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Workshop on Getting investment ready and project management meeting Sofia January 29 – February 1, 2015

Workshop on Getting Investment Ready of the project FOSTERING STUDENTS’ ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OPEN INNOVATION IN UNIVERSITY – iDEAlab (544373-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-RS-TEMPUS-JPHES) took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 29 – February 1, 2015. It was hosted by Eleven, an accelerator and venture capital fund for early-stage enterprises.

The workshop was organized after EU partners reviewed and benchmarked existing practice regarding process, people and place of living labs, pre-incubators and business accelerators, and consortium partners from WBC realized a detailed regional needs assessment. The goal of the workshop was to:

  • Review the current progress
  • Look back at reflection of IdeaLabs
  • Presentation of the iDEA Lab Quality Assurance Plan
  • Needs what early-stage investors are looking for
  • Startup Pitches & Founder Stories
  • Ideation: How to generate innovative ideas
  • Visit of betahaus
  • Idea Evaluation: How to select the best ideas for implementation
  • From a Good to an Excellent Product: Achieving innovation with Living Labs and User Inclusion
  • Commercialization of R&D Оutputs
  • Action Learning

The second project management meeting has brought together members of project management team and steering committee to review work progress, assess financial flow and agree on further actions.

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