Participants will hear from national and international experts including start-up founders, investors and industry experts. They will also participate in workshops on ideation, competition, market sizing, IPR, scaling up, team & culture, developing the roadmap, project and risk management and fundraising.
The week will conclude with a pitching competition with some amazing prizes (to be announced)!
Monday - Discovery day
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Tuesday - Define day
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Wednesday - Develop day
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Thursday - Delivery day
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Friday - Demo day
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Learning outcomes
To understand the basics of how to:
- Evaluate new business ideas and find a unique value proposition
- Evaluate a market size and competition
- Secure intellectual property and navigate regulation
- Develop a business case and find funding
- Ensure impact and develop your idea responsibly
- In addition, we expect participants to develop their professional network.
Background
As part of the Innovation Roadmap, we have discovered that researchers need more skill building on how to commercialise their research, and the DLN mini MBA is a pilot to find out how researchers best can acquire these skills.
This 2024 Mini MBA builds on DLN’s efforts since 2016 to support academic researchers in thinking outside the box when it comes to innovation. Other examples include the Lean Innovation workshop and “walkshop” on the creation of value. We are always looking for opportunities to collaborate on life science innovation that delivers value for society.