
CUT Pre-IPathon
What is an "IPathon"
©2023?
An IPathon is an initiative designed by Mashauri Limited to support Universities and other owners of intellectual property (IP) in freeing up unused IP by harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of entrepreneurial students.
There are three main steps:
- Pre-IPathion where IP is prepared and students undergoes some fundamental entrepreneurial training
- The IPathon itself (generally a 2,5 day process)
- The post IPathon incubator where the successful teams are supported in bringing the venture to life and perhaps even resulting in a spin-off or at least licensing opportunity.
The IPathon overall process is shown schematically below:
This program is the IPathon pre-program an is designed to prepare the participants for the IPathon itself by giving training in some key entrepreneurial concepts that will be used in the event itself.

UJ TTO Pre IPathon program
What is an "IPathon"?
©2022
An IPathon is an initiative designed by Mashauri Limited to support Universities and other owners of intellectual property (IP) in freeing up unused IP by harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of entrepreneurial students.
There are three main steps:
- Pre-IPathion where IP is prepared and students undergoes some fundamental entrepreneurial training
- The IPathon itself (generally a 2,5 day process)
- The post IPathon incubator where the successful teams are supported in bringing the venture to life and perhaps even resulting in a spin-off or at least licensing opportunity.
The IPathon overall process is shown schematically below:
This is the IPathon pre-program.
It is designed to prepare the participants for the IPathon itself by giving information around some key entrepreneurial concepts that will be used in the event itself.

IPathon
What is an "IPathon"?
©2022
An IPathon is an initiative designed by Mashauri Limited to support Universities and other owners of intellectual property (IP) in freeing up unused IP by harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of entrepreneurial students.
There are three main steps:
- Pre-IPathion where IP is prepared and students undergoes some fundamental entrepreneurial training
- The IPathon itself (generally a 2,5 day process)
- The post IPathon incubator where the successful teams are supported in bringing the venture to life and perhaps even resulting in a spin-off or at least licensing opportunity.
The IPathon overall process is shown schematically below:
This program is the IPathon program itself and is in support of students and the professor.

Post Ipathon Incubator
What is an "IPathon"?
©2022
An IPathon is an initiative designed by Mashauri Limited to support Universities and other owners of intellectual property (IP) in freeing up unused IP by harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of entrepreneurial students.
There are three main steps:
- Pre-IPathion where IP is prepared and students undergoes some fundamental entrepreneurial training
- The IPathon itself (generally a 2,5 day process)
- The post IPathon incubator where the successful teams are supported in bringing the venture to life and perhaps even resulting in a spin-off or at least licensing opportunity.
The IPathon overall process is shown schematically below:
This program is the post IPathon incubator and used in supporting successful teams after the IPathon.