2nd Entrepreneurial boot camp

Are you a postgraduate student studying photonics with an idea for a new business?

Are you thinking of starting your own company?

Are you interested in innovation and entrepreneurship?

 

2nd Entrepreneurial boot camp: 14-16 September 2016, Vienna University of Economics and Business

  • You will push your self-confidence and self-belief so that you begin to apply entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to create new ventures!
  • You will gain the motivation and focus to build a successful business and create opportunities for yourself!
  • You will be working in teams, interacting with likeminded people who will provide simulating business tasks to work on real ideas in creative and relevant ways.

Agenda

Day 1 (1pm-7.30pm): Goals and Values

The focus is on you:

  • Getting to know you
  • Your research impact

Day 2 (9am-7.30pm): Entrepreneurship & Innovation Principles

During this workshop participants will learn

  • what does it mean to start a company
  • typical patterns of entrepreneurial processes
  • what a business opportunity is, how to systematically identify and evaluate them
  • how to develop and enrich a business opportunity via a structured process
  • how to improve the ability to understand who your customers are, what they want, and what they will pay for
  • how to position a product/service in the market in a more targeted way

Day 2 will close with a Founders Talk: startup founders will share their entrepreneurial stories and experiences with the group.

Day 3 (9am-3pm): Business Model Design

During this workshop the participants will learn

  • what the components of a successful business model are
  • what different kinds of business models exist
  • how to iteratively develop and enrich a business model
  • how to evaluate a company’s potential prospects, strengths, weaknesses and risk factors

All workshop days are designed very interactively. Participants will have the opportunity to work on their own ideas/technologies.

Costs

Costs for the Boot Camp are covered by the European Project Photonics4All.
Some funding for the accommodation will be available as well.

Interested?

For your application send your CV and a letter outlining your interest in Photonics and the bootcamp to: ulrich.trog@joanneum.at

 

 

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Logo Photonics Austria

Datum
14.09.2016 - 16.09.2016

Stadt
Wien, Österreich

Veranstaltungsort
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien / Vienna University of Economics and Business

Referenten
Instructors

Dr. Rudolf Dömötör, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Entrepreneurship Center Network)
Web: www.ecn.ac.at / www.facebook.com/ecnetwork.at

Ulrich Trog, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Innovation Management and Marketing, Coach

Veranstalter
Photonics Austria
Franz-Pichler-Straße 30, AT-8160 Weiz

Telefon
+43 (0) 316 876-3021

E-Mail
office(at)photonics-austria.at