Dave is an Associate Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Postgraduate Programme Director at the multi-award-winning Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bristol (www.bristol.ac.uk/innovation). His teaching and research is focused on entrepreneurial mindset, initial venture development, and alignment between founders and ideas.A former University Head of Careers at Bath Spa University, Head of Enterprise Education at the University of Bristol, and Chairman and Director of Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK). Dave is a Fellow of the HEA, the RSA, and an Honorary Fellow of EEUK.