How to sell your idea to investors
The art of convincing the audience of the value of scientific pursuits and the accuracy of findings is at the heart of our academic training. How does this translate into the business world? Who is your target audiences and what captures their imagination? Join us to find out from an expert on “pitching”. Tom Hulme, an investor at Google Ventures and a serial entrepreneur in his own right, will share a wealth of experience on this topic with us on the 22nd of February 2017 at 18:00. This is an opportunity to hear it live from a prominent public speaker, popular on many platforms such as TED Talks (www.ted.com/talks/tom_hulme_what_can_we_learn_from_shortcuts) and recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum; featured in WIRED UK’s Top 100 Digital Power Brokers list every year since the list was established and featured in the Evening Standard list of London’s 1000 Most Influential People.
Date:
22 February 2017, 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2017)
Venue:
Lecture Theatre 1 - John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Speaker:
Tom Hulme (General Partner at Google Ventures)
Organiser:
Innovation Forum Oxford
Organiser contact email address:
danuta.jeziorska@imm.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Danuta Jeziorska (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Health and Life-Sciences Entrepreneurship Lecture series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
http://oxford.inno-forum.org/event/give-effective-pitch-lecture-tom-hulme/
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Danuta Jeziorska
