The iBootcamp is an intensive personal development program for entrepreneurial researchers. It is limited in time and the primary purpose is to guide researchers or business partners staff who want to found their own company starting from a concrete business idea. The program is a set of focused workshops in which an entrepreneurial multidisciplinary team is created and coached. The workshops are a balanced combination of teaching, coaching and doing with a strong exposure to business executives, industry and financial experts.
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Training is the process by which researchers are triggered to learn additional skills, whereas team construction is the process by which researchers are triggered to complement their team to find additional, missing skills. The goal of training initiatives is to teach new skills to its participants in the hope that they will master them after finishing the program. The goal of team construction is to try to find a balance between technological capabilities and business expertise of the team members. The most difficult challenge within team formation is often to find the complementary business skills.
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FITT Toolbox: Entrepreneurship in Residence ProgramFITT
The idea of an Entrepreneur-In-Residence originally comes from the venture capital industry. It is a position or title typically held by an experienced entrepreneur or business professional. As this entrepreneur or business professional typically is very experienced in a particular area, his or her expertise is often very valuable to venture capital firms, universities or other organizations especially in the case these organizations would like to develop activities in that particular area. The Entrepreneur-In-Residence program helps a newly formed technology company to have access to the right person to manage it and take it forward.
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Japanese corporate culture - how to adapt for globalizationRudlin Consulting
The different facets of Japanese corporate culture - lifetime employment, seniority based promotion, monozukuri - and how they are interlinked and could be adapted for globalization. Presented to Hosei University/Daiwa Foundation October 2009
Training is the process by which researchers are triggered to learn additional skills, whereas team construction is the process by which researchers are triggered to complement their team to find additional, missing skills. The goal of training initiatives is to teach new skills to its participants in the hope that they will master them after finishing the program. The goal of team construction is to try to find a balance between technological capabilities and business expertise of the team members. The most difficult challenge within team formation is often to find the complementary business skills.
www.FITT-for-Innovation.eu
FITT Toolbox: Entrepreneurship in Residence ProgramFITT
The idea of an Entrepreneur-In-Residence originally comes from the venture capital industry. It is a position or title typically held by an experienced entrepreneur or business professional. As this entrepreneur or business professional typically is very experienced in a particular area, his or her expertise is often very valuable to venture capital firms, universities or other organizations especially in the case these organizations would like to develop activities in that particular area. The Entrepreneur-In-Residence program helps a newly formed technology company to have access to the right person to manage it and take it forward.
www.FITT-for-Innovation.eu
Japanese corporate culture - how to adapt for globalizationRudlin Consulting
The different facets of Japanese corporate culture - lifetime employment, seniority based promotion, monozukuri - and how they are interlinked and could be adapted for globalization. Presented to Hosei University/Daiwa Foundation October 2009
Every minute that you spend wrangling an inefficient daily workflow is a wasted opportunity for creativity and profit. Join us to learn the latest techniques for optimizing your web development projects in Miva Merchant. You’ll streamline operations, reduce demands on staff, consume less resources, and free up more time for creation and expansion.
MivaCon 2016, Thursday session 2.
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When researchers come to the Technology Transfer Office with a brilliant idea, it is often not clear what the commercialization possibilities are. The idea is often very technical in nature, making it difficult to align in with potential commercialization options. Therefore, it is important for Technology Transfer Officers to assess the commercialization opportunities of these technologies. They can decide to perform market research themselves or to rather rely on marketing agencies such as BEM in France. However, in case the market is still emerging, it might be more useful to test the technology and its potential applications in a living lab.
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The Business Model Design practice supports the definition of a sustainable business model, collaboratively with all its stakeholders. To Technology Transfer Officers this practice proposes reference canvas and tools easily tailored to support most business strategic decision. To researchers, this practice is in essence a way to promote a sound business culture and a set of tools to facilitate the design of a business model. Its foundation from the design science make it practical and result oriented.
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The Entrepreneurship seminar is a seminar for researchers focusing on start-up creation. It aims at developing entrepreneurial mindsets and understanding of business environment. The participants are given a few hours of courses on the basics of a private company by various experts. Then they go through a team exercise of creation of a virtual start-up, supported by coachers. The participants present their business idea to an investors committee and receive valuable feedback afterwards. The seminar main objective is to motivate researchers to get involved in the company creation.
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To create awareness, it is important to provide training for researchers in order to teach them some entrepreneurial skills. A first training program is the IED (Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design) course of Imperial College Business School which has the aim to guide researchers to assess the commercial feasibility of an innovation. IED embarks on a live entrepreneurial journey which provides insights into the challenges of introducing novel products and services to the market; it entails a ‘teaching part’ and a ‘live project’. A second training program is the iBootcamp of IBBT which is an entrepreneurial bootcamp that guides entrepreneurs in writing their business plan.
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Every minute that you spend wrangling an inefficient daily workflow is a wasted opportunity for creativity and profit. Join us to learn the latest techniques for optimizing your web development projects in Miva Merchant. You’ll streamline operations, reduce demands on staff, consume less resources, and free up more time for creation and expansion.
MivaCon 2016, Thursday session 2.
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London Web Technologies - web design company from London, UK offering the exclusive guide to The changing google ser ps may june 2016 seo updates.
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When researchers come to the Technology Transfer Office with a brilliant idea, it is often not clear what the commercialization possibilities are. The idea is often very technical in nature, making it difficult to align in with potential commercialization options. Therefore, it is important for Technology Transfer Officers to assess the commercialization opportunities of these technologies. They can decide to perform market research themselves or to rather rely on marketing agencies such as BEM in France. However, in case the market is still emerging, it might be more useful to test the technology and its potential applications in a living lab.
www.FITT-for-Innovation.eu
The Business Model Design practice supports the definition of a sustainable business model, collaboratively with all its stakeholders. To Technology Transfer Officers this practice proposes reference canvas and tools easily tailored to support most business strategic decision. To researchers, this practice is in essence a way to promote a sound business culture and a set of tools to facilitate the design of a business model. Its foundation from the design science make it practical and result oriented.
www.FITT-for-Innovation.eu
Matrade: Expand Your Business Globally Through e-Tradesitecmy
Southeast Asia e-Commerce Conference 2016
Sitec e-Commerce Conference
Mines Convention Center
22 October 2016
Matrade: Expand Your Business Globally Through e-Trade
The Entrepreneurship seminar is a seminar for researchers focusing on start-up creation. It aims at developing entrepreneurial mindsets and understanding of business environment. The participants are given a few hours of courses on the basics of a private company by various experts. Then they go through a team exercise of creation of a virtual start-up, supported by coachers. The participants present their business idea to an investors committee and receive valuable feedback afterwards. The seminar main objective is to motivate researchers to get involved in the company creation.
www.FITT-for-Innovation.eu
To create awareness, it is important to provide training for researchers in order to teach them some entrepreneurial skills. A first training program is the IED (Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design) course of Imperial College Business School which has the aim to guide researchers to assess the commercial feasibility of an innovation. IED embarks on a live entrepreneurial journey which provides insights into the challenges of introducing novel products and services to the market; it entails a ‘teaching part’ and a ‘live project’. A second training program is the iBootcamp of IBBT which is an entrepreneurial bootcamp that guides entrepreneurs in writing their business plan.
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Startup Monthly is an organization based in Silicon Valley which is devoted to helping entrepreneurship communities around the world create, innovate, quickly iterate, and grow startups in a wide area of technical fields.
Startup Monthly is run by a team of aspiring entrepreneurs which brings together a community of like-minded, passionate entrepreneurs through HANDS ON workshops to teach young entrepreneurs how to create LEAN and FUNDABLE startups
The document describes the design and implementation of an eLearning platform to capture and archive the practical knowledge gained by entrepreneurs while running their companies. The main goal is always to assist entrepreneurs in acquiring business competences and to provide coaches with a powerful and helpful tool to support their coaching activity by formalizing the business knowledge, practices and lessons learned in entrepreneurship. The platform is not only a learning tool but also a marketing tool that can be used by the Incubator/Institution to attract new tenants.
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INNOVATION BOOT CAMP is a large group intervention methode to generate breakthrough innovation in companies and organizations. It is proven and works great.
FITT Toolbox: Master Class in Entrepreneurial SkillsFITT
iStep is a 3 day inhouse master class training in enterprenuerial skills aimed at researchers and staff member of business partners of IBBT. iStep provides participants with practical insights and tools into the making of a technology-based start up: from R&D to business idea, IPR, human resources, market assessment and approach, financial plan and valuation, sources of finance and launch of the company.
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Programme design and on activities aimed at involving stakeholders - by Iain ...OECD CFE
Presentation from the capacity building seminar “Financing business start-up by under-represented groups”, 27-29 June 2012, Trento – Italy; organised by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme and its Trento Centre at the OECD in collaboration with the Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission. See www.trento.oecd.org
Using lean startup model to foster Agile adoption in multinational organizationsAngel Diaz-Maroto
In this session I’m showing a model that multinational organizations can use to foster the adoption of agile. This model is based on lean startup, understandig Agile initiatives from different countries as startups, it uses the validated learning cycles of every organization to create a validated learning knowledge base with the performed experiments of agile practices. This “”validated learning knowledge base”" is co-created by the members of the internal international Agile community.
Innovation Challenge revolves around a one day event which is organised in Co-operation with Junior Achievement Young Enterprise, Metropolia Business School and Microsoft Finland.
Microsoft will provide students with the opportunity to solve a real life challenge that they are currently facing.
Prof. Thomas Baaken:Science-to-Business Marketing - A new Model in Knowledge ...FITT
This presentation was held by Prof. Thomas Baaken during the FITT conference „ICT Innovations: Research > Business > Society“ on 10 May 2011 in Brussels.
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Mario Cameron: Turning Science into Business: From Research to Market – the E...FITT
This presentation was held by Dr. Mario T. Cameron during the FITT conference „ICT Innovations: Research > Business > Society“ on 10 May 2011 in Brussels.
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Clustering and networking activities are relationship-based activities that support sharing and developing of competences, knowledge and methods. The documents within the toolbox have a clear focus on activities in the area of technology transfer. Networking and clustering activities are critical leverages for all transfer activities presented in this toolbox, namely: opportunities identification, IP management, Human resources and focused value proposition.
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The presented Network Scorecard suite is a method aimed at supporting the strategic and operational management processes of networks. It relies on three principles: It is a participatory approach, where the networks key actors jointly define a shared vision of their networks performance. Moreover, its integrated approach covers the management cycle of the network including the definition of a strategy, a plan of action and a scorecard. And finally, it structures a network performance on four dimensions: the benefits to the members, implication of the members, external context and organization. The practice presents all necessary steps to involve the key actors of the network and structure the process.
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Cluster Managers have expressed their interest in innovative tools that bundle knowledge and is continuously updated. To meet their demands, MFG has implemented an interactive Cluster Manual based on the Wiki principle. The Cluster Manual gives cluster newbies a ‘basic’ guideline and offers cluster managers an in-depth source for every aspect of cluster issues. Additionally, it documents success stories and best practice examples to build up a repository of internal generated knowledge (‘learn from the best’), gives an overview of the most important literature in the area of Cluster Management and combines all this with the knowledge of experts.
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The Balanced Scorecard methodology is used, to give mangers a tool for translating a strategy or a vision into actions and to reach the set targets. The MFG Balanced Scorecard gives cluster managers a tool for managing their cluster initiatives by defining concrete objectives based on their vision and strategy. The Balanced Scorecard methodology helps to clarify and translate vision and strategy, to communicate and link strategic objectives with actions, to plan, set and align strategic initiatives and to enhance strategic feedback and learning.
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Professional tools for cluster or network management are more important than ever as the management plays a decisive role for the success or the failure of a cluster initiative/network. Today there are no general cluster/network management methods available to optimize the management. The presented practices use the Balanced Scorecard method which gives the mangers a tool to professionalize the management and to monitor activities including measuring successes.
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FITT Toolbox: International Technology Transfer NetworksFITT
Many international networks are active in the field of technology transfer and give the opportunity to: be in touch with pairs at the international level, access to training and seminars, exchange of good practices and experiences, find partners or investors, promote an innovation and much more. The choice of the network of which you could be a member can be a challenge. The goal of this practice is to give you a quick overview of the existing organisations, and can be a guide for the choice of such a network.
The presented online cooperation platform was developed to give cluster managers and other cluster stakeholders access to current information and trends. It is set up in form of a Social Network on the topic ‘cluster management’ and offers users/members a central information tool, where knowledge is documented and exchange is fostered. Therefore it is an efficient way to foster exchange between experts, to build up a repository of knowledge including success stories and to present the topic to a broader public.
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The network support services support the networks' sustainability by providing a set of logistics and communication services. Access to these services is conditioned by an agreement between the technology transfer officer and the network and the compliance with a charter. This agreement creates the conditions for a long-term cooperation and a win win situation: the networks gain access to free logistics and communication services, while the transfer officer gains access to strategic information from the field, the opportunity to develop specific partnerships and legitimacy.
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FITT Toolbox: Technology Transfer (TT) CollaborationFITT
The chapter TT collaboration addresses the topic of networking at two levels: Firstly, the added value of participating in networks for people active in technology transfer is highlighted at an international level. Additionally, at a local level, technology transfer network with local actors reinforces their local embeddings and grants a privileged, neutral and legitimate channel for two-ways transfer between transfer officers and other stakeholders.
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The presented case study is about Siruna NV, which has developed software for real time deployment of mobile websites through a dual Open Source business model. Although this model is not widely adapted, this model can be easily copied as far as it helps to cover development costs by the help of a large and free developer community, helps to market the product, quickly, sets a reference in a rapidly evolving market and succeeds in creating value within an open source setting.
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Dr. Carolina Garcia Rizo: Commercializing Innovative Technologies: The US Per...FITT
This presentation was held by Dr. Carolina Garcia Rizo during the FITT conference „ICT Innovations: Research > Business > Society“ on 10 May 2011 in Brussels.
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At Imperial Innovation, the decision regarding the business model is taken by the technology transfer officers. The reason is that researchers often lack market knowledge and commercial skills and are therefore not always able to see the full potential of a certain technology. To enhance the commercial skills of researchers, Imperial College London has set up the Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design program. The program gives students and researchers the opportunity to follow an entrepreneurial journey that provide them with insights into the challenge of introducing novel products and services to market.
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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FITT Toolbox: Entrepreneurial Bootcamp
1. Entrepreneurial Bootcamp
FITT
– Fostering Interregional Exchange in ICT Technology Transfer –
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Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
2. iBootcamp: the essence
Set of focused workshops
• Goal: Create a team that can deliver a business presentation that
can survive a professional investment board
Based on your own business idea
• No case studies here; we go for the real thing
Executed with a multidisciplinary team
• … that you need to recruit
Workshops are a combination of:
• Teaching
• Coaching
• Doing
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3. What is this New Innovation Process?
External
Ideas Venture
Dating Entrepreneurial
Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3
Event iBoot Camp
Internal
To IBBT Venture
Building Business Innovation Board Launch
Venture
People Opportunity Plan
Connecting
people and ideas
New
Project
Jan March June
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4. Fit within the organisation
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5. Who is eligible to join iBootcamp?
Every collaborator from IBBT research projects with a great idea and
with an entrepreneurial mindset
Idea owners are helped to form winning teams with multidisciplinary
skills
iBoot Camp Teams are coached by industrial coaches,
Board members and Business School Professors
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6. Dating Event: Connecting People and Idea
Talented people everywhere but ... they are not connected!
Engineering
Marketing
Research & Finance Operations
& Sales
Development
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8. (Residential) iBootcamp Program
Weekend 1 (Friday + Saturday)
How to develop a successful business plan
Opportunity Development & Freedom to operate
Elapsed time = 2 months
Weekend 2 (Friday + Saturday)
Business Models in ICT
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Weekend 3 (Friday + Saturday)
Entrepreneurial Finance
Human Resources
Presenting and Selling the Business
Opportunity Plan to Venture Capitalists
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9. Where?
• All workshops occur on a residential location to
promote the bootcamp atmosphere. The first edition
was organized in a Monasterium (converted to a
hotel), the second edition in a Castel.
• On the first edition (iBoot2008) there was a possibility
for the teams to sleep over, to promote the team
building. This facility was however not repeated in
the next editions, but teams are left free.
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11. Pro’s & Cons
Pro’s
• Strength: create a winning team that is able to make a business idea
happen.
• Innovation: coaching by doing by coaching
• Right to copy: Generic format applicable in all kinds of business
environments (except Inceptum tool that is licensed)
Cons
• Problems: risk of rising expectations too high
• potential problems: ability to find the complementary skills to form a
team
• Advice: take time to find the right team members around an idea
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12. Why ? Rationale iBootcamp
Context: mission of IBBT to create new business opportunities
‘problem’ solver: real life approach starting from the main assets =
people and (good) ideas -> quickly identify hidden skills and expertise
among iBootcamp participants in domains such as communication,
presentation, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, business
acumen, ...
The main bottleneck in a research organisation is not to find good
ideas and competent (technological) people, but to find the lacking
complementary skills available outside the organisation. With iBootcamp
one creates the ideal platform to match those skills around a specific
idea with great potential. Doing this you cover entrepreneurial
awareness building, you identify business opportunities within the eco-
system and you help to kick off new business.
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13. Why ? Impact iBootcamp
Evidence of success: most teams (8 of 10) convinced a professional
venture board of their potential. Of the 10 teams so far (2008-2009) two
have already started doing business, 5 have been accepted for further
incubation, only 2 did not succeed.
Recommendation: strong format for quickly assessing real business
opportunity and at the same time building a business team of skilled and
motivated people
Impact on future performance: iBootcamp creates a lot of awareness
of business opportunities lying within the eco-system of the
organisation, it motivates skilled people to invest free time in developing
‘their’ idea and it creates a good deal flow of well prepared investment
opportunities for internal or external VC money or at least for further
incubation.
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14. Outcome of iBootcamp: today
Learning effect:
- ideas and teams of second bootcamp were stronger and better
-Steep learning curve within teams
Strong marketing effect on IBBT profile as an organisation able
to support new business development, making the transition form
idea generation to commercialisation
During second bootcamp there was a joined team that attended
the Alcatel-Lucent bootcamp = open innovation extended to
similar activities of business partners
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15. Outcome of iBootcamp: plans for the future
3th edition of iBootcamp (2010) will pay more attention to the team
building, coaching for marketing of the business ideas and feedback to
the teams (through dry runs) before the exposure to the final jury.
Feedback shortly after the final jury and follow up are also point of
attention
Flemish feasibility study to establish a Flemish incubation center
providing these kind of bootcamps for the Flemish industry
Find extra financial resources for follow-up of successful teams
(through Proof of Concept funds, pre seed investment funds)
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16. Lessons Learned
Looking back now, what would you …
• … do different/improve? Pay more attention to the team building after
the dating event and have the coaches better prepared before the
start of the workshops
• … improve? Better use of software tool by teams
• … recommend to others? Just do it (learning by doing)
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