HMCS Max Bernays Pre-Deployment Brief (May 2024).pptx
42629 lecture 1 pt2
1. Entrepreneurship Support Services
and the Ventures Cup
Thomas J. Howard
thow@mek.dtu.dk
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2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUPPORT SERVICES
A list of useful support services for
entrepreneurs and business start-ups
Add to the list by visiting here:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AdeCnozdKOjKZGNjcjJmdjVfMjYxZGNkcTc1Y3o&hl=en_US
2 Original material by Nynne Christiansen and Thomas J. Howard 2012
3. Business Start-up Support Services
http://www.foundable.dk/ http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/
http://di.dk/di/entrepreneur/Pages/Entrepreneur.aspx
http://cse.cbs.dk/
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
http://www.startvaekst.dk/vhhr.dk http://www.svforum.org/
http://www.nxtgen.dk/en/home/
Foundable Activities & resources for student entrepreneurs
Venture Cup Resources & business plan competition
http://www.venturecup.dk/
CSE Free office space for student entrepreneurs
Next Generation Proof of concept money for student entrepreneurs
Københavns Kommune Courses in start-up
Connect Denmark Springboard – get ready to pitch for investors
http://www.kk.dk/Erhverv.aspx One year free membership
Dansk Industri
Symbion Accelerace A fast-pace growth programme for tech startups
Væksthus KBH Help for growth and potential growth companies
E Corner - Stanford 2000 free entrepreneurship videos and podcasts
http://symbion.dk/index.php?id=1411
SVForum Free resources from Silicon Valley
Enterprise EU Network Helps make the most of the European marketplace
http://www.connectdenmark.dk/
3 Original material by Nynne Christiansen and Thomas J. Howard 2012
4. Business Start-up Support Services
http://www.cleantechpartnerskab.dk/
http://www.sortedam.com/
http://www.cphcleantech.com/innovation http://www.stardust-cbs.dk/
Stardust Student Entrepreneurial Network
Sortedam Investors and providers web-tech competencies
Cleantech Partnerships between entrepreneurs/startups and established
http://innovationsradar.dk/ Partnerskaber companies
Cleantech A cluster organisation offering different services to
Partnerskaber entrepreneurs in the cleantech field.
Innovationsradar Resource for finding relevant funding sources
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5. Social Ventures Support Services
http://www.socialokonomi.dk/
www.dansic.org
Center for socialt entreprenørskab
http://www.ruc.dk/forskning/forskningscentre/cse/
Socialøkonomi Political organisation
Center for Socialt
Resources & business plan competition
entreprenørskab
http://www.thehub.dk/ The Hub Office space for social entrepreneurs
KPH Projects Office space & project support for social entrepreneurs
Danish Social Network, support and knowledge for student based social
Innovation Center entrepreneurship
http://kph-projects.dk/
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7. Venture Cup
Venture Cup is a non-profit organization constantly striving to help and
inspire young entrepreneurs through access to
• Advisors
• Workshops
• Network
• Competitions
9. The
Startup Competition
Participate by entering 10-15 pages
50.000 DKK - 5 categories
First prize 200.000 DKK
Deadline: May 7th
Lots of feedback
10. The
Idea Competition
Describe your business idea in
2-3 pages
Evaluation and feedback from a
very competent jury
25000 DKK to the best idea in
each of the 5 categories
11. Category Description
Cleantech & Environment
- energy efficiency, waste management, pollution reduction etc.
Life Science & Medtech
- biotech, pharma, medical devices, healthcare, biomaterials etc.
Mobile & Web
- apps, web services, search engines, augmented reality, NFC etc.
People & Society
- education, consultancy, marketing, services, tourism, social e-ship etc.
Product & Technology
- industrial design, devices, robotics, hardware, nanotech etc.
12. Criteria
• Product & Service
• Market & Customer
• Industry & Competition
• People & Organisation
• Money & Feasibility
• Implementation
• Budget
13. VC // I & PD
All teams will be offered an advisor
in March
Pitch training session on April 10th
Contact Mikkel for any questions –
or a cup of coffee at VC
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17. What Happens in
VC Copenhagen
Events: Shai Agassi, Niklas Zennström
Partnerships with academic courses
External workshops and events
Alumni Club
18. Alumniclub
Network & Events
700+ new jobs
300+ mil. DKK raised
52 patents filed last year
23. Project Management
https://podio.com/
https://innovation-and-product-
development.podio.com/employeenetwork/
23 Original material by Thomas J. Howard for course 42629 – Innovation and Product Development 2012
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark
24. Teams
To help create the teams:
Complete the competencies questionnaire:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJRV25o
MWNkYTQ3MDNudTRUX2ZUS1E6MQ
Registering a group:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey
=dERIZDQ2cUtEVG5TbzNQLVEtb0ZkVHc6MQ#gid=0
To help your team to function:
Try using Belbin team roles – details of the test can be found on the course
website under lecture 1.
Please record you results here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhMN3MxcC11QWNHODVaOVJVTThOZkE6MQ
This won’t be of benefit to you by might be interesting for our analysis
24 Original material by Thomas J. Howard for course 42629 – Innovation and Product Development 2012
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark
25. The Importance of the Group
http://www.lionsrugby.com
25 Original material by Thomas J. Howard for course 42629 – Innovation and Product Development 2012
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark
26. Questions
?
26 Original material by Thomas J. Howard for course 42629 – Innovation and Product Development 2012
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark
Editor's Notes
Intro slide.
Sara and Emilie have come up with an idea for a compound that can enclose ozon molecules. This new technology can be used in the entire sun care market including skin care, coating of cars, plastics, wooden materials and textiles. Sara and Emilie won Venture Cup Idea Competition 2011 in the Life Science & Medtech category and afterwards received funding of 2.6mill. DKK.
Martin and Steffen (CBS) won 50.000 DKK in the Software category in Venture Cup Startup Competition 2011. They got the idea to create Iconfinder - a web platform enabling designers to easily compare quality and prices of icons.The platform is designed much like a search engine and is planned to include adwords for icons, customized icons and other verticals.
Cleantech, SC winner 2011. Nanostructured silicon solar cell coating that improves sunlight absorption and thereby the efficiency of the solar cell.