This edition of The Big Experiment is a little bit different to the usual format.I'm on the road visiting the famous University of Cambridge Judge Business School to talk to people at the Ignite program. It’s an intensive weeklong boot camp for early-stage founders, generally in tech and sometimes in biotech, but can be all sorts of different tech themes.Ignite is about business and risk, which are the core themes of the podcast. But it's a slightly different flavour to usual. Science is all about predicting the future. As a scientist, you already know something, but usually not everything about your area of study. And from that fuzzy picture, you try to predict what else might be true. Well, this hunch or hypothesis drives your next experiments. If you fail, you adjust your prediction and you test again. Entrepreneurs take the same leap. In this episode I interview volunteers, delegates and course leaders to find out more about how the Ignite program supports early-stage founders in science and in business.“Ignite gives entrepreneurs a safe but challenging space to develop their ideas.” – Anne DavidsonYou’ll hear about:01:33 Science, business, and risk03:00 Early-stage founders and their ideas at Ignite06:10 Intrapreneurship: Supporting entrepreneurial initiatives09:46 Delegates' impressions and takeaways from the Ignite program15:24 Pitching competition and the value of Ignite19:42 Approaching innovation and sustainability23:27 The role of mentors and volunteers in supporting delegates23:56 Creating a safe and challenging space for entrepreneurs27:37 Attracting a diverse range of delegates30:36 Effective communication and customer perspective33:18 Discovering roles within a startup37:38 Networking and knowledge exchange40:54 Anyone can learn and start a business Find out more about Ignite: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/programmes/ignite/who-is-ignite-for/  Connect with me: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdavison100/  Grant Instruments: https://www.grantinstruments.com/  Grant Instruments on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grant-instruments-cambridge-ltd/ 

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