14. Mission
Stimulate entrepreneurial awareness and -behavior among
students and staff members
Promote and facilitate student entrepreneurship
Search, find and help student entrepreneurs in becoming more
professional
Link (alumni) student entrepreneurs with each other and
academics/researchers
Create an entrepreneurial ecosytem within the region of
Flanders, starting in Ghent, with an open international orientation
15. Ghent University helps student-entrepreneurs
with the project ‘Dare to Venture’ and the
special statute ‘Student Entrepreneur’
16.
17. “As a student you have nothing to lose,
except for your bike.”
44. Concept international seminar
• 5-7 day program
• Workshops / role plays / theory / presentations
• 5-7 countries
• Full residential stay
• April / May
• 30 - 36 students, 4 - 8 facilitators
• Nationalities completely spread over teams
• Language = English
• Entrepreneurial students (basic knowledge economics)
45. Participating Universities
• University College Ghent, Belgium
• University College Zuyd, The Netherlands
• Université du Littoral côte d’opale, Duinkerke, France
• Université de Lille, France
• University of the Algarve, Portugal
• Laurea University of Apllied Sciences, Finland
• Jade University, Germany
• Buckinghamshire, UK
• Mälardalens University, Sweden
• Technocampus Mataró, Spain
• University of East London, UK
• Ghent University, Belgium
55. What is the best age to
start a company?
The younger, the better.
You have to be clueless…
Peter Magnusson
Founder Virtutech
“What your mother should have taught you about entrepreneurship”
56. A picture is worth a ...
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Pascal Vyncke
Dries Buytaert
Toon Coppens
Marc Coucke
Larry Page
Mark Zuckerberg
Michael Dell
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Samuel Walton
Richard Branson
Ingvar Kamprad
UGent
30 000+ students
Imagine that1% of 1% ...
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63. “When I was in college, guys usually
pretended they were in a band....
Now they pretend they are in a start-up.”
The Economist
March 2009
64. Two-phased approach
Incubator of ideas Business development
Tech transfer
IWT
IBBT
Unizo
Voka
Vlerick management school
Centrum voor ondernemen
Education
68. Criteria Statute
• Students need to have obtained 60 credits in an academic study
programme
• Students need to have obtained credits for 50% of the courses
of the year before
• Students need to own a company of have the intention to
create a commercial product or service within 12 months. The
venture needs to be formalized, and it must have a growth
perspective.
• The proposal has to have the support of an academic mentor.
• The statute is valid for one year.
69. Benefits special statute
• Office/meeting space
• Coaching
• Support
• ...
Flexibility
Facilities
UGent Quality Label
Visibility
Network
Student owns IP
71. Student School Venture
Glenn Bostoen Engineering Boston Apps
Juan Gits Law break down the house
Adriaan Thijs Economy break down the house
Asger Deloof Social sciences break down the house
Ebert Houttekier Social sciences break down the house
Frederik Van Hecke Engineering Cluttr
Tom Van de Meirssche Economy Cluttr
Jelle De Laender Sciences CodingMammoth
Sven Cornelis Engineering Cornelis ict
Bavo Van Landeghem Arts De scriptorij
Caroline Van den Hauwe Engineering Devign
Annabel Declercq Psychology D-TEACH
Lieselot Declercq Psychology D-TEACH
Roeland Delrue Economy EcoRental
Bram Vandewalle Engineering Endare
Sander Goossens Engineering Endare
Dieter Coen Medical EPOS
Pieter Leus Medical EPOS
Peter Van De Velde Arts Erasmus is Life
Karel Dumon Engineering Essential Bookings
Ward Verwaeren Law E-Troops
Timothy De Ryck Psychology extra vert events
Ward Diricks Economy Future Talents
Michiel De Meulenaere Economy Gentbijles
Jolien Coenraets Engineering G-FLUX
Kenneth Saey Engineering G-FLUX
Valerie Taerwe Engineering G-FLUX
Wim Lingier Engineering G-FLUX
Wouter Danneels Engineering G-FLUX
Sven Bulterijs Sciences Heales
Jeroen Van Loock Law Het bijlesbureau
72. Student School Venture
Jochen Firey Engineering IVIPS
Tom Coene Engineering IVIPS
Tom Van Haute Engineering IVIPS
Willem Dumon Engineering IVIPS
Sam Van Eenoo Economy Mythhunt
Ruben Verhack Engineering Ninetynine
Jasper Van der Jeugt Engineering Niteowl
Jens Panneel Engineering Niteowl
Pïeterjan Scheir Economy PE Media
Margot Gommers Law Phototour
Jasmien Vander Beken Engineering Potenza
Jeroen Dhondt Engineering Potenza
Mathias De Loore Engineering RGBSCAPE
Pieterjan Criel Engineering RGBSCAPE
Willem Delbare Engineering RGBSCAPE
Tom Craeynest Arts Slijttijd.be
Laurens De la Marche Engineering SOS bijles
Stijn de Puydt Arts studiebegeleiding
Astrid Thienpont Economy studiebegeleiding
Matthias Lelie Economy studiebegeleiding
Stefaan Eeckloo Social sciences taalstages
Lieven Tacq Economy TLA Productions
Dominique Tudorowski Law Tudo, comm.v.
Michaël Verdonck Economy Verdonck
Wouter Devinck Engineering Vikingapps
Laurens Naudts Law Voltron
Matthias Naudts Law Voltron
Thomas Blanckaert Law Voltron
Jeroen Vandensteen Engineering yITa
78. Intrapreneurship
Learning outcomes for intrapreneurship
I1 Perseverance
I2 Self-knowledge
I3 Cost awareness
I4 Decisiveness
I5 Independence
I6 Focus on the future
I7 Persuasion
I8 Networking
I9 Recognizing opportunities
I10 Focus on the user/customer
I11 Focus on sustainability
I12 Focus on learning
79. Entrepreneurship
Basicbusinessskills
Introductionto
enterpreneurship
Daretoventrue
Daretostart
E1 Understanding the functional domains of an enterprise and their relation X
E2 Understanding the skills needed in the different functional domains X
E3 Understanding the different types of enterpreneurship (social, academic, growth oriented) X X
E4 Knowing the history of enterpreneurship on a gobal scale X
E5 Understanding the enterpreneurial process X
E6 Knowing the human, financial and technological resources of an enterprise X X
E7 Writing a business plan, and pitch it X X
E8 Knowing how to start a company X X
E9 Knowing how companies grow, and how to manage growth X X
E10 Know the different types of companies and their requirements X
E11 Understanding internationalization and globalization X
82. 1. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders
2. Local Capital
3. Killer Events
4. Access to Great Universities
5. Motivated “Champions”
6. Local Press / Websites / Organizational Tools
7. Alumni Outreach
8. Wins
9. Recycled Capital
10. Second-Time Entrepreneurs
11. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers
12. Tent-pole Local Tech Companies
83. Twee fasen...
Incubator van ideeën Business development
Tech transfer
IOF
IWT
iMinds
Unizo
Voka
Vlerick
Centrum voor ondernemen
Onderwijs
84. Twee fasen...
Incubator van ideeën Business development
Tech transfer
IOF
IWT
iMinds
Unizo
Voka
Vlerick
Centrum voor ondernemen
Onderwijs
