Venturelab’s programme manager Rob van Lambalgen and his wife Marjan hosted the first (and from now on it will be an annual VLT tradition, Rob promised!) BBQ for VentureLab’s entrepreneurs, coaches, team members and their partners. It was a warm and wonderful evening in a beautiful environment. See the photo album for an impression.

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On June 8, professor Steven Walsh (Anderson School of Management, University of Mexico) gave a lecture about the topic “Product Development”. Approximately 50 attented this free of charge VentureClass. Click here for more information.

Flying the Atlantic in a single-engined plane on biofuel. It may sound like a mission impossible, yet Air Center Europe (ACE) will prove it isn’t.

In cooperation with VentureLab Twente, Ingrepro – a biotech company, and Dutch institutes for higher education, ACE is working on the development of biofuel for aviation. “This is an example of sustainable entrepreneurship. It is ACE’s mission to develop renewable energy for aviation” says ACE-director Ben Cappelle.

Early in the morning of March 15, ACE’s Antonov 2, todays’ largest operational double decker plane, took off for a short flight from Teuge to Eelde (Groningen). Passengers were VentureLab’s programme-manager Rob van Lambalgen and Ingrepro-director Carel Callenbach, who the night before had been the proud winner of the award for best European project in a contest of the province of Gelderland (NL). VentureLab’s predecessor, the “Kansrijk Eigen Baas” programme, was nominated too and came shared second/third.

In the beginning of August, the Antonov will have its first trans-Atlantic flight on biofuel, from California (USA) to the Netherlands. The algal kerosene will be tested at Twente airport. The European Space Agency will have satellite observation of the flight. A webcam on board will enable live flight participation via the Internet.

Source: Groninger Internet Courant

On May 11, Jim Anderson, co-author of the “Value Merchants” book, presents a step by step explanation of the customer value management concept and how to implement it in your organization. Click here for more information and registration.

On Tuesday 7 and Wednesdag 8 April a training session took place. Approximately 25 (potential) participants attended the open programme. Click here for an impression.

The official programme will start at May 11. Please fill in an application form to become a participant.