Entrepreneurship and Leadership

David Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland.

He is currently CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular e-mail management tools Mailstrom.co and Chuck. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project “Twittervision,” which was featured in the 2008 MoMA exhibition “Design and the Elastic Mind,” curated by Paola Antonelli. He uses social network data to map cities. He is also organizer of TEDxMidAtlantic in Washington, DC and is passionate about data, disinformation, elections, cities, and entrepreneurship. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children.

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About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Fred Schmidt (nee Fernando Klemens Jan Borys Czochralski-Schmidt) MBE is Director of International Affairs at Capital Factory, a top U.S. incubator – accelerator - investment fund nurturing over 700 tech startups in downtown Austin Texas. There he oversees Touchdown Austin, a soft landing program for foreign companies seeking to expand into the U.S. market, and Texas scaleups ready for expansion overseas. He also is a co-founder and investor in his 4th videogames tech company, Portalarium. And, concurrently, he is co-founder and CEO of a collection of unique Austin experiential retail businesses in music, fashion, toys and confectionery. Previously, Fred's career spans over 30 years of management experience in the tech and creative industries in the U.S. and Europe.

Fred also serves the Mayor of Austin as a citizen ambassador in building the thriving tech and creative industries Sister Cities relationship between Austin and the London Borough of Hackney, home to the UK’s flourishing “Tech City” scene – work for which he has been awarded the honour of Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He also heads the Austin Chapter of Tech London Advocates.

As a child, Fred was granted asylum in the USA as a political refugee from Poland during the Cold War… grew up in Detroit… and now has been a 28-year resident of Austin, dividing his time between that city, Los Angeles and London.

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About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Alex Hoskyns - Founded the Chatty Cafe Scheme. Cafes that take part have a ‘Chatter & Natter’ table which creates a space for people to talk; whether it is for five minutes while you drink a tea or coffee, or for an hour of good conversation. We’re not trying to build friendships – just simple interactions to combat loneliness and to just maybe have a big impact on someone’s day. Although the aims of the scheme are to reduce loneliness and get people chatting they do not to use the word "loneliness" on any of the publicity that is displayed in cafes. Instead it is presented as a positive step that focuses on bringing people of all ages and from all walks of life together. - to mix everyone up! In January 2019 they were awarded the "Innovate in Aging" prize! a UK competition to find innovate solutions to an aging population and the judges liked the scheme because it is simple and effective.

About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Chris Bomgaars - worked with his father to build up to a $100 million dollar revenue pig farming business from 2003-14 managing pigs on 350 farms. Based on his experience of what was needed to improve the way pig farms worked, he decided to create Everypig - a simple yet powerful pig health and production management tool. Entirely self funded, the app is used to manage more than 3 million pigs at the beginning of 2019. Successful trials of AI on pig images are soon to enhance even further the value the product offers its users

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About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Jon Powell is Chair of Enterprise Educators UK - a membership organisation for Universities, Colleges and private sector organisations to support enterprise educators. Head of Enterprise and Innovation Services and resident expert on enterprise education and business Growth Hubs at Lancaster University. Jon Powell has experience in supporting technology and knowledge-based start-up companies including University spin-outs. I have worked closely with hundreds of start-up companies (including but not limited to student and graduate start-ups) providing advice, guidance and in some cases acting as a Non-Exec Director. Support varies from market research, analysis, business planning, governance structures and financial planning. Fifteen years of experience as a Director of a local SME. Employer Solutions Ltd are employee relations specialists providing consultancy, training and employee handbooks. Also Director of Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce, and member of the board for the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Small Business Charter.

"It's all about creating the environment and opportunities so people can be the best version of themselves

About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Aleksandra Pedraszewska is a Co-Founder and Head of Commercial at VividQ - a UK-based start-up offering revolutionary software platform for next generation holographic display. Aleksandra co-founded VividQ when completing her MPhil degree in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. Today, she heads up VividQ’s sales, marketing, and operations teams based in London. She manages the implementation of VividQ software framework by world-leading customer electronics and embedded systems manufacturers.

Aleksandra is also involved in completing the £3m funding round (having previously raised £2.2 seed investment). Before, she gained professional experience at Rolls-Royce, HBO, and IdeaLab Ventures amongst others. Aleksandra is an avid contributor towards initiatives promoting women in tech and technologies originating from her home country – Poland (supporting the Polish innovation diaspora network PLUGin). She is a recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships, including Female Undergraduate of the Year 2015, and Cambridge Leadership Prize, and was named on the Code First: Girls “Ones to Watch 2018” list.

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About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Alex van Someren is Managing Partner of the Early Stage Funds at Amadeus and sits on the boards of several Amadeus portfolio companies.

Amadeus is one of the highest profile VC funds in the UK with offices in Bangalore, Cambridge, Cape Town, London and San Francisco, Amadeus has invested in over 130 companies, and raised more than billion pounds for its portfolio companies. Investing from early stage to global growth, they are focused on AI & machine learning, online consumer services, cyber security, digital health and medical technology, digital media, enterprise SaaS, fintech, regtech and insurtech.

Alex has a current investment focus on UK deep technology including artificial intelligence & machine learning, cloud computing/enterprise SaaS, cyber security, digital healthcare, medical technology and optical & quantum technologies. Alex is a co-founder of CyLon (https://cylonlab.com/), which finds, grows and invests in the world’s best emerging cyber businesses. During 2019, Alex will hold the Clore Visiting Innovation Professorship of the Royal College of Art, and will be a member of the Royal Society’s Science, Industry and Translation Committee. Alex left school to join Acorn Computers in the 1980s, where he was involved in the development of the BBC Microcomputer & Acorn Electron. He subsequently co-founded ANT Ltd in 1990 to produce networking products, including web browser software licensed to the Oracle Corporation. ANT plc was listed on the London AIM market (AIM:ANTP) in 2005 and later acquired by Espial. In 1996 he co-founded nCipher with venture capital backing to develop internet security products using advanced cryptography. The company became a world leader in IT security, counting major banks, finance companies and governments among its customers. As nCipher’s CEO he raised a total of £14 million in venture capital funding before leading the company to an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2000 (LSE:NCH) at a £350 million valuation. nCipher plc was sold to Thales SA in 2008 and is now Thales e-Security. Alex lives in Cambridge, UK and is married with three children. He was appointed an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge in 2005, and he is currently Chairman of the Development Committee of Kettle’s Yard, one of the University of Cambridge Museums.

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About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Cambridge University Careers Service interviewed Richard Lucas about entrepreneurship

Normally Richard is asking the questions, In this episode hear him answer a few.

About Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Florian Faes is Co-Founder of Slator. Linguist, business developer, and mountain runner. Based in the beautiful lakeside city of Zurich, Switzerland. Florian had a senior job in translation company and realised he couldn’t find the news and analysis he was looking for so with a partner he launched Slator.

About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

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Harriet Noble is a radio journalist working for the BBC in London. She started her career on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme, where over the course of 7 years she graduated from work experience girl to Duty Editor. At the beginning of 2017 she moved to World Hacks on the BBC World Service, where she presents, reports and produces. She is also developing other radio projects for the BBC.

World Hacks is a weekly radio programme, podcast and digital video platform, leading the BBC’s solutions-focused journalism coverage. Harriet’s work has received positive reviews from The Observer, the Radio Times and others, and been chosen for BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Wick. She is particularly interested in stories about mental health, families and women’s rights.

About your host Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here. 

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