Wednesday, 17th March 2010 @ 11:30am - 6:30pm
Hartley Suite, Staff Social Centre, Building 38, Highfield Campus,

Opening Keynote

Max Toti, Founder & MD of Captec

Science and Technology Industry Trends Panel

Exploring market, industry and technology trends, opportunities and challenges.

Stephen Thomas - Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Digital Marketing

Max Toti - Founder & MD of Captec

David Bozward - FlyingStart Director, NCGE

Lars Lindstedt - Software Economist, Microsoft

Karl Simpson - Head of Life Science, Research & Innovation Services

 

Speed Networking Lunch

James Pipe, President of Fish on Toast (SouthamptonEnterprise Society)

Starting a Business 101

Professor Russell Smith & Philip Wragg, Business Boffins

Build a Business in 60 Minutes

Professor Russell Smith & Philip Wragg, Business Boffins

The Perfect Pitch

Martyn Barmby from MBS Executives

Pitching Competition

 

 

Go to the groupspaces event for The Billion Dollar Business Bootcamp

Thursday, 11th March 2010 @ 6pm
caféSUSU

The AGM and Elections are happening between 6pm and 8pm on Thursday 11th March.

The AGM for FOT is the most important event of the year, as a result we have decided to vamp it up a bit, make a night of it, by bringing in an influential speaker, speed networking sessions, and a lot of free food!!!

Programme

1. Speed Networking
2. AGM: The Future of FOT, Feedback & Brainstorming Session
3. Guest Speaker: David Trevaskis - What is the perfect pitch?
4. Elections & Free pizza and cookies!
5. £100 for 100 words prize presentation
6. Election Results and After party!

Programme - Detail

1) Speed networking session lead by James Pipe. Get to know people REALLY quickly.

2) Super fast AGM, everybody gives feedback on highs and lows of FOT this year, be as brutally honest as you wish! Followed by a brainstorming session on how to make FOT better.

3) David Trevaskis - What is the perfect pitch?

David is an expert in creating a wow when you have to present yourself or business. David is a professional actor and also has nearly ten years of experience working in sales for blue chip organisations. David is passionate about training and combines his commercial background with his acting experience to deliver engaging and challenging workshops. David currently works at The Wow Factor and tonight will be challenging the ideas of "the perfect pitch" and giving his own unique take on how to deliver an effective pitch.

4) Elections and food!

Each candidate will deliver a 1 minute elevator style pitch followed by a couple of surprise interview questions from. Candidates should be pitching for their primary choice of position however please consider them for all 3 options that they put down. During elections an awesome variety of FREE food and drink will be available such as pizza and cookies!

When pitching has finished you will be able to vote on ballot slips for who you think should fill each position and help to shape the society for years to come.

Candidate manifestos are here: http://www.fishontoast.com/apply_2010.php
If you have suddenly considered applying, please email me NOW. (j.pipe@fishontoast.com)

5) The £100 for 100 words Business Ideas Competition results!
Whilst election votes are counted, the 10 winners of £100 will be announced and presented at the front.

6)Results and after party!

So come along to Cafe SUSU from 6-8 on Thursday and take part in making FOT the most exciting society to be part of for years to come.

Roles up for grabs are:

• President (Leader)
• Vice President (Manager)
• Sponsorship (Finding and keeping)
• Graphics and Marketing (Designing and Producing)
• Special Projects (Non speaker events)
• Women's Officer (Stop that male domination)
• Web and Technical (Make us world famous)
• Post Graduate Officer (Keep those Post Grads coming)
• Membership Officer (Keep everyone interested and get some feedback!)
• Finance/Treasurer (We've got loads of money - it needs you to look after it)

"Without a doubt the best part of being on the committee is listening to the feedback from our members. Whether Positive or negative its really exiting listening to what people think and then trying to feed this back into the way we run the society."

Will Wickens (Membership)
 

"Having the privilege to not only experience this society but to help in the organisation and running of it, really is an experience not to be missed. On top of that, FOT is a widely recognized name and being on the committee looks amazing on a CV!"

James Pursey (Special Projects)

Go to the groupspaces event for Fish on Toast: Elections and AGM

Hello and welcome to Fish on Toast, Southampton University's Entrepreneurs! I'm James Pipe, the new president, and I'd like to explain a little more about what we do.

We are, quite literally, the most inspiring club that you can join at uni. Together we learn the secrets for business success.

You might not have thought about what you want to do after graduation but that doesn't matter. If you're simply looking for something fun to fill your Thursday evenings or you want to start a business next week, Fish on Toast is for you.

Fish on toast is an awesome group of like-minded individuals up for changing the world - literally. We're about getting inspired by each other's enthusiasm and that of our incredible visiting speakers, running our own businesses, and entering sweet competitions whilst stuffing ourselves on free pizza!

Join our mailing list by entering your email in the box at the top or bottom of the page. That way you'll be among the first to hear about this coming semester's events.

I'd also like to introduce you to the rest of the people running Fish on Toast next year. Click here to meet the committee.

When you first join Fish on Toast, you might be wondering: 'Can I be an entrepreneur?'.
When you leave you'll be asking yourself: 'How can I not be?'.