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Cambridge-trained engineers take on the world's best
9 March 2005
A team of Cambridge-trained technology entrepreneurs from around the UK have reached the
semi-finals of a premier US business plan competition under an innovative UK Government
funded programme, the Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholarship Programme (CTES). CTES
Programme director, Dr Robin Daniels commented, "the involvement of David Probert and his
team at the Department of Engineering's Institute for Manufacturing is central to the
phenomenal success of the Programme. Working with Cambridge, Imperial College and London
Business School we have created a truly unique fusion of capabilities."
The team is made up of engineers and scientists from Singapore, Canada, India and
Mauritius. Everyone involved will be heading for the States in March for the University of
San Francisco's International Business Plan Competition. This event will bring together
twenty top teams from around the world to compete for the $25,000 first prize and the
opportunity to pitch to a panel of leading investors. According to Professor Mark Cannice,
Professor of Entrepreneurship at San Francisco, "they should be proud of this
accomplishment, as the competition for selection for one of the few invitations has been
fierce with many high quality submissions from universities around the world."
For more on the University of San Francisco's International Business Plan Competition
visit http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/.
Press release (pdf document)
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