded $2.45 million in new grant money, targets the developing world with fingerprinting technology to help deliver...

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Tim Minshall

Cambridge appoints new professor of innovation

14 Sep 2017

Dr Tim Minshall has been appointed as the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, a new post that will...

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Cambridge Judge Business School celebrates 25th anniversary with new Simon Sainsbury Centre

26 Nov 2015

Groundbreaking for Cambridge Judge Business School expansion caps 25th anniversary year that included focus on women in business and entrepreneurship.

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Detail from the cover of Jugaad Innovation by Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja

A touch of frugal genius

15 Oct 2015

A “gutsy” Indian approach to innovation is being echoed worldwide by multinational companies adopting “frugal” approaches that help them do business...

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Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Refugee camp entrepreneurship

17 Sep 2015

Entrepreneurship initiatives can fill the ‘institutional void’ of long-term refugee camps, according to new research.

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Time to solve the Scottish innovation problem

17 Sep 2014

A lack of innovation is starting to put Scotland’s economic prosperity – in or out of the union – at risk. Professor Paul Tracey argues it’s time for...

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Why the Middle East is fertile ground for business

16 May 2014

Peter Hiscocks is CEO of Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education and teaches innovation management and entrepreneurship, and says...

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