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Feb 11, 2019
Jon Powell
A Leading Enterprise Educator and Entrepreneur
Summary
Jon Powell is Chair of Enterprise Educators UK - a membership organisation for Universities, Colleges and private sector organisations to support enterprise educators. Head of Enterprise and Innovation Services and resident expert on enterprise education and business Growth Hubs at Lancaster University. Jon Powell has experience in supporting technology and knowledge-based start-up companies including University spin-outs. I have worked closely with hundreds of start-up companies (including but not limited to student and graduate start-ups) providing advice, guidance and in some cases acting as a Non-Exec Director. Support varies from market research, analysis, business planning, governance structures and financial planning. Fifteen years of experience as a Director of a local SME. Employer Solutions Ltd are employee relations specialists providing consultancy, training and employee handbooks. Also Director of Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce, and member of the board for the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Small Business Charter.
"It's all about creating the environment and opportunities so people can be the best version of themselves
- Enterprise Educators UK website
- Employer Solutions website
- Enterprise Centre on Lancaster website
- IEEC2019 Annaul Conference
- Krakow Enterprise Mondays
About your host Richard Lucas
Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.
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Richard Lucas and Kimon Fountoukidis
Richard Lucas is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses.
Kimon Fountoukidis is the founder of both Argos Multilingual and PMR. Both companies were founded in the mid 90s with zero capital and both have gone on to become market leaders in their respective sectors. Kimon was born in New York and moved to Krakow, Poland in 1993. Listen to his story here.