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Center for Technopreneurship and Innovation (CTI)
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The center supports potenti[l entrepreneurs to jumpst[rt their ide[s. CTI is [ Technology Business Incub[tor (TBI) th[t provides [n environment for incub[tees where they c[n strengthen those ide[s [nd skills before entering the re[l business world.
In coll[bor[tion with the South Luzon Hub for
Technopreneurship [nd Innov[tion, the B[tSt[teU
Center for Technopreneurship [nd Innov[tion (CTI)
hosted [ twod[y event th[t fe[tured the exhibition of
St[rtups of Technopreneurship students on December
1112 [s p[rt of the St[rtup Progr[ms & Enterprise
Acceler[tor (SPEAR) Pitch Competition.
The SPEAR Progr[m [imed to inculc[te the
technopreneuri[l [nd innov[tive mindset [mong
students [nd boost the loc[l st[rtup industry th[t
contributes to the community. The [ctivity w[s [lso
bound to help st[rtups in their journey tow[rds the full
commerci[liz[tion of their venture ide[.
The first d[y commenced with [ welcome mess[ge by
the VP for Rese[rch Development [nd Extension
Services Engr. Albertson D. Am[nte [nd w[s followed
by [n inspir[tion[l t[lk by B[tSt[teU President Dr. Tirso
A. Ronquillo. An exhibition followed shortly, showc[sing
the different st[rtup ide[s of students.
During the twod[y event, [ mentoring session w[s [lso
held, wherein DTI B[t[ng[s Business Development
Chief of the Business Dep[rtment Mrs. M[riss[ Argente
discussed to the students the next cruci[l steps [fter
cre[ting st[rtups, while ITSO he[d Dr. Le[ndro A.
D[lh[g presented the b[sic inform[tion on intellectu[l
property.
From [ number of 150 student st[rtups, the top 10
fin[lists were n[med. The s[id fin[lists sh[ll compete for
the upcoming SPEAR Pitching Competition in Febru[ry
2017 [nd will be combined with 10 other st[rtup te[ms
from South Luzon, Bicol, [nd P[l[w[n.
CTI Hosts SPEAR Pitch Competition
CTI staff attend Incubation Management Workshop - Manila
RDES 2018 NEWSLETTER Vol. 1 Q. 4
The Innov[tion for Soci[l Imp[ct P[rtnership’s (ISIP)
M[nil[ Leg of the incub[tion m[n[gement workshop on
pl[nning [nd m[n[ging [ universityb[sed incub[tor w[s
held on October 1012 [t UP Dilim[n, QC. The threed[y
workshop, which [imed to develop the technic[l [nd
m[n[gement c[p[bilities of incub[tor personnel, w[s
done in p[rtnership with the Technopreneurship Hub
(TechHub), [n [m[lg[m of universities str[tegic[lly
loc[ted in v[rious regions in the country th[t c[t[lyze
innov[tion [nd entrepreneurship initi[tives.
B[tSt[teU, being one of TechHub’s cohort universities,
took p[rt in the workshop through the p[rticip[tion of
the B[tSt[teU Center for Technopreneurship [nd
Innov[tion (CTI) project st[ff Engr. John Rich[rd Esguerr[
[nd Engr. Neres Ann M[ngui[t.
The workshop f[lls under the Educ[tion component of
ISIP [nd is conducted in p[rtnership with the Philippine
Development Found[tion (PhilDev) [nd the United
N[tions Development Progr[mme (UNDP).
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