Network612
Thursday 7th April 2011 5.30 – 7.00 at the Bulb, Canterbury Innovation Centre
AWARDS NIGHT! Winners announced – checkout Big Ideas
Announcement and presentations for the winners and runners-up of the 2011 University of Kent Business Ideas Competition
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Oghenevwoke Ighure
‘A Review of Trade and Investment Opportunities’
Ogbenevwoke graduated in Nigeria as an economist and is a trained statistician. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management. In 2007 he was selected as one of only 101 Young African Leaders to the African Business Leaders Forum. A member of RISE NETWORKS, Business Minds and Small Business Owners in Nigeria.
FINAL Network612 for this term April 7th 2011 -
Refreshments available
ALL WELCOME
Venue - The Bulb, Canterbury Innovation Centre 5.30 – 7.00pm
Previous events
Network612 March 17th 2011 – 5.30 – 7.00pm
Venue - The Bulb, Canterbury Innovation Centre
Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll – The anatomy of an entrepreneurial career
To be delivered by Peter Cook, MD of Human Dynamics and The Academy of Rock. Peter’s career has traversed working as a scientist, international pharmaceutical troubleshooter, business academic, rock musician and author of three books on leadership, innovation and creativity. His titles ‘Best Practice Creativity’ and ‘Sex, Leadership and Rock’n’Roll’ have been acclaimed by Professor Charles Handy and Tom Peters, world leaders in their field.
In the session, you will hear how Peter made a number of horizontal leaps of faith in his career with transferable lessons for making good choices in your own careers. Expect the session to be both thought-provoking and enjoyable. He will discuss lessons learned in the context of those of you thinking of starting out as entrepreneurs.
PAST EVENTS 3rd March 2011
The KAYE ‘Success Sessions’ introduced by Jonnie Jensen with Richard Oldfield.
Everyone wants success. It comes in different shapes and sizes and means different things to different people. So how do you know when you have success? Each session is designed to help you identify success and equip you with greater knowledge that you can use in your business. 
Richard Oldfield, chief executive of Oldfield Partners, an investment management firm which he founded in 2005 after nine years as chief executive of a family investment office and which has approximately £2 billion under management for pension funds, charities and families. Before that he was a director of Mercury Asset Management plc which he joined in 1977. He became chairman of the Oxford University investment committee and Oxford University Endowment Management Ltd in January 2007 and was chairman of Keystone Investment Trust plc from 2001 to 2010. Simple but not easy, his slightly autobiographical and heavily biased book about investing, was published in June 2007. He is a trustee of Leeds Castle Foundation and of Canterbury Cathedral Trust and president of Demelza House Children’s Hospice. He is a former chairman of MCCH Ltd and was High Sheriff of Kent 2008-9.
“Last night’s Success Session with David Philpot was absolutely brilliant. David shared with us personal and business experiences in a charismatic and engaging manner. I learnt a great deal about him, about working in the charity / 3rd sector and most of all took a reality check on my views on what success means.”
PAST EVENTS
February 3rd 2011 – Barry Cotgrave
Creator of 
Mediterranean Direct Ltd, importers and distributors of Italian gourmet products, will be sharing his experiences in managing the challenges faced by young businesses.
Based in Whitstable, Kent, and Bologna, Italy, Mediterranean Direct Ltd is a young company specialising in the import and distribution of high quality, artisan produced Italian food and wine. Founded over a good bottle of San Giovese on a balmy Appennini night, the business is driven by a passion for authentic Italian cuisine.
Each of their products is individually handpicked by the Italian-based team, led by
Umberto Carboni (renowned chef).
Refreshments will be available.
An opportunity to come and talk with like minded people about business ideas and developments, and to enjoy a relaxing drink.
Lee McQueen – keynote at 4th November 2010 Network612!
Lee McQueen – winner of the 2008 Apprentice Series will be speaking at the University of Kent Network612 on the 4th November.
Come and meet Lee and hear him talk about winning The Apprentice and his new business venture Raw Talent Academy.
Network612 is pleased to work in association with the KAYE network and bring you a talk from
Ron Roser - How to …Network a Room – Start thinking creatively about expanding your network, you’ll be amazed at the number of opportunities you start to see and how much more appealing they seem.
Make time to join us for these ‘not to be missed’ talk.
Network612 4th November at Woolf College, University of Kent, Canterbury campus, 5.30 – 7.00pm
Network612 is open to all students, graduates and staff interested in enterprise, local businesses and business support agencies. All welcome
Network612 Thursday October 7th 2010 – 5.30 – 7.00pm – Woolf College.
Drinks and Refreshments!
The University of Kent’s innovative Network612. Open to graduates and undergraduates from the University who are considering s
etting-up their own business or being self-employed, local business people and business advisors.
First session saw opening from Denise Everitt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Director of Finance and Commercial Services at the University of Kent
Antony Chia, Pritesh Patel, Rishi Ghose – FatMoose – studnet enterprise based at the Kent Enterprise Hub
Sinan Assaf and Ben Giambrone – Winners of the Princes Trust Million£ Makers
Julia Russell from Flecto – How to… Time Manage
Last Year
The final Network612 event for this academic year 31st March 2010:
Time: 5.30 – 7.00
Venue: The Bulb – Unit 70 Canterbury Innovation Centre
An opportunity to come and talk with your colleagues about business ideas and developments, and to enjoy a relaxing chat before the Easter holiday and the exam term.
Announcement of the Winners of the UoK Business Ideas Competition
Stephanie Barwick, Senior Enterprise Manager from the Kent Enterprise Hub, will also talk about the new ‘small grants’ available for UoK students and graduate business start-ups.
The networking and awards will take place in the Bulb. The Bulb is the new student innovation space in the Canterbury Innovation Centre – along University Road
We look forward to seeing and meeting you again and indeed welcoming new members.
Fred Ryder, Network Convenor, 01227 824335, fr2@kent.ac.uk
Tracy Crowther, Student Enterprise Officer, 01227 823733, t.s.crowther@kent.ac.uk
The network is a collaboration between Kent Business School and Kent Innovation and Enterprise.
Membership:
- Students registered on CB612 for 2009/10 (85 C, 40 M) for whom attendance is compulsory. This forms the focus for 20% of the module assessment under the heading entrepreneurial skills application and development
- Students running or considering running their own business
- 2009 Kent graduates contemplating self-employment
- Small local businesses in both for profit and not for profit sectors
- Business support agencies
The objective of the network is not to set-up in competition with other business support services but bring them together with our students and local businesses. This will provide you with the opportunity to develop your networking skills, make contact with local employers and a range of business support agaencies.
The inaugural event was held on the 8th October at the newly-built Woolf College, on the University’s Canterbury Campus.
The forum attracted over 200 students, successful graduates, local businesses and business support agencies. Deputy Vice Chancellor Denise Everitt introduced a series of speakers including:
Professor Paul Phillips – Director of Kent Business School
Joel Deakin – Current student on CB612
Julie Banner – Previous Student from CB612
Susan Booth - Pilgrims Hospice, Head of Fundraising
Roger House - Federation of Small Businesses.
Paul Barron – Director of Kent Foundation
James Gransby -Larkings Chartered Accountants, Partner
Kent IT Clinic
Keynote Speaker – Dr Chris Soloman - VisionMetric Ltd
The keynote speech was by Dr Chris Solomon, an entrepreneurial Kent academic who spoke about his spin-out company, VisionMetric Ltd, the UK’s leading developer of facial composite software to the Police.
The event offered an excellent opportunity for businesses to engage with enterprising students, as well as local support agencies and University staff.
The second event on 5th November, saw Peter Cook (author of Sex, Leadership and Rock and Roll) as the keynote speaker, who gave a fascinating talk on what not to do in business. Peter regularly appears on the BBC and is a popular business speaker, with a unique way of getting his message across to his audience.
The 3rd December event saw a talk from global entrepreneur, Colin Carter, ‘from shipping company to artist: the unpredictable road to success’ with a keynote from Sir Robert Worcester the Chancellor of the University, and founder of the MORI organisation: ‘branding, targeting and reaching your customers’
The 4th February 2010 saw talks from Jon Barrett (Purelabs) ’The Story of Intelligent Flatplan’ Winner of the 2009 Kent Innovation Challenge and Jonnie Jensen (TMANDI)
Social Media Marketing for Your Business
4th March 2010 with Jo Gideon who had a varied and eventful entrepreneurial career.
If you would like to engage with Network612, please contact us at roundone@kent.ac.uk
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