CUTalks by CUTEC

This week on CUTalks we are talking to James Hawkins, co-founder of PostHog, an open course product analytics software, which recently went through Y Combinator and has raised a $3M seed round. James shared some tips for budding entrepreneurs who might not have enough experience to start their own business yet. He also shed some light on the different business models of open source companies, taking examples from RedHat, MongoDB and Gitlab. He firmly believes that there seems to be a trend of open source software taking over SAAS system in recent years. He also explained how PostHog pitched their open source business models to various investors. Lastly he shared about their recent seed funding round with Y Combinator and the experience of working with the firm To find out more about CUTEC, visit https://www.cutec.io/ This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Dr Mark Goulston. Mark is an American trained psychiatrist, author of seven books including, "Just Listen" Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Fast Company and hosts the My Wakeup Call podcast. He is also the creator of the field of Surgical Empathy in which people learn to let go of their personal agenda, and instead go to where another person is coming from, and then reveal their most important, critical and urgent needs and desires and then serve those.

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Tim Brears, CEO of Evonetix. Evonetix is a synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis. Tim holds a PhD from Cambridge University and has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Tim recently led a $30M Series B round. Tim introduced synthetic biology and its immense potential in the industry. He also shared about some strategies that his company used in order to differentiate themselves from the larger players. Tim also talked about his experience raising fund from a different continent i.e. the US, while growing the company in Cambridge, UK. Lastly, Tim gave some career advice for PhD students who might want to work outside of academia. To find out more about CUTEC, visit https://www.cutec.io/ This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Marcel Gehrung, CEO and founder of Cyted, a startup using digital diagnostics to revolutionise the early detection of cancer. Marcel has also completed a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is an Enrichment Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Marcel talked about the various types of cancers that Cyted has to deal with, and how they picked the target market. He also spoke about his experience being a technical co-founder and gave general advice for people with technical backgrounds on what to watch out for. To find out more about CUTEC, visit https://www.cutec.io/ This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

This week on #CUTalks we are talking to Professor Muhammad Yunus, a social entrepreneur who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution in microfinance and Grameen Bank. He talked about the future of social business and his newest book, A World of Three Zeros. To find out more about CUTEC, visit https://www.cutec.io/ This podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

This week on #CUTalks we are talking to Ollie Phillips, former English professional rugby player and now a director at PwC, charity ambassador, motivational speaker, and founder of ‘Optimist Performance’, which helps businesses build a team culture to succeed. Ollie shared some lessons on teamwork, leadership and resilience that he has learned from both his sports and business career. He also talked about how to handle difficult conversations with fellow teammates.

This week on #CUTalks, we are talking to Steve Blank, an 8-time Silicon Valley entrepreneur and creator of the customer development and lean startup method. He teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford, Berkeley and Columbia. Steve is also the author of four books: The Four Steps to the Epiphany, Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost, The Startup Owner's Manual, and Holding a Cat by the Tail.

This week on #CUTalks we are talking to Monique Boddington, currently Interim Deputy Director of Cambridge Judge Launchpad at the Judge Business School. Monique is a teacher and researcher in entrepreneurship, and we look forward to hearing from her about the insights she has gained from working so closely with many startups in Cambridge through the EVER project. These include issues like pivoting strategy, team dynamics, gender and stereotypes in entrepreneurship. She brought up several real-life stories and challenges based on her interaction with startups in Cambridge.

We are talking to Julia Rajnak, founder and Service Designer of Swishi. Julia is a Service and Experiences Designer having previously studied at the Royal College of Art. She is now launching Swishi to revolutionise the circular economy, starting with Switzerland. Julia shares about her experience scaling up the company, and the importance of integrating service design methodology into her strategy.

How has covid-19 affected the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) economy, and how can Southeast Asian countries leverage on the China-US trade war? Who will be the champion? Hear from Gita Wirjawan, Indonesia's Minister of Trade from 2011 to 2014. He is also the Chairman of Ancora Group, an Indonesian business group which he founded in 2008 with interests in real estate, technology, education and natural resources. This is a recording from a live webinar event that took place on 17th July 2020.