{"id":14321,"date":"2021-05-14T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T09:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2022-02-14T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:40:14","slug":"kbs-mba-guest-lecture-series-event-lessons-learnt-from-a-business-start-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2021\/05\/kbs-mba-guest-lecture-series-event-lessons-learnt-from-a-business-start-up\/","title":{"rendered":"KBS MBA Guest Lecture Series Event – Lessons learnt from a Business Start-Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our next MBA Guest Lecture Series event is on entrepreneurship, this Zoom event on Friday 4 June 12:30- 14:00 will be the topic of \u2018Lessons learnt from a Business Start-Up<\/p>\n

Two successful entrepreneurs and\u00a0 Alumni will join us to share ‘The lessons learnt from a business start-up’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This interactive Zoom event on Friday 4 June, 12:30 – 14:00 will be led by our Kent MBA Entrepreneurship Scholar Kelvin Rugwiji<\/a>, will welcome a global live audience, bringing together our community of MBA students, alumni and the wider community of business leaders.<\/p>\n

You will also have the chance to submit questions to the panel during the Q&A and to network following the Q&A.<\/p>\n

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Tony Hunter, CPO & Co-founder, Attest
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University of Kent Alumni, Tony started his career in investment banking technology at Morgan Stanley in London and New York. Tony then started his first business, Lighthouse, working in Ad Tech focused on bringing real-time location data to advertising. Tony co-founded Attest<\/a> in 2015, and has grown the company from 2 people to 140, operating in two countries, and raising $35m.<\/p>\n

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Ben Bradford, Chief Executive, BB7<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ben is KBS Alumni and the proud founder of BB7<\/a>, an outstanding fire and security consulting firm that advises Architects and design teams throughout the design and construction process, but also building owners and operators as they manage risk in the built environment.<\/p>\n

After completing his MBA <\/a>in 2007, he founded BB7, which has been trading for eleven years, employs 120+ people and has full national coverage throughout the UK<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Republic of Ireland, with Engineers working on some fantastic projects worldwide.\u00a0Now backed by BGF investment, it is a company of scale<\/strong>\u00a0and a platform for further growth.<\/p>\n

Sign up to join the Zoom session here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note, this live session will be recorded.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about the event please email Kent Business School at r.alexander-601@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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