Archive for July, 2010
Two TOP 50 scores for VentureLab companies in the Dutch 2010 SME Innovation Top 100
Two of our participants made it to the top 50, viz. Steray (31) and Vipsnet (50), in the SME Innovation Top 100 of the Netherlands.
The ranking is an initiative of Bizz ondernemersblog, Syntens, Agentschap NL and Mercedes Benz.
Measured per Dutch province, the province of Overijssel came fourth, with 9 companies in the top 100. This score equals Gelderland. The top 3 provinces are Noord-Brabant (27), Noord-Holland (18) en Zuid-Holland (13)
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Kick-off VentureLab Twente entrepreneurship summerschool 2010
On July 8, VentureLab welcomed the summerschool students to their first training sessions. On the first day they explored the entrepreneurial process and the role of the entrepreneur in the process. On the second day, they focused on finding the business opportunity; in an interactive idea generation session, joined by some VentureLab Twente participants. All with the support of dedicated coaches.
The VLT summerschool aims for its students to acquire competences on Marketing, Strategy, Organization, Finance, Technology management, Personal and Team skills, and to be able to define a business model for new business. The summerschool concentrates on training in July, while in August the focus is on application of what has been learned, including an opportunity to present the business concept to a panel of experts.
How to get in contact with some serious investors!..
Per July 2nd, Mr. Radboud Dood of ‘Meesters van de Toekomst’ is available to participants in VentureLab Twente for questions on the funding of their companies in general, and Informal Investing specifically. Meesters van de Toekomst is a broker between entrepreneurs looking for funding on the one hand and ‘business angels’ looking for investment opportunities on the other hand.
A typical activity of Meesters van de Toekomst, is organizing specific meetings where capital-seeking entrepreneurs are brought together with individuals with capital (business angels) who want to provide startup capital for young companies and help them grow. These investments involve major decisions from both parties – they can be a high risk for the investor to take. This is why the plans presented at these meetings, have to meet very high demands. To learn what specifically is asked from the entrepreneurs, is for example an important purpose of the meetings at VentureLab Twente.
Every first Friday of the month from 13:30h-15:00h VentureLab participants will have the possibility to share their plans and financial request with Radboud. He will assess the current quality of the financial request and where possible will give advice on the further improvement of the plans.
Meesters van deToekomst is an initiative of Oost NV and Kennispark Twente.
