Ghent city of startups en scaleups

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Steve [email protected] @SteveStevensUGManager & Business coachStudent Entrepreneurship CentreGhent University

Student-entrepreneurship @ Ghent University

11 faculties8 central directions

Faculty in engineering& architecture

Direction Education

11 faculties

41K students100+ research groups230+ degrees9K staffSince 181771st ShangaiARWU rankingTraditionalUniversity

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

Universitytraditions

TraditionalCity Centre

TraditionalIndustry

TraditionalCulture & City live

Next to that, Ghent is a very dynamic city, with lots of cultural activities for any ages8

Ghent is changing

Its gettingNewentrepreneurialinnovative

Ghent startup contract5000 euro / new fulltime entrepreneur300 startup contractsSince December 2008European award for

Student-entrepreneurship

As catalyst

For change, innovation &entrepreneurship in the city

Biggest student city of Belgium72 000 students250 000 inhabitants156,18 km

Ghent is one of the most cosy cities in Belgium, close to Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp.Counts 55000 students and so is the biggest city of Belgium15

Belgians Most importantIncubator

ImindsSituated in Ghent

Merged together with

CooperationOn city level

The strength of Ghent!

Extracurricular activitieswww.studentghentrepreneur.be

Cooperation started in 2012

Ghent University approach

MissionStimulate 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

Our visionAt Ghent University

Every student has an entrepreneurial experienceFirst-time entrepreneurs leading to better second-time entrepreneurs

Our team

Steve StevensJolien CoenraetsProf. dr. ir.Koen De Bosschere

Approach Ghent University

Become an entrepreneurThink about being an entrepreneurStart the entrepreneurial fireTechnopreneurial coursesElective coursesStatus student-entrepreneurIntensive coachingBusiness Management CertificateCoachingDissertation subjectExtracurricular activitiesBusiness plan courses

StarterswalletHunchup.be

Hunchup test

Teaching technopreneurship

Source: epicenter.stanford.edu

During the other courses at the university we teach intrapreneurship by teaching softskills like creativity, working in team and dealing with failure. Besides these softskills we stimulate them to work on real-life projects, for example by finding their own idea to work on during the course, by working on projects of fellow student-entrepreneurs or by working on real-life business cases. 32

Teaching intrapreneurshipTeaching soft skillsCreativityCommunicationWork in teamPresentation skillsHandle failure

Work on real-life projectsOpportunity recognitionFind solution for problemProjects of other studentsBusiness cases

During the other courses at the university we teach intrapreneurship by teaching softskills like creativity, working in team and dealing with failure. Besides these softskills we stimulate them to work on real-life projects, for example by finding their own idea to work on during the course, by working on projects of fellow student-entrepreneurs or by working on real-life business cases. 33




Durf startenTeaching entrepreneurship Elective courses

Informative

AppliedIntroductoryAdvancedWork on your own idea

Extracurricular activitieswww.studentghentrepreneur.be




Special status forStudent-entrepreneurs

The key to success!

Our team

Steve StevensJolien CoenraetsProf. dr. ir.Koen De Bosschere

European award

For Student EntrepreneurshipSupport status

# student-entrepreneursGhent University

Student entrepreneur status

This slide shows some numbers about the people who have received the statute since its beginning in 2011. The numbers are increasing each year but we still have some work to do. 43

Starterswallet

Bitcoinsto buyAdvize, services and productsof regional expertsat market prizes

Partners

Small actionsBig Results

Duco Sickinghe (Fortino) invests 4,5 million euros in Teamleader

Internal impactElective courses offered in many faculties and degrees1000+ students in one of the elective courses Collaboration to create new coursesEntrepreneurship included in the competence modelUniversity buying from student-entrepreneurs

Societal impact

Role models in pressPromoting student entrepreneurship in generalInfluence in politicsLaw changes

Further impact

On Flemish and BelgianPolicy&regulations

Entrepreneurial students supported by politics

Business management certificate

Fiscal status for student- entrepreneurs

New plans

PhD - entrepreneur

Doctoral-studentSelfemploymentStart-upSecundaryoccupationSpinoffStudent-entrepreneurEntrepreneurial studentEntrepreneurshipidea

Cooperationkey to success

New plans

New brand, bigger ambition

A brand new creative spot

Partnering with

The entry port

To all supporting services

For startups

36 partnering organisations supporting the ecosystem

Claude Parisis Accountancy

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And even more

Incubators and accelerators

And

Brand new business spaces

DOK Noord

Our best practices

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