The CRG BioBusiness School is a highly interactive, activity-driven learning process that takes scientists through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience; aiming to instil an entrepreneurial mindset and to ignite the ability to convert lab-ideas into business ones.
Participants benefits You will benefit from building an entrepreneurial skillset that will give you the capacity and confidence to pinpoint the added commercial value of your research as well as to envision the creation of your own business. Furthermore, if you decide not to follow the path of entrepreneurship, these competencies are greatly sought after by corporates, NGOs and the public sector - and as such, you will gain an advantage in the job market. The online format of the program widens the networking opportunities with national and international fellows, allowing you to establish bonds with other participants and invited speakers. Besides work, there will also be fun activities to keep the group stimulated and engaged.
UJ Technology Transfer Office are hosting the Venture Spark Bootcamp.
This activity-based process takes post-graduates and faculty through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience designed to instil an entrepreneurial mindset - and to develop the ability to convert lab ideas into business ideas.
This Bootcamp is open to all student ideas but preference is given to those whose ideas are related to their own University-based research.
The core is a highly interactive, group-based venture development process supported by exposure to entrepreneurs and experts and culminating in a pitch event.
The program will be hybrid (online and face-to-face) where all the participants will work from the UJ TTO premises in Johannesburg from 20th November to 24th November, 2023. Lectures and tasks will be presented online and a coach will be on-hand on the premises to guide the venture building activity.
Contact carob@uj.ac.za or simon.gifford@mashauri.org for more information
This activity-based process takes post-graduates through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience designed to instil an entrepreneurial mindset - and to develop the ability to convert lab ideas into business ideas.
The Schools are vertically focused (e.g. agritech) and the business concepts are prescribed, guided or left open.
The core is a highly interactive, group-based venture development process supported by exposure to entrepreneurs and experts and culminating in a pitch event.
The specific content may change depending on the participant's requirements and limitations. The program may be run online or offline.
We have had great success in food science and health science. In addition, our IPathon (see appendix) is an offshoot of this program.
The video below is an example of one of these bootcamps which we have annually run for CRG since 2019.
Contact simon.gifford@mashauri.org for more information
This activity-based process takes post-graduates through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience designed to instil an entrepreneurial mindset - and to develop the ability to convert lab ideas into business ideas.
The Schools are vertically focused (e.g. agritech) and the business concepts are prescribed, guided or left open.
The core is a highly interactive, group-based venture development process supported by exposure to entrepreneurs and experts and culminating in a pitch event.
The specific content may change depending on the participant's requirements and limitations. The program may be run online or offline.
We have had great success in food science and health science. In addition, our IPathon (see appendix) is an offshoot of this program.
The video below is an example of one of these bootcamps which we have annually run for CRG since 2019.
Contact simon.gifford@mashauri.org for more information
The CRG BioBusiness School is a highly interactive, activity-driven learning process that takes scientists through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience; aiming to instil an entrepreneurial mindset and to ignite the ability to convert lab-ideas into business ones.
Participants benefits You will benefit from building an entrepreneurial skillset that will give you the capacity and confidence to pinpoint the added commercial value of your research as well as to envision the creation of your own business. Furthermore, if you decide not to follow the path of entrepreneurship, these competencies are greatly sought after by corporates, NGOs and the public sector - and as such, you will gain an advantage in the job market. The online format of the program widens the networking opportunities with national and international fellows, allowing you to establish bonds with other participants and invited speakers. Besides work, there will also be fun activities to keep the group stimulated and engaged.
Centre for Genomic Regulation
The mission of the CRG is to discover and advance knowledge for the benefit of society, public health and economic prosperity. The CRG believes that the medicine of the future depends on the ground-breaking science of today. This requires an interdisciplinary scientific team focused on understanding the complexity of life from the genome to the cell to a whole organism and its interaction with the environment, offering an integrated view of genetic diseases.
As part of the development process of the Early Stage Researchers (ESR), CRG are hosting a Biobusiness School. Mashauri have been selected as the partner to design and facilitate the program.
The BioBusiness School is a highly interactive, activity based process that takes PhD’s and postdocs through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience designed to instil an entrepreneurial mindset - and to develop the ability to convert lab-ideas into business ideas.
The core of the program is a group-based venture development process supported by exposure to entrepreneurs and experts culminating in a pitch event. This online event is underpinned by the Mashauri entrepreneurial education platform which includes valuable resources such as templates, educational material and a communication medium to capture inputs and outputs of the event
Outline agenda
Day | Agenda items |
1 | Welcome and introduction |
Keynote speaker | |
The entrepreneurial journey | |
Team development | |
Identification and selection of venture idea | |
2 | Solving problems |
Social impact and financial impact | |
Presentation and Q&A: guest entrepreneur | |
Market and customer analysis of venture | |
3 | Competitive dynamics and positioning |
Developing a value proposition for your venture | |
Presentation and Q&A: guest entrepreneur | |
Market testing (with real customers) | |
Pitch training and practice | |
4 | Funding and finance |
Funding panel discussion | |
Pitching your venture in front of judges | |
Results, feedback and awards |
The selection of the candidates for the BioBusiness School has been completed and enrolment in the program wills commence on 20th April.
The CRG BioBusiness School
circTRain
Online April 2020
circRTrain
The mission of circRTrain is to provide cross-disciplinary training in experimental and computational biology for a new generation of researchers who will exploit the power of emerging technological platforms to decipher the biology of circular RNAs.The Max Delbruck Center (MDC)
The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine is devoted to biomedical research with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of health and disease and translating findings as quickly as possible into clinical applications. Better prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases are the ultimate goals. MDC are the project managers of the circRTrain program.
Centre for Genomic Regulation
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute of excellence, created in December 2000. The Technology and Business Development Office at CRG (TBDO) serves as a link between scientists and society, by bridging the gap between CRG early stage research and the market.The mission of the CRG is to discover and advance knowledge for the benefit of society, public health and economic prosperity. The CRG believes that the medicine of the future depends on the ground-breaking science of today. This requires an interdisciplinary scientific team focused on understanding the complexity of life from the genome to the cell to a whole organism and its interaction with the environment, offering an integrated view of genetic diseases.
As part of the development process of the Early Stage Researchers (ESR), CGR are hosting a BioBusiness School. Initially this was planned to be held at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park; however, with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been moved online. Mashauri have been selected as the partner to design and facilitate the program.
The selection of the candidates for the BioBusiness School has been completed and enrolment in the program wills commence on 16th April.
EIT Food Global Food Venture Programme (GFVP) in conjunction with IMDEA Food and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM) are hosting an online Summer Entrepreneurial School in in June 2020. Fourty PhD students (or graduates) from across Europe will virtually get together for an eight day, life-changing, immersive entrepreneurial experience. While being exposed to food-tech entrepreneurs and ventures, learning the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, they will work in groups creating and launching a new business within that period. The School will culminate in a live pitching event in front of a virtual panel of investors, corporates and other judges to determine which groups will win the prizes for the best ventures. The prizes will include further mentoring and incubation of teams to continue with their business ideas.
This initiative has been designed to further imbue the top scientific "food minds" in Europe with an entrepreneurial mindset that will catalyse further innovation activity in this massively important sector in Europe. Mashauri will design and facilitate the event. EIT Food GFVP, IMDEA Food and UAM will ensure input from some of the top professors, mentors, corporates and public sector experts in Europe to challenge and guide the students as they develop an enterprise perspective. IE Business School specifically are a key partner in this program lending some of their top professors to co-facilitate this event with the Mashauri team.
The call for potential candidates for the Camp has been completed and those selected may now enrol below.
The EIT Food GFVP Entrepreneurial Summer School
Madrid: June 2019
EIT Food Global Food Venture Programme (GFVP) in conjunction with IMDEA Food and Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM) are hosting a Summer Entrepreneurial School in Madrid in June 2019. Forty PhD students (or graduates) from across Europe will get together for a ten day, life-changing, immersive entrepreneurial experience. While being exposed to food-tech entrepreneurs and ventures, learning the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, they will work in groups creating and launching a new business within that ten day period. The Camp will culminate in a live pitching event in front of a panel of investors, corporates and other judges to determine which groups will win the prizes for the best ventures. The prizes will include further mentoring and incubation of teams to continue with their business ideas.
This initiative has been designed to further imbue the top scientific "food minds" in Europe with an entrepreneurial mindset that will catalyse further innovation activity in this massively important sector in Europe. Mashauri will design and facilitate the event. EIT Food GFVP, IMDEA Food and UAM will ensure input from some of the top professors, mentors, corporates and public sector experts in Europe to challenge and guide the students as they develop an enterprise perspective.
The call for potential candidates for the Camp has been completed and those selected may now enrol below.
A virtual startup bootcamp for selected participants in the FAO AgriNations Startup Cup Bootcamp program.
The BioBusiness School is a highly interactive, activity-driven learning process that takes scientists through a concentrated entrepreneurial immersion experience; aiming to instil an entrepreneurial mindset and to ignite the ability to convert lab-ideas into business ones.
Participants benefits You will benefit from building an entrepreneurial skillset that will give you the capacity and confidence to pinpoint the added commercial value of your research as well as to envision the creation of your own business. Furthermore, if you decide not to follow the path of entrepreneurship, these competencies are greatly sought after by corporates, NGOs and the public sector - and as such, you will gain an advantage in the job market. The online format of the program widens the networking opportunities with national and international fellows, allowing you to establish bonds with other participants and invited speakers. Besides work, there will also be fun activities to keep the group stimulated and engaged.