The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship was founded in 2008 to stimulate entrepreneurship at participating universities in the Holland Program on Entrepreneurship (HOPE). It coordinates various entrepreneurship events, education programs including bachelor/master courses and a student entrepreneurs program, conducts research, and provides support to startups through its Startup Campus program. The Centre aims to inspire, educate and support future entrepreneurs through its diverse activities and collaboration with partners in Rotterdam, Holland and Europe.
2. Introduction
The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
Initiative by Prof. dr. Justin Jansen, Prof. dr. Roy Thurik, and HOPE director Hendrik Halbe
University-wide centre for all activities on entrepreneurship
Stimulate entrepreneurial behavior and foster ambitious and innovative entrepreneurship
Main focus areas are inspiration, education, research and support of startups
Coordinator of the Holland Program on Entrepreneurship (HOPE)
3. What we do
Develop and maintain a high quality infrastructure to stimulate entrepreneurial behavior and foster
ambitious and innovative entrepreneurship. Focussed on:
events
Education
research
startup support
Programmes for students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and alumni
Collaboration with organizations in Rotterdam, (Zuid-)Holland and various centres of entrepreneurship in
Europe
4. Founded in 2008 to stimulate entrepreneurship
at participating universities
Regional coordination
Local centres of entrepreneurship
Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship
Science Based Business (Leiden)
Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
(coordinator of HOPE)
Overview of inspiration track
Introduction
Holland Program on Entrepreneurship
6. Events
More than 35 events p/y in cooperation with
partners
Support, coordination and development of
entrepreneurship events
High quality, well coordinated, complementary
and well promoted events
Examples: Philips Innovation Award,
Entrepreneurship Cycle, 24Hour Business Game
7. International pitch event
1 of the 10 Featured events of the Global
Entrepreneurship Week
More than 700 exclusive visitors (students,
entrepreneurs, academics, investors, captains of
industry)
Events
Get in the Ring (former Meet the Dragons)
8. >1000 students p/y following entrepreneurship
courses
>16 bachelor courses on entrepreneurship
3 Masters on entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship & Strategy Economics
Entrepreneurship & New Business
Venturing
Cultural Economics & Cultural
Entrepreneurship
Education
Bachelor courses & Masters
9. Education
Student Entrepreneurs Excellence programme
Special programme for student entrepreneurs to
make the combination of study and running a
business easier
First university in the Netherlands to run this
programme
5-10 selected student entrepreneurs p/y
Adriaan Buyserd & Hendrik Halbe about
StEEP on BNR Nieuwsradio
NUzakelijk about StEEP
10. Education
Masterclass Entrepreneurship
Challenging top students to encounter society
most prominent issues
Topic 2012: Chances of an aging society
Students learn to go from problem to business
model
20-30 students from the Erasmus University, TU
Delft and Leiden University and Universities of
Applied Sciences in Rotterdam
11. Open programme for ambitious entrepreneurs
Practical- and academic knowledge
10 Classes p/y on various subjects
60-80 particpants per class
Speakers Jan-Peter Balkenende, Harald Swinkels,
Marcel Broersma, Michiel Muller, Kees Zegers etc.
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Education
Collegereeks voor Ondernemers
13. Combined efforts of the Rotterdam School
of Management & the Erasmus School of
Economics in research
Research seminars to foster the exchange
of knowledge
Research
Erasmus Research Institute of Management
14. Research
Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’Survey
Participation in the worldwide GUESS-
Survey
Gives insight in effectiveness of
educational programmes
Gives input for development of new
programmes
15. Three programmes from idea to a €1.000.000
turnover
Located at the Science Towers Marconiplein
On average 80-100 participants p/y
Collaboration between Erasmus MC and the
Erasmus University
Startup support
Startup Campus