1. After a PhD, there are many career options including politics, policymaking, corporations, consulting, research, non-profits, and entrepreneurship. 2. The document discusses entrepreneurship and startups, defining them as temporary organizations that search for repeatable and scalable business models. It notes that startups are very risky but powerful innovation tools. 3. The document provides advice on how to join a startup, including reading relevant books, defining one's role, finding an emerging trend to join, and finding a startup to work with. It highlights the clean tech wave and resources available through Climate-KIC such as internships and acceleration programs.

1. Life after your PhD
September 24th 2013
Geo PhD Network, Utrecht
@fnauta

2. 1
Your options

3. Impact Learn Fun Risk
Politics
Policy
Corporation
Consulting
Research
Science
Non-profit

4. Innovation Ecosystem
Construction Worker
Political Assistant Deputy Mayor Amsterdam
Policy maker EPA Amsterdam & Ministry
Cinema
ICT Trendwatcher
Knowledge Land Foundation
Prime Minister's Innovation Platform
Consultant
Professor Government Innovation
Climate-KIC

5. (hopefully) the
worst job I ever had

6. 2
The case for the
entrepreneur

7. What is
entrepreneurship?

8. Entrepreneur(ial)
~ORIGIN early 19th cent. from French, from
entreprendre ‘undertake’
~one who organizes, manages, and assumes
the risks of a business or enterprise
-ial: ~not afraid to undertake a challenge

9. Entrepreneurship
The process by which individuals – either
on their own or inside organizations –
pursue opportunities without regard to the
resources they currently control
Stevenson, 1989

11. Startup

12. It's how all big
companies start

13. What is a startup?
Temporary organization
designed to search
for a repeatable
and scalable business model
Blank, 2012

14. What is a startup?
A very risky and extremely
powerful innovation tool
Nauta, 2013

15. The goal of a startup
Total
global
domination
in your chosen
market niche
Ken Morse

16. 3
How to join a startup

17. Step 1: Read
• In the Plex - Levy
• Business Model Generation - Ostenwalder
• Startup Owners Manual - Steve Blank
• Disciplined Entrepreneurship - Aulet
• Founders at Work - Livingston
• Raising Venture Capital for Serious
Entrepreneurs - Berkery

18. Great online resources
• ecorner.stanford.edu
- Stanford Technology Ventures Program podcast
(also video)
• www.ted.com
• www.steveblank.com
• paulgraham.com/articles.html

19. and more resources
• WIRED Y-combinator article
• techcrunch.com
• FastCompany.com
• WIRED.com
• www.businessmodelgeneration.com

20. Step 2: Define role

21. Step 3: Find a wave

22. Step 4: Find startup

23. 4
The Clean Tech wave

25. Trend:
100 GW PV per year

30. 6
What Climate-KIC
can do for you

31. What Climate-KIC can do
for you
• Interships at Climate-KIC startups
• Interships in China, India and USA
• Climate-KIC Summer School
• Do a startup & enter Acceleration Program

32. Interships
ShanghaiBengaluruSilicon Valley
Boston Silicon Valley

34. Enjoy the surf
@fnauta