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Steve StevensBusiness Developer / -Coach Dare to Venture - Ghent University
Welcome in Ghent!
Biggest student city of Belgium68 000 students
250 000 inhabitants156,18 km²
GHENT IS CHANGING
IT’S GETTING
NEW
ENTREPRENEURIAL
INNOVATIVE
GHENT STARTUP CONTRACT5000 EURO / NEW FULLTIME ENTREPRENEUR
REPAYMENT STARTUP FEE FOR ALL NEW ENTREPRENEURS
175 startup contractsSince December 2008
‘The era of small ideas is over’
Ghent University helps student-entrepreneurs with the project ‘Dare to Venture’ and the special statute ‘Student Entrepreneur’
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
“As a student you have nothing to lose, except for your bike.”
Founder ‘Dare to Venture’
Prof. Dr. Koen De Bosschere
How to stimulate entrepreneurship in our graduates through development of the curriculum
Koen De Bosschere, Ghent University, Oct 31, 2012.
Knowledge creation
Knowledge exploitation
Knowledge acquisition ²
What is the best age to start a company?
The younger, the better. You have to be clueless…
Peter MagnussonFounder Virtutech
“What your mother should have taught you about entrepreneurship”
A picture is worth a ...
Pascal Vyncke
Dries Buytaert
Toon Coppens
Marc Coucke
Larry Page
Mark Zuckerberg
Michael Dell
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Samuel Walton
Richard Branson
Ingvar Kamprad
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
UGent30 000+ students
Imagine that1% of 1% ...
“When I was in college, guys usually pretended they were in a band.... Now they pretend they are in a start-up.”
The EconomistMarch 2009
Two-phased approach
Incubator of ideas Business development
Tech transferIWTIBBTUnizoVokaVlerick management schoolCentrum voor ondernemen
Education
Ambitious goal
Approach at three levels
Students
Professors
UGent
facilitates
stimulate
invest
Student-entrepreneur
facilitates
UGent
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.
Benefits special statute
• Office/meeting space• Coaching• Support• ...
Flexibility
Facilities
UGent Quality LabelVisibility
Network
Student owns IP
Pol&Soc
Geneeskunde
Bio-ir
Farmacie
Diegeneeskunde
Wetenschappen
Letteren
Psychologie
Rechten
Economie
Ingenieurswetenschappen
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Student-entrepreneurs 2011 & 2012
20112012
Student School VentureGlenn Bostoen Engineering Boston AppsJuan Gits Law break down the houseAdriaan Thijs Economy break down the houseAsger Deloof Social sciences break down the houseEbert Houttekier Social sciences break down the houseFrederik Van Hecke Engineering CluttrTom Van de Meirssche Economy CluttrJelle De Laender Sciences CodingMammothSven Cornelis Engineering Cornelis ictBavo Van Landeghem Arts De scriptorijCaroline Van den Hauwe Engineering DevignAnnabel Declercq Psychology D-TEACHLieselot Declercq Psychology D-TEACHRoeland Delrue Economy EcoRentalBram Vandewalle Engineering EndareSander Goossens Engineering EndareDieter Coen Medical EPOSPieter Leus Medical EPOSPeter Van De Velde Arts Erasmus is LifeKarel Dumon Engineering Essential BookingsWard Verwaeren Law E-TroopsTimothy De Ryck Psychology extra vert eventsWard Diricks Economy Future TalentsMichiel De Meulenaere Economy GentbijlesJolien Coenraets Engineering G-FLUXKenneth Saey Engineering G-FLUXValerie Taerwe Engineering G-FLUXWim Lingier Engineering G-FLUXWouter Danneels Engineering G-FLUXSven Bulterijs Sciences HealesJeroen Van Loock Law Het bijlesbureau
Student School VentureJochen Firey Engineering IVIPSTom Coene Engineering IVIPSTom Van Haute Engineering IVIPSWillem Dumon Engineering IVIPSSam Van Eenoo Economy MythhuntRuben Verhack Engineering NinetynineJasper Van der Jeugt Engineering NiteowlJens Panneel Engineering NiteowlPïeterjan Scheir Economy PE MediaMargot Gommers Law PhototourJasmien Vander Beken Engineering PotenzaJeroen Dhondt Engineering PotenzaMathias De Loore Engineering RGBSCAPEPieterjan Criel Engineering RGBSCAPEWillem Delbare Engineering RGBSCAPETom Craeynest Arts Slijttijd.beLaurens De la Marche Engineering SOS bijlesStijn de Puydt Arts studiebegeleidingAstrid Thienpont Economy studiebegeleidingMatthias Lelie Economy studiebegeleidingStefaan Eeckloo Social sciences taalstagesLieven Tacq Economy TLA ProductionsDominique Tudorowski Law Tudo, comm.v.Michaël Verdonck Economy VerdonckWouter Devinck Engineering VikingappsLaurens Naudts Law VoltronMatthias Naudts Law VoltronThomas Blanckaert Law VoltronJeroen Vandensteen Engineering yITa
Professors
stimulate
facilitates
UGent
• Dedicated courses in curriculum• Projects with commercial value• Master dissertations with commercial value• Mentoring, coaching, ...• ...
Ugent Approach...
Intrapreneurship
Technopreneurial courses
Enterpreneurship
Extracurricular activities
Start in real economy
Barc
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Basi
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kills
Intr
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busi
ness
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min
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1st bachelor 2nd bachelor 3rd bachelor Sem 1 Sem 2 Sem 3
Bachelor Master
Intr
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Dar
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Dar
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Venture factory...Engineering faculty
Entrepreneurial coursesba1 ba2 ba3 ma1 ma2
EC EC EC EC
EC: entrepreneurial courseTC: technopreneurial course
TC TC
TCEC
TC TC
IntrapreneurshipLearning outcomes for intrapreneurship
I1 PerseveranceI2 Self-knowledgeI3 Cost awarenessI4 DecisivenessI5 IndependenceI6 Focus on the futureI7 PersuasionI8 NetworkingI9 Recognizing opportunitiesI10 Focus on the user/customerI11 Focus on sustainabilityI12 Focus on learning
EntrepreneurshipBasic busin
ess skills
Introduction
to enterpreneurship
Dare to
ventrue
Dare to
start
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
Entrepreneurial attitude
Business skills
Achiever
Energy
Ambition to start a business
Ambition to grow
Small business
Enterprise
Intrapreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Final objective...
Student-entrereneurship in Ghent
Organisation Students In coaching
35000 51
18000 30
13000 36
20 (9)
Total 66000 117
Who we are?
Winnaar ‘De Ondernemers’ 2013
Filling in on the Star Wars
promise!
BI3D @ V-ICT-OR Shopt IT Antwerp 2013
Thé Ghent student entrepreneur of the year
Laurens Kinget – King Textiles (HoGent)
Jeroen De Wit – Rgbscape (Artevelde)
2010
2012
International orientation
Barc
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r pro
ject
Basi
c bu
sine
ss s
kills
Intr
oduc
tion
busi
ness
ad
min
istra
tion
1st bachelor 2nd bachelor 3rd bachelor Sem 1 Sem 2 Sem 3
Bachelor Master
Intr
oduc
tion
to
entr
epre
neur
ship
Dar
e to
ven
ture
Dar
e to
sta
rt
Venture factory...Engineering faculty
All in English
Virginia TechGlobal Student Challenge Trophy
International Entrepreneurship Seminar
1st edition – Knokke - Belgium
2nd edition – Wilhelmshaven - Germany
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)
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
3th edition – Mataró - Spain
IntEntSem 2014
Possible new project
‘The era of small ideas is over’
The startup factory
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 Outreach8. Wins 9. Recycled Capital 10. Second-Time Entrepreneurs11. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers 12. Tent-pole Local Tech Companies
