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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VentureLab Twente will be at the University of Twente Bedrijvendagen on September 30!

VentureLab will have a booth with Kennispark Twente at the information fair:
“The companies will set up their information booths at the information fair, which will be held in a large venue on the Ganzenveld. Recruiters can provide information on their companies and students will have the opportunity to meet companies and ask questions. The fair opens at 10:30 and closes at 17:00.The information fair also provides the opportunity for students to talk to the recruiters of companies in which they are interested. Because so many companies present themselves in one venue, the information fair is the place to be for students who want to learn more about the labour market or who are looking for internship opportunities, thesis projects or a job.” (www.bedrijvendagentwente.nl). Read the rest of this entry →

Yesterday, on September 24th in the afternoon, there was another successful session of panel presentations! An extensive number of entrepreneurs tried in one hour to convince the panel members of the value of their evolving business plan.

Like Jos Koenders, whose aim is to contribute in the ongoing battle against climate change, by using his innovation to save energy inside houses and offices. Or Dennis Doubovski who gave an insight in his effort to bring the world wide web on a higher level, this time by creating an innovative application to make life a lot easier for both – suppliers and buyers of products on the Internet.

The comments of the panels where ranging from cheerful curiosity, to (some) firm criticism… but, of course, all in a thoughtful effort to help the entrepreneurs on their way to success!

On Thursday October 8, Dr. Englis will give a presentation about entrepreneurial firms in the context of international strategies.

Location: “The Corridor” , Hengelosestraat 525-527, Enschede

Knowledge intensive firms face many challenges and opportunities in doing business; among these are numerous issues that arise when doing business across national borders. While traditional theories of international expansion tend to focus on incremental internationalization, her discussion centers on rapid and more innovative ways for knowledge intensive firms to expand beyond national boundaries. Using a series of case studies, her presentation will focus on opportunities and competition present in the developed world as well as the rapidly expanding opportunities in less developed and especially from “the bottom of the pyramid.”

The VentureClass is free and open to everyone. Go to the VentureClass application form to register your presence.

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Prof. dr. Aard Groen, wetenschappelijk directeur van het NIKOS (Nederlands Instituut voor Kennisintensief Ondernemerschap) en VentureLab Twente, reageert op de troonrede.

Volgens Groen ligt de oplossing van de crisis met name in het stimuleren van innovatie en ondernemerschap. De centrale overheid kan dat niet alleen. Zijn reactie is te beluisteren via de podcast die op zijn persoonlijke pagina staat.

Prof. dr. Aard Groen, director of NIKOS (Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship) and VentureLab Twente, reacts on the throne speech (state opening of the parliament). The full respons is on a podcast on his personal website (only in Dutch).