Teaching (technology) entrepreneurship at the VUB Marc Goldchstein Technology Transfer Officer, Educational Professor Technology Entrepreneurship 1
11.000.000 8.000.000 5.000.000 2.000.000-1.000.000 sales F 1999 F 2000 F 2001 F 2002 F 2003 F 2004 benefits
employability 3
capitalism, socialism and democracy Joseph Aloïs Schumpeter 1942 capitalism is an evolutionary process; capitalism never can be stationary. the fundamental impulse comes from the new consumers' goods, the new methods of production or transportation, the new markets, the new forms of industrial organization that capitalist enterprise creates. these incessantly revolutionize the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism. It is what capitalism consists in and what every capitalist concern has got to live in
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Belgium: the least entrepreneurial country in the world (GEM 2006)
What determines entrepreneurial attitudes? respondents that said: they knew an entrepreneur saw opportunities were confident they had the skills to implement a new business: -> 3x yes -> 10 times more likely to be involved in entrepreneurship than 3x no 8
The paramount importance of business experience Comparing the 20 most and 20 least successful Flemish high tech startups based on the background of its founders 9
best practice making entrepreneurship education accessible to all students mixing students from economic and business studies with students from other faculties and with different backgrounds programmes and courses should be adapted to different target groups building interdisciplinary approaches creating teams for the development and exploitation of business ideas using experience-based teaching methods 10
bridge project technology - entrepreneurship 2007-2009 Financed by Flemish Government and partner companies 3 years, 500.000 euro for educational project to train business engineers in technology and entrepreneurship. to train technology engineers in business management and entrepreneurship sectoral focus / cross fertilisation /practice oriented
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste Generic Technology entrepreneurship 6SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Innovation in materials Software Business informatics 6SP mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP 3de Basic concepts and - processes of biology 3SP Electricity, electronics and photonics 6SP Mechanics of materials 3SP IT modeling and economics 6SP mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP 3de Basisconcepten en - processen van de biologie 3SP Elektriciteit, elektronica en fotonica 6SP Mechanica van de materialen 3SP IT modeling and economics 6SP 1ste Master Biotechnology 6SP Techn. and appl. of micro-electronics and photonics 6SP Material science and innovation 6SP Specialisation module decision making and informatics mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP 3de Basisconcepten en - processen van de biologie 3SP Elektriciteit, elektronica en fotonica 6SP Mechanica van de materialen 3SP IT modeling and economics 6SP 1ste Master Biotechnology 6SP Techn. and appl. of micro-electronics and photonics 6SP Materiaalkunde en - innovatie 6SP Specialisatie module Besluitvorming en beleidsinformatica keuze Entrepreneurship 3SP 2de Master mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP 3de Basisconcepten en - processen van de biologie 3SP Elektriciteit, elektronica en fotonica 6SP Mechanica van de materialen 3SP IT modeling and economics 6SP 1ste Master Biotechnology 6SP Techn. and appl. of micro-electronics and photonics 6SP Materiaalkunde en - innovatie 6SP Specialisatie module Besluitvorming en beleidsinformatica keuze Entrepreneurship 3SP 2de Master Business aspects of Biotechnology 3SP Business aspects of Micro-electronics and photonics 3SP Business aspects of Innovation in materials 3SP Business aspects of the Software industry 3SP mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technology entrepreneurship in curriculum Handelsingenieur 2012-2013 1ste 2de Generic Technologisch ondernemerschap 6SP Engineering techniques and - processes 3SP Biotech & life sciences Photonics & microelectronics Chemistry 3SP Innovation in materials Software Bedrijfsinformatica 6SP 3de Basisconcepten en - processen van de biologie 3SP Elektriciteit, elektronica en fotonica 6SP Mechanica van de materialen 3SP IT modeling and economics 6SP 1ste Master Biotechnology 6SP Techn. and appl. of micro-electronics and photonics 6SP Materiaalkunde en - innovatie 6SP Specialisatie module Besluitvorming en beleidsinformatica keuze Entrepreneurship 3SP 2de Master Business aspects of Biotechnology 3SP Business aspects of Micro-electronics and photonics 3SP Business aspects of Innovation in materials 3SP Business aspects of the Software industry 3SP Technological business development projects 6SP mandatory choice: 1 from 4 technology courses choice 1 from 4 Business aspects of... choice: 1 from 3 practice courses Choice 1 from 6 possible specialisations
Technological business development projects 19
Management and entrepreneurship in curriculum faculties of Sciences and Engineering Science Faculty Engineering Faculty Bio - Enginnering Computer sciences (bachelor) Chemistry Physics Photonics Electronics and ICT Chemistry and materials Biomedical engineering Mechanical and electrical engineering Civil engineering Inleiding tot het bedrijfsbeheer/ introduction to business Verplicht vak Keuzevak
Introduction to Business/ Starter Seminars Oct 9 & 16: Sessions 1 and 2: Understanding business ecosystems and innovation Marc Goldchstein Oct 23 & 30: Sessions 3 and 4: Formulating strategies Marc Goldchstein Nov 6: Session 5: Legal aspects Elke Janssens - NautaDutilh Nov 13, 22 & 27: Sessions 6-8: Finance Marie-Laure Vandenhaute Dec 4: Session 9: Marketing Marc Goldchstein Dec 11: Session 10: Intellectual Property rights Hugo Loosvelt Dec 18: Session 11: Team and management aspects Ingrid De Clercq - CONGAZ 21
Adoption of course introduction to business 22
Management and entrepreneurship in curriculum faculties of Sciences and Engineering Science Faculty Engineering Faculty Bio - Enginnering Computer sciences (bachelor) Chemistry Physics Photonics Electronics and ICT Chemistry and materials Biomedical engineering Mechanical and electrical engineering Civil engineering Inleiding tot het bedrijfsbeheer/ introduction to business business aspects of... Biotechnology Software Innovation in Materials Innovation in Materials Micro-electronics and photonics Microelectronics and photonics Innovation in Materials, Biotechnology Verplicht vak Keuzevak
Management and entrepreneurship in curriculum faculties of Sciences and Engineering Science Faculty Engineering Faculty Bio - Enginnering Computer sciences (bachelor) Chemistry Physics Photonics Electronics and ICT Chemistry and materials Biomedical engineering Mechanical and electrical engineering Civil engineering Inleiding tot het bedrijfsbeheer/ introduction to business business aspects of... Biotechnology Software Innovation in Materials Innovation in Materials Micro-electronics and photonics Microelectronics and photonics Innovation in Materials, Biotechnology Technological business development project Entrepreneurship Verplicht vak Keuzevak
Starter Seminars TTI, yearly 11 weeks 6-9PM Same content as introduction to business
2008, 2009, 2010: project fair 27
and 2015 28
Impact of educational program on entrepreneurial attitudes Award winning Master thesis 2008-9 Jaap Barends, supervised by Thomas Crispeels Questionaire repeated at the end of 2009-10 Questionnaire contained questions on a 7-point Likert scale. A retrospective pre-test post-test was used to measure the change in entrepreneurial intentions due to participation in the educational program
every disadvantage has its advantage ICAB ETRO SURF CHIS B-PHOT DBIT BUTO TTI 30