Biotech Entrepreneurship Training Program provides an in-depth introduction to entrepreneurship with a focus on biotechnology/medtech for Masters students and postdocs of biotechnology and related fields (life sciences or health technology). You will learn: How to set up a business model using Alexander Osterwalder´s business model canvas The concept of the investor readiness level as applied to different healthtech/biotech segments (e.g., therapeutics, diagnostics, digital health) Different sources of capital (debt versus equity) and funding (Angels, VCs, crowd-funding platforms) for startups How a Venture Capitalist works Different types of intellectual property and their relevance for biotech/medtech How to structure and design a pitch presentation How to present a business idea in front of a critical audience How to organize yourself as team by using online collaboration tools

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Biotech
Entrepreneurship
Training Program
4 teachers
9 courses
135 participants
from 10 different
organizations
Biotech
Entrepreneurship
and Leadership
Lectures
6 editions
30 speakers
Biotech
Entrepreneurship
Online Content
Blog
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LinkedIn Group

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4.  October 24: Matthias Baumhauer, Mint medical, Heidelberg: The DKFZ-spinoff
Mint Medical: lessons learned
 November 07: Patrick Pfeffer, Aescuvest - Crowdfunding your startup,
Frankfurt
 November 21: Wei Wang und Team, GeneWerk, Heidelberg
 December 05: Tim Kaufmann, enmodes, Aachen
 December 19: Felix Nickel, iSurgeon, Heidelberg + Christmas Special
 January 09: Benjamin Zierock, abcmedien, Heidelberg: Developing mobile and
digital applications for health care providers
 January 23: Andreas Wüpper, Fresenius Medical Care Ventures GmbH, Bad
Homburg
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5. Alexander Würfel, AbbVie
Andrea Pfundmeier, Boxcryptor / Secomba
GmbH (Winner of the German Founder Price
2014)
Christian Tidona, BioMed X Innovation Center /
BioRN Network
Claus Kremoser, Phenex Pharmaceuticals
Colin Bennett, Flames a Mile High
Friedrich Richter, AbbVie
Georg Matheis, Novalung GmbH
Gitte Neubauer, Cellzome
Ingmar Hoerr, Curevac
Jürgen Bauer, EMBLEM Technology Transfer
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Matthias Klaften, amcure GmbH
Marius Rosenberg, Medical Adhesive
Revolution (MAR) GmbH
Patrick Most, uniQure Germany/InoCard
Peter Johann, NGN Capital
Ralf Eckert, Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
Roel Bulthuis, Merck Serono Ventures
Stefan Duhr, Nanotemper (Winner of the
German Founder Price 2014)
Thomas Höger, Apogenix GmbH
Vikas Shah, Swiscot Group (Managing
Director), Thought Strategy (Founder)
Volker Stadler, PEPperPRINT

7. Dr. Christian Tidona
@ChristianTidona
Dr. Bodo Brückner
@BodoBrueckner
Eva-Maria Gottmann
@Evsche
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Selina Hutzl
@selinahutzl

9. • Compact course for students, PhDs, and postdocs in
Life Sciences & Health Technology at Heidelberg
University
• 2 ECTS for master students
• Started in 2009
• Participants from:
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10. What are our goals?
• Generation of a basic understanding of intellectual
property, innovation, and economic value creation
from academic research results
• Development of a viable and compelling business
idea
• Presentation of the business idea in front of a critical
audience
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11. How does it work?
• Basics are provided in three lectures
• Participants are grouped in “founder teams”
to jointly work on business ideas based on
current research articles or own ideas
• Teams present their business ideas
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12. Summer semester 2014:
12 participants
Feedback survey:
7 participants (58%)
Winter semester 2013/14:
37 participants
Feedback survey:
20 participants (55%)
Winter semester 2014/15:
43 participants
Feedback survey:
13 participants (30%)
Summer semester 2015:
13 participants
Feedback survey:
13 participants (100%)
Winter semester 2015/16:
33 participants
Feedback survey:
16 participants (48%)
Summer semester 2016:
49 participants
Feedback survey:
23 participants (47%)

13. • BETP fills a gap in the curriculum on
entrepreneurship
• BETP also improves presentations skills
• Everyone would recommend it to his peers
• Peers play an important role as reason to
apply

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17. “Very useful intro to
entrepreneurship.”
“It's a unique seminar that
gives a feeling for economic
considerations in the field
of biology.”
“It is a great chance to learn something
that I was never told at school/university
from people who are credible.”
“Good chance to practice team
work with people who you
didn't know before.”
“It was great
fun.”

19. • to get an idea about entrepreneurship in general
since it is not part of the master program
• to better understand how biotech inventions can
be developed into marketable products
• to get better idea about what Entrepreneurship
really is and how to start a business
• feeling there was a lack of economical context in
my university program
• to learn more about how I could generate my
own start-up and what are the important
business-related and financial things to consider

21. • “Highly skilled instructors; feedback on the final
presentations was very useful.”
• pitching with a team
• the spirit was awesome
• the opportunity to meet people who have the same
interests as me
• working out the business idea out of research results
• how knowledge came naturally while preparing the pitch

22. • the presentations and team work
• elaborated feedback and suggestions
• “Good atmosphere; challenging team; very new kind of
problem to solve; work together with people of different
backgrounds”
• additional material on the webpage

23. German EIT Health GmbH
Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.1
69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 6 21 76 44 610
Email: info@eit-health.de
Web: eithealth.eu/clc/eit-health-clc-germany/
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