Enterprising minds

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People with enterprising minds make things happen, whether it’s starting a business or social venture or doing something new in established organisations.

In this series, we ask people how they’re trying to change the world and what it takes to turn an idea into a reality.

Hitting the right note for innovation in Cambridge

17 October 2024

Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director of Innovate Cambridge, on the secrets of successful innovation and her ambitious plans for innovation in Cambridge and beyond.

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12 Feb 2025

Tammy Dougan on why it's so important that universities work with industry to get fundamental science out of the lab and into the real world.

Harnessing the power of innovation

04 Jun 2024

Diarmuid O'Brien, the ̽��ֱ��'s new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation on what makes Cambridge such an enterprising place and what we can achieve...

Quantum leap

21 Mar 2024

Meet the brilliant founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a Cambridge spinout paving the way for a new era of quantum computing.

Caring for cancer patients

31 Jan 2024

Meet Umaima Ahmad, co-founder and CEO of a Cambridge spinout that aims to keep chemotherapy patients safe from infection while sparing them...

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Making peace

08 Nov 2023

Enterprising Mind João Costa has turned a philosophical idea into a practical tool for resolving real-world conflict.

Inclusion, innovation... and cocktail curation

22 Aug 2023

Co-founder and CEO of Start Codon, Jason Mellad on helping healthcare start-ups thrive and why inclusion and diversity will change the world.

Taking care of mental health

09 Feb 2023

Psychiatrist, Professor of Neurotechnology and 'Enterprising Mind', Sabine Bahn has founded two companies both with the aim of helping people with...

Comfortable with the uncomfortable

09 Nov 2022

Dr Jag Srai on finding unexpected ways around a problem and putting new supply chain thinking into practice with global companies.

Live long and prosper

14 Jul 2022

Meet Daniel Ives, co-founder of a Cambridge start-up with one big ambition: to put an end to ageing and the diseases that come with it.

Powering a green revolution

23 May 2022

Dr Giorgia Longobardi, founder and CEO of ̽��ֱ�� spinout Cambridge GaN Devices, is harnessing the extraordinary properties of superconductor...

Deep learning and disease detection

07 Apr 2022

Marcel Gehrung, co-founder and CEO of rapidly growing Cambridge biotech company, Cyted, on revolutionising disease diagnostics and the challenges of...

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10 Mar 2022

'Enterprising mind', David Cleevely, one of the architects of Cambridge's world-leading innovation ecosystem, on the secrets of entrepreneurial...

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