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My name's Emeka. I am a Consultant Paediatrician currently undergoing my subspecialty training in Neonatology in the UK. I have been working as a medic for over 14years but have tried out my hands with a few startups in the past. Well, I finally decided to take the leap and go fully into entrepreneurship. I am excited to join this program to learn from the best and to partner with like minds who are passionate about making a change in their world.
Happy to connect here
linkedin.com/in/emeka-kenechukwu-a1049114b

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Hi everyone, I m Jeetu from Mumbai city, fast paced Financial hub of India.
With 17 years experience in delivering value & better customer experience in different industries. Leveraged entrepreneurial skills to overcome complex business challenges.
Currently working with NPCI, enabling digital payment solutions and settlement systems.
Looking forward to learn from the course and entire group.

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Hi all, I'm Priya. I am taking my first steps in entrepreneurship with my new business -  organic food ingredients for better health & wellness as well as for environmental regeneration and upliftment of the organic farming community.

I am a mother of 2 wonderful boys and married to a super loving husband.

I am looking forward to learning from all of you.

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Hi everyone

My name is Abdulrahman ALMasoud from Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, with 30+ years of experience in the aviation industry.

I  have worked  for Airlines in the Information Technology field and have played different roles in supporting business automation  and development needs. I have lead and delivered multiple projects in Infrastructure, Data Centers, ERPs and Digital   transformation initiatives plus others smaller ones.

I have joined this course to get insight in bringing innovation to this industry, that is usually dominated by OEMs; by minding my own business, i am working on contributing to the Kingdom vision 2030 of building a local service portfolio for this domain.

I am new to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and I feel immersed by the amount of transformation it can bring to multiple industries. at the same time, I like creative thinking and would be optimistic to land on new business service ideas.

I am delighted to network with your good selves for a journey full of adventures and new innovations.

Honored to meet you all

Regards,

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Hi everyone,
My name is Walid. I currently live in France and work as an inspector for a banking group and will be soon moving to Luxembourg, to co-manager a private banking unit. I joined the course cause I'm interested in the impact of digital transformations, in how fintechs are shaping new business models, and in how incumbents can evolve or innovate. I'm also interested in either building or investing in a new venture. I think this course will help sharpen my analysis.
I'm also excited with the opportunity to follow this course with you and build a new network of aspiring and senior entrepreneurs! :)

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Sam Medcraft, I'm the General Manager at Goodwood Motor Circuit in the UK.
I've joined this course to expand my knowledge of launching new businesses.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

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Hello Everyone,

I am chief executive of a 'Products and Technology' startup founded few years ago, with a key focus on Customer experience and digital transformation. After B. Tech from NIT in India, I have been part of IT sector for a long time in various roles, and have worked in different sectors and countries.

Looking forward to interacting with all of you !

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Hi I am Meera. I have a small fashion business specialising in swimwear. I just took the plunge and I'm looking forward to learning how to grow it and put more structure around what I have built so far.  My background prior to this was as a project manager in the people strategy and coo space working for a large investment bank.  I've worked at a few corporates over the years and do miss the team environment!  Aside from that I'm a mum to two little ones that keep me busy!
Looking forward to connecting and learning with you all on this journey!

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I'm Antonio Steardo. I'm a pharmaceutical professional. I'm a pharmacist and a chemist pharmacologist.
I'm a serial entrepreneur. I started my adventures when I was just 18 working by my family. I'm now 38. I looking for any advice could improve my future investment.

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Hello team,

super excited to networking with you all! Your profiles are incredible!

I'm Italian and I work at Google as Industry Manager Retail & Fashion Luxury.

Basically I'm the Google point of contact for Italian eCommerce and Omnichannel clients who wants to reach their online business goals through Google products solutions.

I have no business background but a strong desire to get out of my comfort zone!

Looking forward to meet and learn from you all!

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Hello Everyone,
My name is Abdullah from Saudi Arabia. I work in the healthcare industry, a consulting firm. VP - Sales and Marketing, mainly we work on projects with private and governmental sectors planning strategy and implementation. We also work on internal innovative solutions to fill industry gaps.
What made me interested to be part of this, is that I am currently exploring with pet projects that seem to have potential.
Looking forward to learning from you all!

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I'm Ify Asogwa, a London based, delivery focused Project and Program Consultant working in FMCG. I have over 20 years experience in Software & Hardware, Digital (Mobile and Web), FMCG, Retail, Financial Services and Telecom Sectors.

I have a wealth of international and multicultural experience from working across Qatar, US, Nigeria and Europe. I am also very enthusiastic about technology, learning, coaching and working with likeminded people to bring dreams to fruition. I like challenges, complex projects and winning at the game of life.

I have had a couple of failed business ideas so I am so ready to make something that works. Happy to meet all of you fellow travellers as we begin this entrepreneurial journey that I have nicknamed LBS T​EE  :)

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Hi all,

My name is Flavia, and I am very excited to spend the next 12 weeks with you.

I have spent my last ten years in London working for different investment banks as project manager  focusing on the implementation of new client’s proposition (i.e. new markets, or launch of new products).

Although I really enjoy create and manage action plans, my goal now is to reach the next step:  create the ideas and translate them in an high-impact  value-proposition to the clients.

I am sure that this course will provide me with the tool to evaluate new market opportunities, create business model, and pitch to a client.
Looking forward to meet you all.
Flavia

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I am Dr.Ritu Sharma, PhD in marketing and faculty with a business school in India. It’s been 16 years I am teaching and training for marketing & data analytics  and now I feel is the time to convert theory into practice. My new found love is AI& ML which I thought worth considering before letting it slip through my fingers. We academicians think a lot and try to make things perfect. I am now stepping into unknown to set new goals and targets for future. Walking out of my comfort zone with a courage to succeed, I am happy to be part of this dynamic cohort. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial journey, this is a bit scary & terrifying yet amazingly satisfying.  

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I am Dr.Ritu Sharma, PhD in marketing and faculty with a business school in India. It’s been 16 years I am teaching and training for marketing & data analytics  and now I feel is the time to convert theory into practice. My new found love is AI& ML which I thought worth considering before letting it slip through my fingers. We academicians think a lot and try to make things perfect. I am now stepping into unknown to set new goals and targets for future. Walking out of my comfort zone with a courage to succeed, I am happy to be part of this dynamic cohort. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial journey, this is a bit scary & terrifying yet amazingly satisfying.  

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ritu-sharma-5023121a/

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Hello Everyone,
I am Rana Pratap Singh ( Rana), from Pune, India.  It is wonderful to be in the midst of a distinguished cohort and faculty at LBS. I look forward to learning from all of you, and contributing to the experience of “The Entrepreneurial Edge” program.

For nearly two decades, I have enjoyed my role in Industrial Sales and Marketing, primarily in India, and also in Europe and North America. As I embark on a more Global role in the near future, I look to build structure to my intrapreneurial outlook and actions and deliver greater value to my customers and to my enterprise.

In 18 years since graduating as an engineer and then as an MBA, I have relished the challenge of diving into new markets for my respective companies, and then scaling up those initials wins into substantial revenue contributors.

I’ve always worked as an intrapreneur, even before I discovered that a term like that existed. I became adept at maximizing resources available to me through my employer. Moreover, I derived great satisfaction at channelizing resources beyond my direct command, by building a network of collaborators. This acted like a force multiplier and I was able to deliver results from multiple regions simultaneously, often without needing to be physically present in those markets all the time. In today’s age of travel restrictions, my experience at delivering performance remotely has become a great asset. One of the key learning of the past year has been to evaluate each opportunity conscientiously, with an entrepreneur’s mindset and then act very deliberately and decisively.

I am certain, the Entrepreneurial Edge program will help me evaluate new markets, in  a whole new way. I will be able to use the business models and frameworks taught here to strategize better, and execute even better. Without a doubt, the faculty, my new friends and colleagues at LBS and our incredible Alumina network will help me tremendously in building an international business that is sustainable for decades to come.

Best Regards,
Rana Pratap

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Hey Everyone!

My name is Chetan Dhawan, you can also call me CD. I'm based in London and currently work for an energy major. I'm helping them scale their electric mobility business inorganically across the globe.

I love converting ideas into tangible products/services that solve problems and positively impact livelihoods. I have in the past learned to code and built apps for social enterprises with the intent of amplifying their impact. I intend to build a social enterprise in the EV/CleanTech space.

I look forward to learning from each one of you, and I'm excited to be a part of this brilliant cohort. Wishing everyone the best.

CD

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I am Avnish, based out of Noida, INDIA.

Transitioned lately from a large corporate to a startup, after 17+ years of engagement.
My last boss used this analogy that we should an All Stars Team, everyone should be a Star.
Moving to a startup setup, I realized that there are many things I need to un-learn, before I can start making positive contributions to the new environment. So, I enrolled in this course to think like an entrepreneur.

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Dear All,

Super excited to be enrolled in The Entrepreneurial Edge program at such a prestigious institution. I'm looking forward to lots of learning from the lecturers and peers.  I actually enrolled in the course because I am involved with a start-up firm and believe everything in this course of relevance.

I am a principal founder, Head of Business Development & Strategy for A-MAN Holdings, a US based science technology start-up that operates in the urban mining space, we aim to revolutionize the reclamation process of precious metals and rare earths elements from various sources including electronic waste, automotive and others.

Apart from contributing to the circularity of the economy, the benefits of A-MAN’s technology aligns to several of the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Background: A financial services specialist with over 15 years experience spanning different roles including Risk, Treasury and Trading at global Tier 1 investment banks including JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and most recently Commercial Bank of Qatar. My experience has taken me from Australia, United Kingdom and to Qatar. I achieved a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Actuarial Studies from Macquarie University (Australia) and UK Level 4 Qualified Financial Advisor, The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF).

I look forward to meeting you all.

Best

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Hello Fellow TEEs,

My name is Guilherme Hartmann and I am London based technologist with over 20 years of experience in the technology and financial sector.

My passion is in cutting edge technologies and they application in Finance. I'm currently a consultant providing support for financial companies that want to innovate and make the most of the latest technologies.

I look forward to this exciting jorney and I wish you all good luck.

All the Best,

Guilherme

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EV enthusiast, Space tech and a few other things Musk

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Hi fellow value creators, it's great to be back in a formal structured learning environment after 17 years.
Look forward to the next 16 weeks learning something new, developing myself and getting to know all you smart people from around the world ! Super excited about our group interactions ...

Cheers,
Amit

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Hello everyone, my name is Lakshya Gupta and I am living in USA for the past 4 years. I came here in 2017 for my Masters degree in Project Management (Construction). Since then I have been working in the construction industry for almost 2.5years as an Assistant Project Manager and have been part of several highway, waterline and building construction projects.
I have joined this course to get an understanding about the processes involved in building and running a successful venture.
Looking forward to learning from you all.

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Hello everyone. Excited to be part of this course with all of you. I am a practising Interventional Radiologist ( FYI  - A doctor that uses imaging to treat diseases )from Hyderabad, India. I am passionate about starting a company in the healthcare segment. There are a few ideas I have been working on...hoping that this course would lay the foundation and be a guide  in this  journey...

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I have worked in Manufacturing and Oil and Gas for 9 and 12 years respectively - mainly in Guyana and Nigeria. Recently, I left an Oil Services Company where I felt that things were not working out as planned. I signed up for this course because I wanted something different and would like to own and launch my first start-up. I want to learn all it takes to accomplish my goal of launching a startup.

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Hi there,
This is Manish Shukla… no link to 007 but I realise that signing up for this 12 week program puts me in the same boat :)
Looking forward to interacting with my fellow mates.

Greetings from Nürnberg,
Manish Shukla

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Hi, I'm Gunasekaran Gokulakrishnan. You call me Gokul. Im from Ooty, India. Having Seven years of experience in pharmaceutical distribution in Cambodia.. Started my own venture thrice, successfully sold my first venture of pharmaceutical distribution business to chase my own dream, started selling my own pharmaceutical products which are contract manufactured. All of a sudden it crash landed. Then I returned back to India. Had taken a break and during my vacation visited some of the carrot farms , then I started my third venture as Carrot Grower in August 2015.. Bootstraped to become , top carrot growers in India... Im proud to say, my carrots are one of finest in India. As a carrot grower I have faced so much problems and complications. I do have solutions for those. This time I want to take it to a whole new level with this course.

Looking forward to meet you all.

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Hi all, I hope you are all doing great. I am excited to be here. Just a bit of background from me, I have 3 main experiences, the first in product development & engineering at a Fortune 500 automotive company, the second in strategy and implementation consulting in a top consulting firm, and the third in entrepreneurship. I am looking forward to learn how entrepreneurs assess opportunities, raise investment and scale.

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My Name is Venkatesh Ramasamy shortly Rams originally from India, but living in UK for the past 13 years. I  launched two IT Consulting companies both on different purpose. I’m here to unlearn & learn how to launch business, identify customer problem, build solution, sell it, make it happen and importantly develop network. My specialising are Data & technology. My special interest projects are crypto, AI/ML, Real-estate tech & Medical service. I have added my LinkedIn  as well, happy to connect with like minded.

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Hello All,

Excited to be with you all, on this very much needed, and passionate course.

I am Prashanth P Ostwal, currently living in Hyderabad, India.
I work as a Senior Product Manager at OnePlus R&D and Oppo R&D, to create new products / features for our new and existing extra ordinary customers.
I have 15 years of industry experience, prior worked with Samsung R&D, travelled to many countries, especially Europe, to deal with Operator needs and demands.

As I continue my career, I wish to either grow business of my current company by delivering user driven great products, unless I start one of my own, and keep continuing the leanings in my new venture as well. Need to understand, how to pick the right idea, evaluate carefully, understand market segments, be aware of the risks, and predict future impacts, and growths, sustaining in market etc.

I am sure, with you all, and our mentors, work together as a team, and get all insights to kick start a new venture, or grow the existing one, to new heights.

I like travelling to more countries, talk to many people of different cultures, improve my network, exchange each others ideas and thoughts and keep learning from each one of you.

Thank you

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Hi, I am Aditya Mathur. I'm based out of Mumbai, India.

I have over 17 years of experience in the Advertising and Media Space as a CEO, Creative Director & Film Maker.
whitefin.in

I have conceptualised, scripted, animated, directed & produced a large number Audio Visuals, Corporate Films, Digital & Radio Commercials.

I am also a full-time Voice Actor in the Advertising Industry and have voiced for over 36 TV channels.
adityamathur.com

In my career, I have voiced for thousands of Corporate films, Audio Visuals, TV & Radio commercials, Documentaries, etc.

I have hosted 100+ Corporate Conferences, Seminars, Conventions, Product Launches etc.

Some of the clients I have worked with include Nickelodeon, Mtv, Disney, Range Rover, Nestle, Visa, BBC, Global Citizen, Deloitte, DELL Emc, Google Cloud etc…

I have just started off my own venture, Gold Bay Media, a 360 Media House with expertise in Visuals, Audio, Digital & Events.

I'm here to gain key insights on laying the foundation & running a successful start-up.

Looking forward to meet everyone & collaborate.

Cheers.

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* CEO & Creative Director -
Events, Video, Radio, Digital.

* Voice Over & Dubbing Artist -
TV, Radio, Corporate Films, Audio Visuals, Documentaries, Audio Books, E-Learning, PodCasts, Animations.

* Master Of Ceremonies/Host/Compere -
Business Conventions, Corporate Events,
Off-Sites, Brand Launches, Entertainment Sets.

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CEO & Creative Director - Events, Video, Radio, Digital. * Voice Over & Dubbing Artist - TV, Radio, Corporate Films, Audio Visuals, Documentaries, Audio Books, E-Learning, PodCasts, Animations. * Master Of Ceremonies/Host/Compere - Business Conventions, Corporate Events, Off-Sites, Brand Launches, Entertainment Sets.

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Hello all, my name is Krishna Dubba. My native place is India and living in UK for the past 12 years. My background is computer science, studying and working in AI before AI was a hot topic. I did my PhD in Leeds in Machine Learning and Robotics, worked in may EU funded research projects with some peer reviewed research papers and patents to my credit. I moved to industry research after my PhD and post-doc fellowship, worked in Bell Labs (Cambridge) for a while and currently a staff research scientist in BluePrism AI Labs, London. I am doing this course to connect with like minded people and get some help to develop my startup idea.

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Hi, I am Mohan Late from Pune, India. I have over 21 years of experience ranging from software development (which I still love doing) to building integrated financial models to equity research and valuation and starting up.

I am Electronics Engineer and a Level 2 CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) with over 12 years of experience in equity research analysis and portfolio management.

Before that, I had co-founded a successful technology startup where we worked for 5 years on building a Metadata driven rapid application development platform in collaboration with a bleeding edge Silicon Valley based startup, under outsourced offshore product development model.

Later, I had two startups that failed to find any customers. I was lucky to fail quickly without burning lot of cash and wasting a lot of time. And I got to learn a lot.

I relaized that when you have a team of like minded co-founders working together in a startup, the odds of success increase exponentially.

I worked as a Product Manager and then as General Manager of an Austin based adTech startup that works with high-traffic, general-consumer websites to significantly increase the profitability of their ad space.

I am presently working on a couple of ideas. This time I want to build a sustainable business model, preferably asset light that can be scaled quickly. I look forward to picking up the right skills and equip myself with the right tools to making it a huge success.

I look forward to knowing and learning from you all and hopefully find co-founder who shares the same passion and enthusiasm to put a dent in the world.

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Hi, My name is Vishal Gupta an Hotelier by profession and I am based out of Jaipur, India. I am a multi-skilled business leader with over twenty years International General Management, Commercial and Operations experience. I have worked with two largest hospitality companies, Marriott and Hilton in four countries. Currently I am working as a general Manager of a hotel in Jaipur.

I recently finished the Advanced General Management Program (AGMP) certification with IIM – Ahmedabad in 2021 and have a Bachelor degree of business in Hospitality Administration from The Hotel School Sydney. I am also a certified Leadership and Executive coach from George Mason University, Virginia.

After completing AGMP with IIM- Ahmedabad, I am overflowing with creative ideas. I have started working on an idea and want to utilize the learning from this course to help me launch and scale this startup successfully.

I am looking forward to learning and honing my skills by interacting with all the participants and mentors and building lifelong relationships.

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Dear All,
Namaste and Hello.
Myself Sandeep Surendra Kshatriya. Currently working as Senior cost estimating engineer in Qatargas.
Having done a pH.D. from a reputed UDCT, mumbai , doing research and indepth analysis  has become a natural habit. But research must lead to some business and developments. So looking into future , I also perceived a chemical technology management  course (~MBA).

With a strong desire to start something on own, with many ideas on table saw this course as opportunity to fill in gaps and also to refresh and catch up on business concepts. Specifically starting a business on new ideas.

A Start from zero, is a very difficult proposition. It requires mental and physical perseverance.  Now having reached a particular stage of life from scratch,  you think you can take risks. I feel it's right time for a startup

Guidance is importance for same.
Looking forward to interact with the mentors and learn from their stories. Also happy to learn with and from  fellow students.

Wish all best of luck.
Regards ...

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Hello everyone. Very lucky to be here with you all.
I'm Ronal from London, UK. I worked as a trader for 15 years before starting my leadership coaching business a few years ago and now want to launch a trading based fintech app.
Happy to be on this deep and exciting learning journey with everyone.
Please connect at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronal-shah-mba/

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Hi My name is Devdeep Singh and I am from India. I have been a serial entrepreneur in the hospitality domain with a mix of happy n sad stories. Interestingly, I have been a real estate guy since forever and now I’m here on a journey to give a completely new way of life to this world.

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Aiming to change India's drinking water habit ;)

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Hi All! My name is Soyla and I'm super excited about this course and spending the next 12 weeks with you all! I am a Chemical Engineering graduate (from San Jose State University, California) and currently based out of Bangalore, India. I've had experience of working in various manufacturing sectors such as chemical gas sensors, Semiconductors , Automotive filters and the latest one being residential Water filters.

I am currently heading the Indian operations for a UK based ceramic candle manufacturing company with about 180 odd years of legacy. I was pivotal in setting up their operations here in India and framing their go-to-market strategy, all during this pandemic.

In hindsight, I feel like there are a lot of things I could have done differently while launching this product in a new market like India if I had some more exposure into the different business management fields (I've been a purely technical person) and hope this course will help me to achieve more within my current role.

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Hi all,
My name is Henrik. I am from Sweden. I have am running a small digital agency - helping companies with software development and their digital journey. My Goal is to scale of a successful startup. I have some embryos that needs to grow and become bigger. I am currently consulting for a Bank and love the DeFi landscape.

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Hi all, my name is Hugo and I am based out of London, UK. To date, my professional career has consisted of working for large corporate technology companies across solutions consultant and sales roles. I've had entrepreneurial ideas bubbling away for the last couple of years and it seemed like the right time to put some structure behind them.

I very much look forward to working with you all and hearing about your creative ideas.

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Hi Class mates, I am Ram Kumar Koppu, you can call me Ram. I live in Swindon, England. After working in permanent job for several years in various capacities mostly Software Architect, I left permanent job, in 2011 to work as Embedded Software Engineering Consultant. Currently, I am providing embedded software design and development to one of the Medical Devices companies as a Contract Engineer.
People who work with me say I am good at what I do. With the 19 years of work experience and worked on various projects, Now I am thinking of either starting my own business venture or join the start-up team. That's the reason I am here to learn the necessary business skills.
Hopefully I will meet you some of you personally in the near future.

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Hi All,

My name is Patricia and I am originally from (West) Berlin, Germany. I moved to London 13 years ago for studying and work.

I completed my MBA at Imperial College London in 2020 while working full-time at a tech start-up.
Currently, I am working in technology (cloud) consulting at GFT as a BA/Consultant.

My goal with this course is to evaluate and test my start-up ideas and to get feedback from peers and mentors on this programme.

I am looking forward to connecting with all of you on this course, to exchange ideas and to challenge each other.

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Hello everybody, my name is Michalis Papageorgiou. After living and working the past 15+ years in 8 different countries I have returned back home to the island of Cyprus.

As most of us have children, i will say 3 things a child can teach an adult:

1. To be happy for no reason

2. To always be curious

3. To fight tirelessly for something. When a child learns to walk and falls down 50 times he never thinks to himself “maybe this isn’t for me”.

It’s a beautiful thing when career and passion come together. Career is a series of ups&down, of comebacks. I had many so far. Passion now, is the energy that comes from bringing more of you into what you do.

What i’ve learned so far in my career is that everything comes to you at the right time. So patience along with persistence and inner faith are absolutely vital. A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. And of course the cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.

To this sense, here I am today. Among you all, in this Entrepreneurship course, having big dreams but starting small. Nonetheless, the key word to everything is "start".

I hope this will be a beautiful journey for all of us, a challenging one and above all a successful one! Because success comes from ordinary people with extraordinary determination.

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Hello everyone,

My name is Sara and I am Italian but have been living abroad since 2004 and am currently based in London.

I have over 15 years of experience in running large teams and scaling up operations at Google and YouTube where I spent most of my career.

For the past 18 months I have been advising small businesses and start ups and now looking to learn more myself so I can take one of my ideas to the next phase and hopefully launch a successful business.

I look forward to connecting with you and learning from each other: this looks like a phenomenal bunch.

Sara

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Coach, community builder, female empowerer & founder.

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Hi everyone,

I'm Mikaela Jackson and I'm really excited to be embarking on this journey with you!

I've been running my business She Almighty for 5 years now and it's time for me to really grow and take things to the next level.

She Almighty elevates aspirational, mission-led, purpose-fuelled and impact-driven women through coaching, courses, events and community. We're also a Business for Good aligned with the UN SDGs.

I'm looking forward to connecting, learning with you, from you and being inspired by you!

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The future is a distributed and decentralised epoch

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I worked as a QS in the UK for 10years for the likes of Laing O'rourke, Bam Nuttals & Mansels, relocated to Nigeria where I've been living now for the past 10years. When I relocated, I was head hunted as Business Development Director for West Africa for Capita, the UK's biggest multidisciplinary consultancy. After this year long role, I decided to work for myself and have been a serial entrepreneur since, setting up a design and build contracting company, bought into a production company and a logistics company.

I'm an ardent believer in blockchain and the technology space and have since co founded startups focussed on blockchain, crypto, web 3.0 and the metaverse.

I'm looking to gain the knowledge and insight on how to build a startup ready to effectively scale.

My heart leaps with joy at the opportunity to connect with you fine people and hopefully change the world for the better, one pitch at a time.

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Hello Everyone,

I am Louis Esangbedo, I am based out of Hampshire, England so chuffed to be here. I moved to the United Kingdom Eleven years ago to study and work from Southern Nigeria.

I did a Masters in Renewable Energy at Kingston University, Although I studied Engineering, I had always had a strong interest in various aspect of computing and coding so after my masters in Engineering I just had better offers in Tech and I have never looked back since.

Today I work and consult as a Data Engineering Expert Developing Big Data Applications, IOT, Data Visualizations, Data Streaming as my day job.

Personally, I would like to consider myself as highly driven, I get all this from my upbringing Always seeing the cup half full, always believing, always Grafting, always Grinding, always looking for a better way to do things.  I have been working on an Idea in the space of "Personal shopping" and I look forward to gaining more insights into how to do things right. these are known unknowns; I want to be able to uncover some Unknown Unknowns and I know that I am in the right place.

I believe we live in a time of so much opportunity and it’s no doubt that having likeminded people together would harness the best out of us. So, on behalf of myself welcome! feel free to give me a shout and I am looking forward to working with you and exchanging great ideas.

Many Thanks,

Louis.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-e-16505a53/

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Hi guys,

Great to read about your experiences and goals. Looking forward to working and learning alongside you all.

My professional career is in the semiconductor industry making computer chips.
My reason for joining this programme is to quickly kill my idea of using innovative tech to make custom-made clothing for consumers.

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Hi All, Looking forward to working with all of you dynamic entrepreneurs. I've had a few careers - as a lawyer, in government leading on a range of environmental policy areas, and working with business on collaborative projects.
My plan is to set up a social enterprise working with businesses on collaborative projects to improve the local and global environment, and through this improve their own resilience and profitability too!
I enjoy challenges, ideas, bringing people together to create momentum for change! Look forward to learning with you all.

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Hi, My name is Eleanor Bakhshandeiar and I live in London, UK. After graduating from Surrey Unversity in Physics I joined the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) as a scientist before turning my attention to teaching.

I still teach part-time but  I have always had ideas for different business ventures and find the aspects of building and running a business exciting so I have started my own venture which I hope to grow and scale. I have failed in the past!
My interest is Energy and especially renewable energy.

I am looking forward to connect with you and learn all I can learn about business on this course.

Good luck everyone!

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Hello Everyone, my name is Ziyad Bahamdan, working as a Manufacturing General Manager in a medium size petrochemical company located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. I have 16+ years of diversified experience starting from Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain and Operations. I have a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering and a MS Degree in Construction Engineering & Projects Management. Very thankful for having the opportunity to pursue this course with LBS, and looking forward to successfully complete this interesting 12 weeks program under the guidance of our inspiring course director together with the program faculty. Very excited to get to know more peers, work closely together, learn from each one massive experience and hopefully get ready for launching our new venture. Best of luck to all.

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Hello everyone, my name is James and I am based in the UK. I have many year experience within automated system across a number of different sectors (Oil & Gas, Petrochem, Automotive, Logistics, etc). I am involved a startup based in the US and the UK.

Typically automation systems rely on a set of rules to execute control, but if you can apply AI/ML you can realise Automation Intelligence. With Automation Intelligence you can start to have smart buildings which learn and adapt to their environment and how they are being used to save energy, or you can control a microgrid to optimise energy, or you can protect expensive rotating equipment with predictive maintenance, or you can start to implement advanced process control at a more cost effective price point. And, as you have lots of interesting data you can also start to use Blockchains to create a new value proposition.

Looking forward to learning from you all,

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Riyaz, Indian based in Dubai for the past 18 years.

I am a Print Production professional. After 18 years of graphic & print experience in Advertising agency , Design house, Newspaper, & Printing Industry. Now I run my own printing business for the past 7 years.

Looking forward to learn from the course and whole group.

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My Name is Bunmi Dayo-Ayeni you can call me BDA. I am based in Lagos Nigeria married to a fabulous husband with two fantastic kids who totally rock my world.

I sit atop a Group of companies as the Group Managing Director of the Holdings company I oversee over 20 businesses ranging from Haulage, Dredging, Oil and Gas, Fashion, Entertainment, Real Estate, Logistics, Hospitality basically working hard to play in all sectors of our Economy.

I look forward to networking and gaining ideas on how global businesses play as one of our goals and strategy is to benchmark our products and standards against best practices and building businesses that can compete anywhere in the world.

I have also had a quite an interesting journey working with my husband in building a digital media business and an outsourcing business as well and its been quite a journey understanding the pitholes of an entrepreneurial life. We are looking to raising seed funding for many of our technology ideas to meet the needs of under developed countries.

Looking forward to an amazing learning experience.

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Hello, I am Faith, a Singaporean based in London. After a decade in the corporate world dabbling in journalism, public relations and business development, I became a wellness-preneur, teaching pre-/post-natal Pilates to women. I hope to learn about starting a successful venture in the wellness space.

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Dear all,
I am Yongming Li from China, and I am currently an international student, here in the UK, at the University of Leeds doing master's program: International Business.

The main purpose of taking this program is to start my own business in the UK. Hope with the help from this program as well as from my University, I will get things down.

A little bit background about me: I was majoring Computer Engineering at San Jose State University (San Jose, CA, USA), where I had my very first attempt of building a startup which didn't end well (I would say I failed right from the beginning). Then, I headed back to China, and worked little over a year as an Overseas Pre-Sales Engineer before coming to the UK this fall. Now, I have regain my confident and ready for my next adventure.

Really looking forwards to this program and to you all. I believe this will be quite an interesting journey.

Cheers.

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Hello Everyone, My name is Mohamed Shahid Firoz from India, Born and brought up  in UAE . I am a graduate from American University of Sharjah in Design Management and I have joined my family business which is operating in the UAE Since 33 years. We specialize in Signage manufacturing and Digital Screens. I have a good experience in design and core business departments which helped me lead the Sales, Marketing and Design departments as the Director for Sales and Marketing. Being a young entrepreneur, I would like to mould myself by getting a global exposure and structure my thought process to focus on the goal and create greater values in our company's ecosystem. Looking forward to meeting all the other entrepreneurs and  mentors throughout the course!

Welcoming each of you to the World's Greatest Show, The Expo 2020 at Dubai, It would be my pleasure to host you

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Hi everyone! I am Ahmed Albaharna from Bahrain. I am an entrepreneur running several businesses in technology and real estate. Additionally I also work with my family business on business development.
My entrepreneurship journey has been quite exciting and challenging at the same time. I'm very keen to reshape my thoughts, learn more about how the global entrepreneurship landscape is evolving in terms of valuations and raising capital.
I have co-founded the first licensed business accelerator in Bahrain in 2015 and exited in 2018. I was on the ICT committee of the Chamber of Commerce for 2 terms spanning 8 years from 2009-2018. I sit on an advisory committee for the sector of ICT since 2018 for a semi-government entity called Tamkeen.

My passion is football and I am a die hard AC Milan fan since childhood. I also enjoy kayaking on still waters and reading books on leadership, business,  and sports biographies.

Looking forward to meet you all and learn from this exciting program!

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Hi all, I am Rahul.  I live in London and have been an entrepreneur and businessman for a number of year having owned and operated businesses in the India, US and now the UK. Currently, I am focused on Elder Healthcare and Property businesses.  Prior to this I was in involved in the areas of Tech and Real Estate.  Dementia and elderly care is huge market albeit with its challenges.  I am looking for ideas to grow our business. Really looking forward to interacting with people from diverse backgrounds on this course

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Hello everyone, my name is Stav Kaynar,
and I am currently base in Israel.
Pilot for EL-AL Israeli Airlines, Dreamliner (B787).
Enthusiastic and multi-disciplinary entrepreneur:
Aerospace, Bioscience, ECommerce, Real estate, Electro-Optical.

I come from a strong technical background.
Executive MBA, BSc in MIS (Management Information Systems)

I hope to learn a lot to advance my startup management skills and assimilate them into my current startup.
I look forward to meeting the mentors and creating new business relationships and collaborations with the other participants.

Wish all best of luck!
Kaynar Stav
www.linkedin.com/in/stav-kaynar-b89a57213

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Hi, I am Moritz, I live in the beautiful city Munich in Germany. I work for the innovation lab of the big company REHAU. Where we try find problems and build new businesses for the company. On the side I work on my own projects. Since two years I build up a small print on demand side hustle. I am eager to learn how to scale and build up a team. Looking forward to meet all the entrepreneurial minded people in the course!