Entrepreneurship Support Services and the Ventures CupThomas J. Howardthow@mek.dtu.dk

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT SERVICESA list of useful support services for entrepreneurs and business start-upsAdd to the list by visiting here:https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AdeCnozdKOjKZGNjcjJmdjVfMjYxZGNkcTc1Y3o&hl=en_US

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Business Start-up Support Services

http://www.foundable.dk/

http://www.venturecup.dk/

http://cse.cbs.dk/

http://www.nxtgen.dk/en/home/

http://www.kk.dk/Erhverv.aspx

http://www.connectdenmark.dk/

http://di.dk/di/entrepreneur/Pages/Entrepreneur.aspx

http://symbion.dk/index.php?id=1411

http://www.startvaekst.dk/vhhr.dk

http://ecorner.stanford.edu/

http://www.svforum.org/

http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/

Foundable Activities & resources for student entrepreneurs

Venture Cup Resources & business plan competition

CSE Free office space for student entrepreneurs

Next Generation Proof of concept money for student entrepreneurs

Københavns Kommune Courses in start-up

Connect Denmark  Springboard – get ready to pitch for investors

Dansk Industri One year free membership

Symbion Accelerace A fast-pace growth programme for tech startups

Væksthus KBH Help for growth and potential growth companies

E Corner - Stanford 2000 free entrepreneurship videos and podcasts

SVForum Free resources from Silicon Valley

Enterprise EU Network Helps make the most of the European marketplace

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Business Start-up Support Services

Stardust Student Entrepreneurial Network

Sortedam Investors and providers web-tech competenciesCleantech Partnerskaber

Partnerships between entrepreneurs/startups and established companies

Cleantech Partnerskaber

A cluster organisation offering different services to entrepreneurs in the cleantech field.

Innovationsradar Resource for finding relevant funding sources

http://www.sortedam.com/

http://www.stardust-cbs.dk/

http://www.cleantechpartnerskab.dk/

http://innovationsradar.dk/

http://www.cphcleantech.com/innovation

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http://www.thehub.dk/

Social Ventures Support Services

Socialøkonomi Political organisationCenter for Socialt entreprenørskab Resources & business plan competition

The Hub Office space for social entrepreneurs

KPH Projects Office space & project support for social entrepreneursDanish Social Innovation Center

Network, support and knowledge for student based social entrepreneurship

http://www.socialokonomi.dk/

http://www.ruc.dk/forskning/forskningscentre/cse/

http://kph-projects.dk/

Center for socialt entreprenørskab

www.dansic.org

Innovation & Product DevelopmentDTU, Jan. 31st 2012

• Advisors

• Workshops

• Network

Venture CupVenture Cup is a non-profit organization constantly striving to help and inspire young entrepreneurs through access to

• Competitions

Friends & Sponsors

TheStartup Competition

Participate by entering 10-15 pages

50.000 DKK - 5 categories

First prize 200.000 DKK

Deadline: May 7th

Lots of feedback

TheIdea Competition

Describe your business idea in 2-3 pages

Evaluation and feedback from a very competent jury

25000 DKK to the best idea in each of the 5 categories

Category Description

- energy efficiency, waste management, pollution reduction etc.

- biotech, pharma, medical devices, healthcare, biomaterials etc.

Mobile & Web

Life Science & Medtech

Cleantech & Environment

- apps, web services, search engines, augmented reality, NFC etc.

People & Society- education, consultancy, marketing, services, tourism, social e-ship etc.

Product & Technology- industrial design, devices, robotics, hardware, nanotech etc.

Criteria• Product & Service

• Market & Customer

• Industry & Competition

• People & Organisation

• Money & Feasibility

• Implementation

• Budget

VC // I & PD

All teams will be offered an advisor in March

Pitch training session on April 10th

Contact Mikkel for any questions – or a cup of coffee at VC

What Happens inVC Copenhagen

Partnerships with academic courses

Events: Shai Agassi, Niklas Zennström

External workshops and events

Alumni Club

Alumniclub

300+ mil. DKK raised

700+ new jobs

52 patents filed last year

Network & Events

Benefits

Feedback

Network

Funding

How to Submit?

Write a 10-15 pages business plan

Upload it through venturecup.dk by May 7th

Next Event

Copenhagen WednesdayFeb. 8th, 16.00-20.00

@ Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship Howitzvej 60, 1.2000 Frederiksberg

Copenhagen OfficeVenture CupHowitzvej 60, 1st floor2000 Frederiksberg

Venture CupInformationMikkel SørensenRegional ManagerT: +45 31321390E: ms@venturecup.dk

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Project Management

https://podio.com/https://innovation-and-product-development.podio.com/employeenetwork/

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Teams

To help create the teams:

Complete the competencies questionnaire:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJRV25oMWNkYTQ3MDNudTRUX2ZUS1E6MQ

Registering a group:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dERIZDQ2cUtEVG5TbzNQLVEtb0ZkVHc6MQ#gid=0

To help your team to function:

Try using Belbin team roles – details of the test can be found on the course website under lecture 1.

Please record you results here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhMN3MxcC11QWNHODVaOVJVTThOZkE6MQ

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The Importance of the Group

http://www.lionsrugby.com

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Questions

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