China-UK Entrepreneurship Competition
Published 30 April 2010
Lancaster University Management School will be hosting the semi-final of the 4th China-UK Entrepreneurship Competition on Wednesday 5 May. Eight teams will be fighting it out in an exciting 'Dragon's Den' style competition.
Professor David Brown describes the competition in this short video (2 minutes 20 seconds). For the information on the value of the competitiom, and on previous winners, see the second video at the foot of the page.
The semi-final will be held in Lecture theatre 4 in the Management School from 10.00 - 16.00.
The eight teams, each with a business plan, will be competing for places in the final. Prize money, introductions to venture capitalists and, most importantly, good access to networks in the UK and China, are all at stake. The same competition is taking place in China and the finalists will meet for a head-to-head in September. Some of the entrepreneurial ideas are leading-edge in terms of innovation and technology.
The event is sponsored by University of York, UCL, Queens University Belfast, China Innovation Development Association and LUMS - through the Lancaster China Management Centre.
It is open to the public and free of charge. Semi-finalists begin presenting at 10.45: each one for 30 minutes. If you are joining for part of the day please enter in the last five minutes of a presentation slot so as not to put off any of the presenters. We very much look forward to seeing you there.
Agenda
09.30 Arrivals and refreshments
10.00–10.45 Official opening
10.45-11.15 Presentation 1 & Questions
11.15–11.45 Presentation 2 & Questions
11.45-12.15 Presentation 3 & Questions
12.15-12.45 Presentation 4 & Questions
Lunch
13.30-14.00 Presentation 5 & Questions
14.00-14.30 Presentation 6 & Questions
14.30-15.00 Presentation 7 & Questions
15.00-15.30 Presentation 8 & Questions
15.45 Announcement of winners and Close
In this video (5 minutes 10 seconds), David Brown describes some of the exciting business ideas that have won previous competitions
