CIMR Debates in Public Policy Seminar Series: Diversity and Entrepreneurship
When:
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Venue:
Online
No booking required
Diversity and Entrepreneurship - how far have we gone and how much further do we need to go?
When: 22nd July, 1 - 2pm
Where: online
Panel:
David Friel, Managing Director, Entrepreneur Handbook; Professor Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology & Editor of International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship; Louis Edwards, Founder parlez; Reetu Sood, PhD student, Department of Management, Birkbeck.
Chair:
Dr Pam Yeow, MBA Programme Director, Reader in Management, Department of Management, Birkbeck.
This event was inspired by a question raised by a Masters student to the guest speaker in a lecture on business closure on the 'Entrepreneurship and Innovation' module. She asked David Friel, Entrepreneur Handbook, How do the demographic profiles of entrepreneurs and investors affect networking and investment opportunities for underrepresented groups such as women and BAME?
The underlying agenda was whether women and BAME entrepreneurs are disadvantaged by lack of engagement in networks and access to fundraising opportunities.
The panel of entrepreneurs and academics will debate the question based on experiences of entrepreneurship and academic research. It will begin will student, Lucy Clifton, asking the same question of the panel.
Please register to attend this event by 12pm on 21st July.
Biographies
Lucy Clifton
As a Relationship Manager in local government, Lucy helps senior leaders maximise the use of technology and data to ensure the effective and sustainable delivery of Council services. Her current portfolio includes Adult Social Care, Children's Services, and Public Health. Lucy is supporting the Council's COVID-19 emergency response and resilience planning with a focus on digital inclusion.
David Friel
David Friel is Managing Director & Founder at Entrepreneur Handbook
www.entrepreneurhandbook.co.uk - @ehandbook - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-friel/2b/456/382
He is a digital publisher focusing on providing advice for those starting, managing and growing a small business in the UK. Running for 7+ plus years, investment raised £220K+ (mix of UK/international family office and private angel deals). The Entrepreneur Handbook as some 135,000+ monthly readers and is growing.
Colette Henry
Colette Henry is Head of Department of Business Studies and Director of the EMeRGe Research Group at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland. She is also Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at UiT ‒ The Arctic University of Norway. Professor Henry has published widely on entrepreneurship education, programme evaluation and gender. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and the Academy of Social Sciences, all in the UK. She holds the Sten K. Johnson European Entrepreneurship Education Award, and the Diana International Trailblazer award for her research on entrepreneurship and gender.
Louis Edwards
Co-founder & director of parlez
Louis' career began in architecture and interior design, later moving to the music industry where he established himself as a renowned music composer. As the co-founder of parlez, his role as brand manager joins the dots in reimagining the public house through design and social business innovation to bring people together and help the neighbourhood feel at home. parlez is currently applying for UK Research and Innovation funding with Central Saint Martins. Louis recently completed his CSM Birkbeck MBA.
Reetu Sood
Reetu is a first-year PhD student researching intersectionality of gender and ethnicity in entrepreneurial network development. Professionally Reetu is a business accelerator course designer, trainer, consultant, and coach, working with commercial and impact-driven entrepreneurs and enterprise accelerator programmes. She completed her MSc Management in 2018 at Birkbeck, with a dissertation investigating entrepreneurial networks and resource exchange in coworking spaces.
Contact name:
Alice Dowden