The launch of CAMentrepreneurs in Dubai. CAMentrepreneurs is an official alumni group of Cambridge Universty supports entrepreneurship among Cambridge University, current students and others around the world. CAMentrepreneurs is an official alumni group of Cambridge Universty www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/dubai-camentrepreneurs-launch-event

1. Oxford and Cambridge Society UAE
Welcome
Richard Lucas
Founder
CAMentrepreneurs

2. 18:15 Door open - informal networking
18:30 Welcome James Maughan, Karin Gabriel
18:35 Background and Goals Richard Lucas
18:40 Panel: Mohamed Hamdy-Dubai Future Foundation,
Aman Merchant- d’labs, Marco Riggio- Triskelion Yujia Guo-
Blue Education
19:00 Questions/comments from audience
19:10 - "Open Coffee" – one minute introductions
19:20 Thank you, closing remarks, CTAs
19:20 onwards- informal networking
Agenda

3. Why

4. What
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

5. Since December 2016
18 meetings 6 cities
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

6. Key facts and values
• “Cambridge and” not “Cambridge only”
• Inclusive, positive, ‘give’ more than “take”,
community spirit.
• We are all on our journey – everyone was a
beginner once
• Participant driven and focussed
• Events must be fun, useful and of value
• Global network, addressing local needs/piorities
• Make first timers feel at home
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

7. Alumni networks are
underexploited and rich resource

8. How can you help?
- Encourage entrepreneurs to attend
- Venues
- Organisation
- Ideas (plus implementation)
- Ensure that meetings are welcoming
useful and enjoyable for first timers.

9. Panel

10. Questions/comments
(one minute max –pls)

11. Open Coffee introductions
(one minute max –pls)
- Who you are
- what you do
- What you are looking for
- how you can help

12. CTAs
- Encourage entrepreneurs to attend
- Venues
- Help with Organisation
- Ideas (plus implementation)
- Ensure that meetings are welcoming
useful and enjoyable for first timers.

13. Contact/more info
www.camentrepreneurs.com
Linkedin www.linkedin.com/groups/12012315
Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/666883720134093
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/group/camentrepreneurs
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

14. About Richard Lucas
Business and social
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship Evangelist
Entrepreneurship Teacher
www.richardlucas.com/now
www.linkedin.com/in/richardhlucas
richardlucas@richardlucas.com
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

15. Business entrepreneur
• An entrepreneur and investor with 650 staff
in successful companies in Europe and
USA.
• Founded 35 companies, 14 still trading
• 1000x return
• No significant exits – profits recycled into
new ventures
• Occasion angel investor – see
• http://www.richardlucas.com/2013/09/questions-
from-a-potential-investor/
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

16. Entrepreneurship evangelist
• Speaker/Host @100s of entrepreneurship events
• Startup community leader “Global Entrepreneurship
Week, Startup Poland, #OMGKRK Foundation
• Designed/delivers MBA & university courses
• Low Cost/High impact pro-enterprise events,
competitions & movements
• CAMentrepreneurs–pro-enterprise network for Cambridge
University alumni & students
• Krakow Enterprise Mondays, Open Coffee Krakow events
• “Entrepreneur from our School” and Youtube Pitching
competitions
• Project Kazimierz Podcast projectkazimierz.com/podcasts
• Blog www.richardlucas.com
richardlucas@richardlucas.com

17. Social Entrepreneurship
TEDxKazimeirz Curator
TEDxKrakow Speaker
TED Global, TED Summit, TEDFest participant
TEDx Workshop organizer
TEDx Pre-Event pioneer
Founder/supporter of pilot initiatives and new projects
including:
“Krakow Standup Comedy"
the “Wojtek the Soldier bear” global initiative
richardlucas@richardlucas.com