A
course for
(PhD-)students,
postdocs and other university members, to get acquainted with
Entrepreneurship
and Business plans.
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Thinking of getting into entrepreneurship?
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Anxious to get to know the –
substantial (!) – differences between
university
setting and industry?
è Show your serious
motivation, and enrol
immediately.
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Aim
Overall
aim: The
overall
aim of the course is to train
professionals to obtain the knowledge and skills enabling them to
commercialise
scientific ideas or techniques.
Primary
endpoint: The
primary
endpoint of the program is to equip
participants with skills to evaluate possibilities for product
development and
to decide for commercialisation.
The
programme
consists of 8 one-day modules with a
monthly frequency. The guiding principle of the programme is that
participants
acquire knowledge and skills through functioning as a member of a
multi-disciplinary team. Every module is structured in a way that
general
knowledge on the topic is gained through team work and homework
assignments.
The
initial 3
modules are meant to introduce
participants to the programme and to train fundamental skills (e.g.
communication, problem solving, basic economics, value of money,
management
styles, decision process, outline of a business plan).
In the
remaining 5 modules the team acquires skills by
generating a business plan using an actual idea or technique of one of
the
participants. Separate modules deal with specific parts of the business
plan,
e.g. patents, marketing, pharmaceutical information and
finances.
The
teams are supported by professionals, both from university setting, the
world
of commerce and banking.
Language:
English.
From
May 8
until July 10, 2007, every Tuesday.
Dr.
M.H.J.
Ruiters, Synvolux; [log in to unmask]
H.M.M. Banus,
GUIDE office, [log in to unmask]
Information
and enrolment
-- Coordinator Science Shop of Economics, Management & Organization Office for internships and research projects P.O. Box 800 9700 AV Groningen +31 (0)50 3637182 www.rug.nl/wewi/eb