News & Opinions for 2011
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Bill Gates to write the foreword for The Cambridge Phenomenon
Posted 22 Nov 2011 by James Cotton in Book news
We are delighted to announce that Bill Gates KBE is writing the foreword for The Cambridge Phenomenon: 50 Years of Innovation and Enterprise.
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Who knew that unicycles played a part in the Cambridge Phenomenon?
Posted 21 Sep 2011 by Sue Keogh in Phenomenon news
Read the interview in Business Weekly with our author Kate Kirk, in which she talks about the tales of creativity, audacity and occasional disaster which are part of the Cambridge Phenomenon story.
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Hermann Hauser and David Cleevely: Projections for the future of Cambridge
Posted 21 Sep 2011 by Sue Keogh in Phenomenon news
A fascinating Cambridge Network event with Cambridge Phenomenon board members Hermann Hauser and David Cleevely offering insights into what has made Cambridge so successful in the past and what this means for its future.
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Mike Lynch tells the story behind his $10.2bn company, Autonomy
Posted 19 Aug 2011 by Sue Keogh in Phenomenon news
One of the largest deals in software history was made today, with Hewlett Packard's buyout of Cambridge-based Autonomy. Watch and learn from the man who started his company with a £1000 loan and sold it for $10.2bn.
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Listen to Charles Cotton on the Business Hub podcast
Posted 7 Aug 2011 by Sue Keogh in Book news, Phenomenon news
'Today there are 1400 companies in the area employing 40,000 people. I call that phenomenal.' Listen to Charles Cotton talking about the story of the Cambridge Phenomenon on the Business Hub radio show podcast.
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Sinclair and Acorn could have been as big as Apple
Posted 2 Aug 2011 by Sue Keogh in Book news, General news, Phenomenon news
Cambridge technology pioneers Sinclair Research and Acorn Computers could have become as successful as Apple as early as the 1980s had they been based in Silicon Valley rather than the UK’s Silicon Fen, says entrepreneur Charles Cotton.
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'The sector has developed beyond all recognition'
Posted 20 Jul 2011 by Sue Keogh in Book news, General news, Phenomenon news
A new article in Business Weekly sees entrepreneur Charles Cotton talking about the history of the Cambridge tech cluster and the exciting future that lies ahead.
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Find out more about the writer behind The Cambridge Phenomenon
Posted 15 Jul 2011 by Sue Keogh in Book news, General news
Kate Kirk has been a freelance editor and writer for more than 20 years. She has worked for international organisations, think tanks, specialist publishers and several leading European business schools.