Multitasking:Build your Start-Up while earning your Degree

How to support and recognize student-entrepreneurs in

higher education. The GHENT model

Steve Stevenssteve.stevens@ugent.be @SteveStevensUG

Manager & Business coachStudent Entrepreneurship CentreGhent University

Student-entrepreneurship @ Ghent University

11 faculties

41K students

100+ research groups230+ degrees

9K staff

Since 1817

71st ShangaiARWU ranking

TraditionalUniversity

+29 student clubs+4150 foreign students+3650 PhD students12% foreign employeesKorea Campus

Universitytraditions

TraditionalCity Centre

TraditionalIndustry

TraditionalCulture & City live

GHENT IS CHANGING

IT’S GETTING

NEW

ENTREPRENEURIALINNOVATIVE

Ghent startup contract5000 euro / new fulltime entrepreneur

250 startup contractsSince December 2008

STUDENT-ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AS CATALYST

FOR CHANGE, INNOVATION &ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE CITY

Biggest student city of Belgium72 000 students

250 000 inhabitants156,18 km²

COOPERATIONON

CITY LEVEL

THE STRENGTH OF GHENT!

Extracurricular activities

www.studentghentrepreneur.be

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Mission• Stimulate entrepreneurial awareness and -behavior among

students and staff members

• Promote and facilitate student entrepreneurship

• Search, find and help student entrepreneurs in becoming more professional

• Link (alumni) student entrepreneurs with each other and academics/researchers

• Create an entrepreneurial ecosytem within the region of Flanders, starting in Ghent, with an open international orientation

SPECIAL STATUS FOR

STUDENT-ENTREPRENEURS

THE KEY TO SUCCESS!

Our team

Steve Stevens

Jolien Coenraets

Prof. dr. ir.Koen De

Bosschere

Approach Ghent University

Become an entrepreneur

Think about being an

entrepreneur

Start the entrepreneur

ial fireTechnopreneuria

l courses

Elective courses

Status student-entrepreneur

Intensive coaching

Business Management

Certificate

Coaching

Dissertation subject

Extracurricular activities

Business plan courses

Starterswallet

Hunchup.be

# student-entrepreneursGhent University

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

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68 70

Starterswallet

Bitcoinsto buyAdvize,

services and products

of regional experts

at market prizes

Partners

Small actionsBig Results

DUCO SICKINGHE (FORTINO) INVESTS 4,5 MILLION EUROS IN TEAMLEADER

Internal impact

• Elective courses offered in many faculties and degrees

• 1000+ students in one of the elective courses

• Collaboration to create new courses

• Entrepreneurship included in the competence model

• University buying from student-entrepreneurs

Societal impact

• Role models in press

• Promoting student entrepreneurship in general

• Influence in politics

• Law changes

FURTHER IMPACT

ON FLEMISH AND BELGIANPOLICY

&REGULATIONS

Entrepreneurial students supported by politics

Business management certificate

Fiscal status forstudent- entrepreneurs

NEW PLANS

PhD - entrepreneur

Doctoral-student

Selfemployment

Start-up

Secundaryoccupation

Spinoff

Student-entrepreneur

Entrepreneurial student Entrepreneursh

ipidea

Questions?steve.stevens@ugent.be

@SteveStevensUG