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iBoot<br />Entrepreneurial training & coaching program<br />Eefje Vandamme<br />Manager Intellectual Property<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011, ICC Ghent<br />

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IBBT & Entrepreneurship<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 2<br />

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Toolbox<br />iPR<br />iSTART<br />iSTEP<br />iVENTURE<br />iCUBES<br />iBOOT<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 3<br />

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<ul><li>IBBT mission</li></ul>“The creation of highly competent human capital in different aspects of ICTthrough multi-disciplinary demand-driven research”<br /><ul><li>Entrepreneurial training & coaching program with international experts and serial entrepreneurs

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Elaborate business potential of (early-stage) ideas

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Internal and external intake of business opportunities

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Organized on an annual basis (call Jan, camp Apr-June, jury Sep)

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Central location, e.g. Brussels</li></ul>iBoot: from (research) idea to business<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 4<br />

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iBoot camp values<br />A means to connect committed and talented people with multi-disciplinary complementary skills across the boundaries of the organization > dating event<br />A tool to screen and guide project team members & to help them form the best entrepreneurial teams> winning teams!<br />A tool to quickly identify hidden skills and expertise among iBoot camp participants in domains such as communication, presentation, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, business acumen, ...<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 5<br />

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<ul><li>Professional andpersonal investment

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An intensive personaldevelopment & learning program, limited in time, with a strong exposure to business executives, industry and financial experts

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Highly visible opportunity with exponential learning curve – fun and joy are also key drivers

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A stretch program for entrepreneurial researchers

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A structured way to generate and present venture proposals with a more mature business opportunity plan to a professional venture board</li></ul>What’s in it for you?<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 6<br />

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The Essence of iBoot<br />Set of focused workshops<br /><ul><li>Work out business opportunity plan

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based on your idea

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together with your multidisciplinary team

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Iterative process

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Deliverpresentationsuitablefor a professional investment board</li></ul>iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 7<br />

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4 Phases<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 8<br />

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NABC<br /><ul><li>Need: What are our client's needs?

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Approach: What is our compelling solution and unique advantage to the specific client need?

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Benefit: What are the client benefits of our approach?

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Competition/Alternatives: Why are our benefits significantly better than the competition?</li></ul>iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 9<br />

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What is this New InnovationProcess?<br />External<br />Venture<br />Dating<br />Event<br />Entrepreneurial<br />iBoot Camp<br />Gate 1<br />Gate 2<br />Ideas<br />People<br />Internal<br />Venture<br />Gate 3<br />Grand jury<br />Venture<br />launch<br />Building business<br />opportunityplan<br />New<br />Project<br />Connecting<br />people& ideas<br />Phase1: Phase2: Phase3: Phase4:<br />recruiting ideas building teams iBoot camp jury<br />January – March March April – June September<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 10<br />

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iBoot camp program<br />~ 2 months<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 11<br />

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Dry run and Grand Jury<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 12<br />

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Go forit!But look beforeyouleap…<br />Prior-art search> Market & competition> freedom to operate> red seaor blue ocean?<br />Sure! As long as potentiallynotblockingyour business initiative…<br />In case of OS integrationincludetimelydocumentation!<br />Talk to people!Butbringalong NDA for signature ifnecessary.<br />Carefulwithinventions!Confidentiality…<br />Are youstillunder the radar?<br />In case of any doubt, contact IBBT!<br />Considerappropriateform of protection!<br />Your idea, handle with care…<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 13<br />

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Thankyou<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011 © IBBT 14<br />

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iBoot<br />Entrepreneurial training & coaching program<br />Eefje Vandamme<br />Manager Intellectual Property<br />iMinds, October 13th 2011, ICC Ghent<br />