COURSE DESCRIPTION
This non-credit course is designed to introduce members of the research community to issues relating to starting and growing a technology based business. It is targeted at graduate students, post-docs, faculty, technicians and others active in research in a scientific or engineering discipline, who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research.
The series targets researchers in biological and physical sciences and engineering. It assumes no prior knowledge of business and offers lectures on a diverse range of topics including finding financing, defining markets, hiring teams and protecting intellectual property. You can view the course outline below.
DESIGNED FOR
- Graduate Students
- Post-Doctorate Candidates
- Faculty
- Technicians
- Other scientific or engineering researchers who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research
FORMAT
Lectures are 1 hour in length plus questions. Refreshments and a networking session for program students and speakers will follow.
For students not able to attend the lecture, sessions will be recorded and posted after the event or you can register for a live webcast. A blog will be posted after each class, summarizing the event and posting the links to the presentation recording. Students can post questions for each other or the speaker in the blog comments.
LOCATION
MaRS Collaboration Centre
101 College St.
Lower Level Auditorium
TIMES
5:30pm-6:30pm on most Wednesdays.
See schedule below.
REGISTRATION
Free, but registration is required. Stay tuned to register for our next season.
In-person Come in person to interact with fellow budding entrepreneurs and speakers. Ask questions and enjoy pizza in our after-session networking.
Webcast
We offer live webcasts of each lecture. You will need to register for each session that you wish to view remotely. For each webcast session you register for, we'll send you an email with the webcast link.
CONTACT
For more information on course content contact MaRS at events@marsdd.com.
For technical problems, or questions about the registration system, please contact Cathy Bogaart at marsportal@marsdd.com.
PAST EVENTS
- May 9, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Up-Start Pitch Competition Finals 2007/08 - April 30, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and business do mix with Peter Hofstra - April 23, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Building a Pitch - April 16, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and business do mix with Dr. Jeffrey Coull - April 9, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - The Role of Boards, Advisory Panels, Service Providers - April 2, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Building Technology Teams, Building Marketing / Sales Teams - March 26, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Human Resources Management - March 12, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - How Not to Pitch to an Investor - March 5, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Term Sheets: Terms of Investments - February 27, 2008
Entrepreneurship 101 - Up-Start Mentoring Session - February 20, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Written Tools for Building a Business - February 15, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Up-Start Competition Stage 1 Deadline - February 13, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Budgeting: If you fail to plan, will your plan fail? - February 6, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - IP Management - January 30, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and business do mix: The Scientific Insights® story - January 23, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Managing Your Career - January 16, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - The Market Research Business - January 9, 2008
CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 - Trying to Connect Innovation to Income? Start with Marketing - December 19, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Building a Business Model - December 12, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Mechanics of Starting a Business - December 6, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Negotiations - November 28, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and business do mix - November 21, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Life and Business Lessons : Get Smarter - November 15, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Different Types of Entrepreneurship - November 7, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Introduction to Technology Commercialization - October 31, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Opening Event: Course Introduction - April 17, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and Business Do Mix: Scientific Insights - April 10, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Building a Pitch - April 3, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Building Technology Teams/Building Marketing/Sales Teams - March 27, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - The Role of Boards, Advisory Panels, Service Providers - March 20, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Human Resource Management for the Entrepreneur - March 13, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and Business Do Mix: A Success Story - March 6, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Budgeting - February 27, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - What Do Investors Look For? - February 13, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Written Tools for Building a Business - February 6, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and Business Do Mix: The Toronto Research Chemicals Story - January 30, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Capitalizing on Your Intellectual Capital - January 23, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Making Critical Career Decisions - January 16, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101 - Basics of Marketing II - January 9, 2007
Entrepreneurship 101: Basics of Marketing I - November 28, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and business do mix: The Interface Biologics story - November 21, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - Building a Business Model - November 7, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - Negotiations - November 1, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - Different Types of Entrepreneurship - October 17, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - An Introduction to Commercializing University / Hospital Technologies - October 10, 2006
Entrepreneurship 101 - Science and Business Do Mix: The Rimon Therapeutics Success Story - February 14, 2006
Up-Start Pitch Competition 2006