Imperial Entrepreneurs Society- "Taking on the Big Boys" November 2, 2006

Following on from our successful launch event The Imperial
Entrepreneurs Society cordially invites you to join us for the launch
of the Sparkacompany programme on November 2nd 2006 at the Tanaka
Business School, Imperial College London.

Sparkacompany launch – "Taking on the big boys"

6.30pm – Arrive at Tanaka Business School, Doors close at 6.45pm
7pm – 8pm Main Event
8pm onwards – Drinks & Networking

Speaker

James Murray Wells – founder and managing director of Glassesdirect.co.uk

Just 23 years-old, James has grown Glassesdirect from starting with a £1000 to a business expected to turnover over £3m this year in just two years. Undercutting his high street rivals by up to 10 times Glassesdirect has sent shockwaves through the optical industry, a market worth over £2.4Bn a year in the UK. In 2005 he won the UK Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year award, and Enterprising Young Brit 2005 and attracted press coverage in 100s of publications including the FT, The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph . In addition, of the top 50 entrepreneurs of 2005 as rated by startups.co.uk, he beat Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alan Sugar, and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, to come 1st place. In a remarkable rise to success, James will talk to Imperial Entrepreneurs members about the glassesdirect story, his future plans and how to take on the big boys and win.

Read more about the GlassesDirect Story
http://www.glassesdirect.co.uk/release_000/press.htm

If you wish to attend please RSVP at [email protected] with your name and company

The event begins at 6.30pm at the Tanaka Business School, Exhibition Road, South Kensington. A map of the location of the school can be found at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/41724.GIF. Full transport advice is available here http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/aboutus/howtofindus.

Places are strictly limited, please book as soon as you can.

About Sparkacompany:
Sparkacompany is a unique interuniversity competition run by Imperial and LSE entrepreneurs to spin out 6 companies from within the memberships of Imperial and LSE Entrepreneurs.

About Imperial Entrepreneurs
Our mission is to drive innovation from within the student body
through providing inspiration, education, networking opportunities
and the chance to learn by doing at Imperial College London and
beyond. Imperial
College is rated 1st in Europe and 4th in the world for Technology (by
the Times Higher Education Supplement) and attracts a 12,000 - strong
student body which is the highest concentration of technically-minded
students in Europe. Our vision is to create an ecosystem which enables
top student talent to interface with London's entrepreneurial
community. See www.imperialentrepreneurs.com.

For Partnership or sponsorship opportunities please contact [email protected]

Comments from our Launch

“The best student event I’ve ever been to” Simon Stockley – Head of MBA programme, Tanaka Business School

“The epitome of cool!” Frank Mayne, IE member

“extremely inspiring and generally very enjoyable.” Kurt Schuster, Entrepreneur

Official Website: http://www.imperialentrepreneurs.com