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Upcoming events you don’t want to miss!

February 26, 2010 in All, Events, News by Tim van Eck

On March 18 and 19 VentureLab Twente presents an Open Training to offer all potential participants a taste of what participating in the VentureLab programme would be like.

On March 18, in the evening, you are invited to the monthly network dinner and VentureClass. Both events are free of charge. You can apply here (Open Training) and here (VentureClass, with more info).

One of the highlights in the Open Training is a training on ‘Understanding Business Strategy’ by Michael Hitt. Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joe B. Foster Chair in Business Leadership at Texas A&M University. He has more than 260 publications including 26 co-authored or co-edited books. He has been recognized as one of the ten most cited scholars in management over a 25-year period in an article published in the 2008 volume of the Journal of Management. Read the rest of this entry →

Share your company’s succes with VentureLab entrepreneurs!

February 24, 2010 in All, News, Participants by Annemarie Ridder

On March 5, the entrepreneurs in Blue4Green will share with the participants in VentureLab how they traveled their route to success. A lot of entrepreneurs start searching for a business opportunity or promising market as a foundation for their business. However, this was not how Daan Sistermans and Erik Staijen started Blue4Green. In their lecture they will speak about the “personal center” as starting point for entrepreneurship: What do I want to do with my life? Which role suits me best? What gives me the most energy? On the surface these questions look simple, but the answers had big entrepreneurial implications to them and the way they manage the growth of Blue4Green.

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Site maintenance this weekend, February 6th and 7th

February 5, 2010 in All, News, Website by Tim van Eck

This weekend we’ll implement some improvements on the VentureLab Twente site. In particular we are going to provide the possibility to create and maintain user-accounts. These accounts are especially meant for the VLT-participants (entrepreneurs), to make their own subpage on the website and show themselves to a broad audience! And a lot of other possibilities will come with these accounts… stay tuned!

venturelab-logoAlso, when the site temporarily doesn’t work this weekend, please pick one of the following messages for yourself: creative maintenance messages.

Powered by Twente Innoversum 2010

February 2, 2010 in All, General, News by Annemarie Ridder

Op woensdag 28 april 2010 vindt het Innoversum Innovatiecongres plaats in de

Grolsch Veste te Enschede; een congres over ondernemerschap en innovatie. Hoe kunt u als ondernemer een voorsprong behalen op uw concurrent, met behulp van nieuwe technologie? Laat u inspireren door trends in de markt en toekomstvisies! Ondernemers en wetenschappers vertellen u over ingrijpende veranderingen en de wereld van morgen.

Alexander Rinnooy Kan is als lid van het Innovatieplatform en voorzitter van de Sociaal Economische Raad openingsspreker bij het congres. Rinnooy Kan werd begin december 2009 door Trouw voor de derde keer uitgeroepen tot Nederlands meest invloedrijke man. Read the rest of this entry →

Kick-off third group of entrepreneurs – more women welcome.

January 28, 2010 in All, General, News by Annemarie Ridder

The third Group of entrepreneurs started their VentureLab Twente programme. In three groups nearly 60 entrepreneurs joined in! A good impression of the kick-off is given below.