Ben Clark

Director of @FutureWorlds: passionate about startups that change the world.

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@hashimi_bashir Demonstrate how PhDs can be an excellent route to launching a startup, and how launching a startup can be an excellent route to having an outsize positive impact on the world…

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@hashimi_bashir I agree. And we must build a culture that exalts brilliant engineers and scientists solving big problems, and back their grassroots discoveries at the earliest stages

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@erasmuse @paulg W

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@unisouthampton Absolutely fantastic!

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@GavCalver @GaryLineker @BBCMOTD I’m doing ok, I hope you are too!

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@GavCalver @GaryLineker @BBCMOTD Definitely messy & the solidarity of so many other sports presenters the BBC’s got itself in a pickle! All greatly shining a light on both the value of freedom of expression and the importance of how we treat vulnerable asylum seekers

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@GavCalver @GaryLineker @BBCMOTD Another way to look at it is the BBC is trying to enforce political impartiality as a publicly funded national broadcaster, but praise @GaryLineker for standing on principle, drawing @BBCMOTD into a clumsy foul and own goal that’s now brought far more attention to the issue!

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@checkwarner @Jeremy_Hunt @RachelReevesMP @RishiSunak @BritishBBank @Dom_Hallas @matthewclifford @kprescott Absolutely @checkwarner! The lofty intent to be a “science and technology super-power” and “the next Silicon Valley” can only be realised with conviction to resource and enable the bold risk-takers building the future

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@openaicommunity @paulg 😂 chatGPT can ‘efficiently produce social media content’ for people short on imagination. This took someone with personality in @openaicommunity to demonstrate it’s current limitation by making us chuckle. Love it!

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Totally agree @Erin_Platts at the @EQLHER panel - the VC funding split of male 90% : 2% female is tragic and that the solution will come from inspiration and action!

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We're delighted to release the 2nd mini-documentary in our Founder Stories series. Learn about the journey of @AccelerComm co-founders Rob Maunder and Taihai Chen from the @ECSUoS research lab to founding a successful startup.
https://t.co/6ZW4sn3bma
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@dstriddy @patrick_oshag This chart is almost 5 years old. With over 300 new unicorns just in 2021 I’d be interested to compare this chart to one based on the latest data.

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@FutureWorlds Really well done @ukbiofilms and all the other winners and shortlisted for the #vcawards2021

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Because great founders can change the world! 👇

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"The word '#Entrepreneur' 40 years ago was almost a dirty word." 👀

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@hashimi_bashir Absolutely! And I'd go further - humility and diversity are drivers of excellence, not detractors from it. Sometimes objectors are merely defending the mediocrity of the status quo out of fear that genuine excellence will eclipse them.

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@FutureWorlds It's great to included alongside such a great crowd of excellent contributions to @unisouthampton this year. Thanks for the nomination and well done to everyone shortlisted!

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@UoSMedia So sorry for such a devastating loss

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10 incredible @unisouthampton startup founders smashed it in front of our brilliant investors and mentors at the @FutureWorlds Demo Day! So proud, such a privilege to support @TheFourierAudio @sentient_sports @ViridiCo2 @ARCHAI_LTD @AquarkT @care_iq @strdst_org @FedericoRomei

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This is a great challenge from @nathanbenaich - can we aspire to greatness in university startups rather than settle for ok?

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Today, EU+UK universities have the ingredients to be spinout powerhouses: world-leading research, ambitious academics, and VC funding.

Instead, our unis propagate an unproductive downward spiral of short-termism that hamstrings founders.

Thread 🔽

https://t.co/LKe0aZWXFx

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@nathanbenaich @FT I completely agree that there's so much startup potential in our universities, it's what drives me in @FutureWorlds. I'd love to connect @nathanbenaich, do you want to join our Virtual Demo Day on June 10 https://t.co/pWq8oQ0sQ8?