fostering entrepreneurship
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Fostering
EntrepreneurshipLuís Caldas de Oliveira
TT@IST
Mission
To support the Executive Board in
developing IST links to Society, namely
through the economic exploration of IST’s
knowledge base.
Specifically, the Technology Transfer Office
manages IST’s intellectual property and is
the point of contact for entrepreneurship and
corporate relations.
Traditional View of Tech
Transfer
Our view of Tech Transfer
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Foster innovation and new businesses
What do they have in
common?
“Entrepreneurship is the
process by which
individuals pursue
opportunities without
regard to the resources
they currently control”Howard Stevenson,1983
IST Spin-Off CommunityActive relationship with spin-offs
Foster contact between entrepreneurs and
students
Currently includes 50 companies
ISTART VC FundSAPFRI Program (Compete+PORL)
Partnership with ES Ventures
Investors:
Brisa € 300 000
Caixa Capital € 300 000
ES Ventures € 300 000
Novabase Capital € 300 000
Taguspark € 150 000
Compete+PORL € 1 650 000
Entrepreneurship EducationAlmost all IST degrees include mandatory or
optional courses related with entrepreneurship
LLP 10 Week Program
Week 0: Presentation
Week 1: Opportunity Assessment
Week 2: Value Proposition
Week 3: Customer Segments
Week 4: ChannelsWeek 5: Customer RelationshipsWeek 6: Revenue Models
Week 7: PartnersWeek 8: Resources,
Activities and Costs
Week 9: Final Lessons Learned
Training
Week 10: Final Lessons Learned
Presentations
LLP Key Points
Evidence-based entrepreneurship
and not “faith-based”
“Get out of the building”
Time management:
intense and fast
Flipped classroom: every
class member must actively comment the other teams
Student Entrepreneurship Clubs
and Activities
Incubation
Incubation
Acceleration
Acceleration
iLLP@Tecnico
TT@IST:
Valorisation of IST knowledge
base
Obrigado