Ignition
A two-day program designed to help you understand how a business operates and how to build effective products and companies.
Ignition
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Building Businesses
Are you looking to understand the bigger picture when it comes to starting a business or commercialising your research? Are you unfamiliar with the forces that might influence the market place? Are you unsure of how to build an investable business? Are you aiming to launch a company within the next 12 months?
Ignition is a fast paced, broad-spectrum, program that aims to give you a high level overview of all of the important factors in company formation. Over this two day program, you'll build your understanding of what we call Entrepreneur's Knowledge a practical, working knowledge of all aspects of the business, from IP to exit, so that you can identify your blindspots and bring on the right support to help in your journey.
Topics Covered
Product Market Fit
• What forces drive the market?
• What influence does this have on your product?
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How to enter the market place
Protecting Your Intellectual Property
• The fundamentals of Intellectual Property
• How best to protect your ideas
• how to leverage the full value of your invention
Spinning Out a Company
• How to rally support to start a company
• Reaching agreement on spinout terms
• The art of negotiation
Finance for Startups
• How do you finance a startup?
• Building financial forecasts
• Financial responsibilities
Company Formation
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A step by step guide to launch a new company
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Shareholders and equity
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Cofounders, advisors and partners
Executing on your Plans
• Finding and winning support of the right people
• Managing business relationships
• How to maximise impact
Testimonials
"A breeze of freshness in my PhD! It is very encouraging hearing of a real start-up’s success story while evidencing that the people behind it are just as ordinary as oneself. Very empowering and insightful, and I learned a huge amount. Absolutely would recommend this to anyone"
Adria Amettler,
Mechanical Engineering, PhD Candidate
In these two days, I learned how the University can help me to overcome many of the difficulties and through practical case studies, this workshop helped me to demystify the process of building a start-up and prepared me mentally to step out of my comfort zone and consider entrepreneurship as a potential future career path."
Matthias Klar,
Applied Mathematics, PhD Candidate
"It was very inspiring to see how to build businesses that make a difference in the world. Very cool to learn from firsthand real-life experiences of the speakers. I would definitely recommend it to all students and postdocs, even if you are not intending to start your own business. This simply could provide you an exposure to broaden your horizons. "
Aleks Stolicyn,
Neuroinformatics, PhD Candidate
Alumni Spotlight
"As an academic coming fresh into the commercialization world, I needed knowledge and understanding how to approach it. This program from Spin Up Science gave me exactly what I was looking for to understand what to expect while starting a spin-out from the university based on my research."
With the support of Spin Up Science, I went on to pitch at the Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies Competition and was awarded first place."
Dr. Asel Sartbaeva,
Lecturer, University of Bath
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