Entrepreneurship and Leadership

An interview with Peter Cowley for the launch of Cambentrepreneurs in New York, recorded in April 2017. Cambentrepreneurs was founded in December 2016 to promote entrepreneurship among the alumni of Cambridge University, current Students and others. Working in a similar way to the relationship between TED.com and TEDx-es, we launch in cities where there is a local leader ready to take the initiative and organise events and activities with a minimum of support from myself and Peter.

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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In this podcast John Lucas reflected on recruitment - his role and processes in selecting undergraduates to study at the world's finest universities.

John Randolph Lucas was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied first mathematics, then Greats (Greek, Latin, Philosophy and Ancient History), obtaining first class honours, and taking the Oxford MA in 1954. He spent the 1957–58 academic year at Princeton University, studying mathematics and logic. For 36 years, until his 1996 retirement, he was a Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, and he remains an emeritus member of the University Faculty of Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

John Lucas was your host's father and died in April 2020

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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After 10 years in IT in various roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Manager, Head of QA, Trainer) I founded Produktywni.pl, where I am a trainer and consultant and also created two online trainings - I help people, teams and companies be more productive, build positive habits, achieve their dreams and get things done. I have a blog (in Polish) and my articles can be found on Lifehack and my book "Effective Multitasking" on Amazon.

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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Paweł Tkaczyk is a writer, public speaker and an expert in branding and gamification. He wrote two bestsellers - „Zakamarki marki” and „Grywalizacja” that focus on branding (zakamarki marki) and gamification (grywalizacja) operations. He is also a lecturer at many Polish universities such us Akademia im. Leona Koźmińskiego w Warszawie, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Poznaniu and many companies such as Credit Agricole, Citibank, Sanofi Aventis or Hama. He is quoted in many business focussed newspapers such as Brief or Marketing w Praktyce.

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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When his 4-year old daughter saw a plastic tub of cat litter in the woods, little did Jeff Kirschner realise that it would be the spark for creating Litterati - a global movement that’s “crowdsource-cleaning” the planet one piece of litter at a time. Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Fast Company, and USA Today, Litterati has become a shining example of how communities are using technology and data to solve our world’s most complex problems. Jeff has shared the Litterati story at Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Facebook, and Uber, keynoted environmental summits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Keep America Beautiful, as well as leading schools including Stanford, MIT, and the University of Michigan. Jeff was recently a TED Resident where he developed Litterati into an “idea worth spreading.”

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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Rudradeb Mitra - Alumni of University of Cambridge. He started his first venture in 2010. Till now he has been a founding member of 5 startups - two in Silicon Valley, one in UK, one in Belgium and one in India. He is also a mentor of Founder Institute, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, MIT Enterprise Forum Poland. Recently he seed invested in two startups and is always looking for interesting opportunities and people to work with.

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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An interview with Richard Lucas by The Wall Street Lab Podcast - originally went on line here http://www.thewallstreetlab.co... is what they wrote "Richard Lucas is an angel investor who is currently involved with close to 20 different companies across a variety of industries. He has made many investments into world-class startups over the years, including deals with startups backed by the likes of Y Combinator. For example, Richard was an early investor in the company Estimote, which won the 2013 Tech Crunch disrupt in the Hardware category. Part of the reason why Richard is such a fascinating person to talk to, is that he is involved in a variety of projects outside of his main work. He is the founder of Cambentrepreneurs, an alumni network for the graduates of Cambridge University and others focusing on entrepreneurship. He is also the license holder of TEDxKazimierz, which is an independently organized Ted event in Krakow, Poland. Our interview with Richard is jam-packed with really great and practical insights into the mind of someone who, in his own words, thinks about the world in terms of problems and solutions. We touch on some of the red flags he looks for before deciding to invest in a business and the importance of building a company with an exit plan in mind: “If you don’t build a company with an exit in mind, then you don’t really prepare for it.” We also discuss the reasons why he has deliberately decided not to exited any of his business, despite having received offers to sell them: “I’ve never done an exit and that is not because I have never been offered money for my businesses, but it never seemed sensible to take money at 3x or 4x earnings, because 3 or 4 years later you have got the same amount of money if the company doesn’t fail, and you still own it.” We also talk about his early experience as an entrepreneur and the lessons he learned, which he openly shares with us. You – yes, you – are lucky for living in an era of information abundance.

Don’t take our word for it: “The great advantage for listeners now is: you can be 19 and or even 10 and listen to this and think: oh, I won’t make the same mistake as Richard Lucas. I am really jealous of you guys for being able to compress all that knowledge”. And this is just the tip of the iceberg!"

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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Józef Kącki is the founder of Leaders Island - and organisation focused on training young managers and future leaders and a managing director of S4A.

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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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Have you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experiment? If you're familiar with it, you must recognise our today's episode guest - Prof. Philip Zimbardo who is one of the most known and respected psychologists in the world. Besides being a professor emeritus at Stanford University, he has just started a very inspiring project in Poland. Learn about the inspiring life of Prof. Zimbardo in our thirteenth Project Kazimierz episode of the second season!

Have you ever heard of Stanford Prison Experiment? If you're familiar with it, you must recognise our today's episode guest - Prof. Philip Zimbardo who is one of the most known and respected psychologists in the world. Besides being a professor emeritus at Stanford University, he has just started a very inspiring project in Poland. Learn about the inspiring life of Prof. Zimbardo in our thirteenth Project Kazimierz episode of the second season!

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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Tom Clarke is the CEO and founder of u2i, a web technology consulting company based in Krakow, Tom found success after doubling down on his core strength – technology. Now, u2i has over 40 employees and generates millions of dollars in revenue every year. Not only that, u2i employees co-own the company, and as a result, the level of creative effort they pour into every client project leaves a big impression! 

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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