October 26, 2009 in All, News, Participants by Tim van Eck
The finals will take place on Thursday November 5 in Theater Prismare (Enschede).
From 18.45, the six promising young technology companies will present their business case in a short pitch. The jury then determines which company wins the award and takes the prize of 5,000 euros.
VLT-entrepreneur Maria Lijding is with her ‘Smart Signs Solutions‘
one of six finalists in the
Young Technology Award competition.
Maria Lijding started her company in November 2008. As the company name suggests, Smart Sign Solutions is all about signs and finding your way in buildings. Seems nothing special, right?
But, the signing and “wayfinding” is done in a whole new way:
it’s all personal!
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October 15, 2009 in All, General, News by Tim van Eck
Last Wednesday evening, Thursday and Friday, October 7/8/9, a new group of 25 VLT-entrepreneurs had a date with destiny… the stockmarket!?
In two days the group got lots of information to start their future as owners of a high-tech high-potential venture.
- On Thursday Pim Paffen, from CDC Nederland, explained the use of an assessment and a personal development plan in the personal development training. In the evening the VentureClass by Paula Englis was on the agenda.
- Saras Sarasvathy, Associate Professor (Darden Graduate Business School, University of Virginia, USA) was in action on Friday with “Strategy Process: Planning vs emergence” and “Equity ownership and control issues” as topics for the training. See Saras work on a short video.
According to some of the ‘fresh’ entrepreneurs the first days were “intense” and some “hard work” to begin with. But VLT made sure it was not without the necessary amount of food, fun & friends.
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October 1, 2009 in All, General, News by Tim van Eck
October 5th is a day to remember: VentureLab Twente will be moving to a new address!
The new (visiting) address will be:
Hengelosestraat 525-527
["The Corridor" building]
In the new housing VentureLab will have 8 rooms for VLT staff and participants to begin with. Two of these rooms (approx 80 m2) will be workplaces for VLT-entrepreneurs. We will also have the use of a large lecture / training space of 150 m2.
So, from October the 5th, we’d like to welcome all visitors to our new ‘headquarters’!
View the map of the location of the new address below (link).
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