About the Series
Modeled after Stanford University's highly successful Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders seminar, London Business School hopes to draw out successful entrepreneurs and have them share the stories building behind high growth technology businesses to Europe. Successful founders, investors and key figures of the entrepreneurship world will come to campus to talk about their start-up adventures, discuss their lessons on leadership and tell their thoughts about the future of the industry.
The events aim to be highly interactive, engaging and inspiring for all participants. For aspiring entrepreneurs, the speaker series is on opportunity to meet, discuss and learn about current trends, opportunities and challenges in entrepreneurship and in technology.
The series is jointly organized by London Business School's Institute for Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Club, Private Equity & Venture Capital Club and Hussein Kanji (MBA 07).
The formatThe event will consist of a brief talk from the guest speaker (around 40 minutes) followed by Q&A (15-20 minutes) moderated by a faculty member of London Business School. A networking reception will take place afterwards to give everyone the opportunity to continue the learning.
Who can attend
The events are open to all: students, alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, faculty members and other professionals involved in entrepreneurship.
When and where
The events take place on the evenings of every first Thursday of the month at London Business School.
Contacts
For media enquiries, please contact:
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Laura Barnes
+44 (0) 20 7000 7000
London Business School
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Richard Botley
+44 (0) 20 7680 5500
Chameleon PR
Faculty sponsor:
- Jeff Skinner
For other enquiries, please contact the student team:
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Lorenzo Caffarri (student chair)
Lorenzo worked as a consultant for 4 years before joining a major supply chain company, where he headed the IT department. Passionate about technology and entrepreneurship, Lorenzo is planning to start his own venture after the MBA. - Rachel Howard
