We are still selecting promising biotechnology teams for free participation in the international coaching programme Bio Venture East. The goal is to enable biotech companies and research teams from the new members states a free participation in interactive workshops focused on business plan development and finding foreign partners and investors.
The third Venture Academy (after Warszaw and Budapest) will be held in Brno on the 2nd of November and you will have a chance to meet there experienced biotech entrepreneurs, consultants and investors. Next events are planned in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Zagreb (Croatia) early next year and nominations for biotech start-ups active in your country are certainly welcome.
Continue reading ‘Biotech sector in the Czech Republic, Brno, Nov 2′
On Tuesday I took part as a coach and moderator at Europe Unlimited’s Biotech Venture Academy, held here in Budapest. I attended the BVA in Warsaw in March, and offered my impressions about how well the format works. Hungary has a reputation as the region’s leader in biotech, so I was interested in comparing the quality of attendees at the two events.
The first thing I want to say about Budapest Biotech Venture Academy is that the quality of participation was high. The BVA format puts entrepreneurs in front of a group of business coaches to pitch their companies. The coaches offer their criticism and suggestions, and they work with each entrepreneur in a one-on-one meeting to improve the presentation.
Continue reading ‘The BVA comes to Budapest’
Returning from Warsaw I jotted down a few notes about the experience I had coaching entrepreneurs this week at Europe Unlimited?s Biotech Venture Academy.
The venture academy format brings together leaders of young technology companies to pitch their businesses to a group of coaches, a group that included active venture capitalists, professional business advisors, and experienced entrepreneurs - including your correspondent. The project is funded by the European Commission, and the entrepreneurs can participate for free.
I enjoy this kind of exercise, however my interest was not merely academic. I?ve been asked to help bring the Biotech Venture Academy to Budapest in June this year. So how well does this format work?
Continue reading ‘How well does the Venture Academy format work?’
SMEs active in the life sciences area can benefit from a free (!) participation in the European coaching programme opened for biotechnology teams from the new member states. Five highly interactive BIOTECH Venture Academies will be organised in Warsaw, Budapest, Tallinn, Brno and Sofia and over 100 promising biotech companies and research teams will be selected. All participants will have an opportunity to improve their skills in developing and presenting their business plans and to network with experienced entrepreneurs, consultants and investors as potential partners from all around Europe.
The first Biotech Venture Academy will be held on 22nd of March, 2005 in Warszaw. The basic information including the programme and application forms can be found at www.e-unlimited.com/BioVentureAcademy. The deadline for applications for the last selection round is on Friday, March 11.
The NETIES team will be represented in Warsaw and your feedback will be taken into account when preparing the next event in Budapest in June. Do you have some nominations for biotech companies active in your country?
This transcript (http://www.sbs.gov.uk/default.php?page=/speeches/houseofreps.php) is of the UK’s Director General of the Small Business Service, an executive agency of the Department of Trade and Industry.
It’s difficult to read this - either as a small business owner, a support of enterprise or someone who works in the enterprise sector - without significant reservation that the PR content significantly outweighs the real benefit.
Continue reading ‘US/UK “love in” on entrepreneurship’
NETIES is not going to map the ICT sector “only” (well - it goes across other industries anyway). One of the emerging fields still more attractive for investors is biotechnology including genetic modifications, bioinformatics, medical devices and many others.
In October we had in Brno one of the “Best of Biotech” events. The next ones were organised also in Bratislava and Budapest. They are a part of the international initiative awarding the best biotech projects and the tour covering Austria, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The third annual international business plan competition, Best of Biotech - get your business started! is organised by Life Science Austria (LISA), a programme run by Austria Wirtschaftsservice on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour. The mission has been described as encouraging the development of the biotech scene in Austria, but also to improve cross-border collaboration between Austria and its neighbours.
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