The Business & Entrepreneurial Skills course is designed to provide participants with basic tools and concepts needed to write business plans and investment proposals. This (short) course is a primer to more extensive courses for those who, for example, would like to start their own business. These follow up courses include the ‘Science to the market’ course in Groningen, or the NIABA BioBusiness Masterclass.

Objective
The course aims to create more awareness for the ‘non-academic’ career track.

Course duration
Two days+: two days with an evening session at day 0.

Participation
The course is targeted at and compulsory for all TI Pharma PhD students, but also open to all TI Pharma post docs.

Location
Woudschoten Conference Centre, Zeist (www.woudschoten.nl)

Course program
For the course five topics are selected: Vision & Ambition, Market analysis, Finance, IP and “Boundary conditions” (essentials for success, such as a competent team and proper quality assurance).
Day 1
17:00 - Meet at Woudschoten conference center, welcome and short introduction to the course
Evening - Vision & Ambition
Day 2
Morning - Market analysis
Afternoon - Finance
Evening - Intellectual Property
Day 3
Morning - “Boundary conditions”
Afternoon - Investor presentations
17:00 - End of course

Maximum number of attendees/language
Capacity for this course is 24 registered attendees. The course is taught in English.

Credit points
The pre-work and course together are credited by 2 ECTS points.

Costs
TI Pharma fellows only pay their own expenses (travel, accommodation and food & drinks).
Rate 2010: € 475,- (travel excluded). These expenses will be charged to your employer.

Reader
A reader is distributed in advance.

Next runs
March 24 – 26, 2010
November 3 – 5, 2010

Course leader/contact
J. Janssen, MSc, jorg.janssen(at)tipharma.com or 071 - 332 20 40.

Would you like to join? Please contact Désirée Elderhorst, MSc by email at desiree.elderhorst(at)tipharma.com or via phone at 071 – 332 20 44.

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