Welcome to Entrepreneurship at Warwick WebinarThursday 22 October 2015
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Agenda
18:00 Welcome to Entrepreneurship at Warwick – Steve Hales, Lead Ambassador, WEPN
18:05 3 minute presentations
18:45 Q & A (please type your questions in the text box throughout the presentations to be asked at the end)
18:55 Closing comments – Steve Hales
19:00 Event ends
Presentations• The Warwick Enterprise Partnership, Richard Groves
• Warwick Business School, Kevin Mole
• Enactus Student Society, Angel Matoke-Njagi
• Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network (WEPN), Steve Hales
• Minerva Business Angels / Warwick Science Park, Tim Powell
• Warwick Ventures, Brendan Spillane
• Crowdfund Campus, Henry Jinman
• Warwick Entrepreneurs, Elena Menidiatis
• Warwick Ventures Software Incubator, Brendan Spillane
• Warwick Tech Society, Alex Bucknell
• WBSS, Ibby Babiker
• Warwick Entrepreneurs Incubator, Tim Maecker
Warwick Enterprise Partnership
Richard Groves
Enterprise Pathway Manager
Being Enterprising
Being Entrepreneurial
Enterprise in the Curriculum
Warwick Enterprise Pathway
Objectives for 2015/16
1. Plan a physical space on campus
2. Develop a virtual space
3. Contribute to Global Entrepreneurship Week (18-20 November)
4. Develop the Warwick Hackathon Programme
5. Support student-led activities & networking
6. Develop an external enterprise strategy
7. Determine roles and governance
Autumn Term…
Enterprise at Warwick Conference
Student Enterprise Fund
Student Enterprise Bootcamp
www.warwick.ac.uk/enterprise
Warwick Business School
Research in the Group 2014
Warwick Business School
Full-time academic members of the EI group
Entrepreneurship
Prof James Hayton
Prof Andy Lockett
Prof John Lyon
Prof Deniz Ucbasaran
Dr Stuart Fraser
Dr Kevin Mole
Dr Noni Symeonidou
Dr Sebastiaan van Doorn
Innovation
Prof Nicos Nicolaus
Prof Stephen Roper
Creativity
Dr Tamara Friedrich
Dr David Petersen
Health
Prof Graeme Currie
Prof Eivor Oborn
Warwick Business School
Innovation (and Enterprise Research Centre)
Warwick Business School
Health
Warwick Business School
Entrepreneurship
Warwick Business School
Creativity
Mentorship
Enactus Warwick Social
enactuswarwick.com:
Enactus Warwick Commercial
Enactus Warwick Consulting
Join us:
enactuswarwick.com
Facebook - Enactus Warwick
Steve HalesLead Ambassador
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network
www.wepn.warwick.ac.uk
Connect … Meet … Learn
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
For start-ups and early-stage businesses
For Alumni, Students and Staff
Up & Coming Events
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
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• 22/10/15 – Enterprise at Warwick Webinar, Online
• 18/11/15 - Enterprise at Warwick Conference, Warwick
• 22/01/16 – Fintech Seminar, The Shard
Next event:
Enterprise at Warwick Conference Wednesday 18th November 2015
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/enterprise/news/conference
/booking/
LinkedIn & Twitter
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
WEPN Group on LinkedIn
WEPN on Twitter
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
Steve HalesSapien Innovations
Dale CampbellInbrandgible
HenryJinmanCrowdfund Campus
Raph WeningerW’k Entrepreneurs
Dimitris ServisAutoForm
Anthony HuntleyPwC
Jen YoungWBS
Sue ThornWBS
John LyonWBS
Richard ParrisIntercede
Mark PaytonMercia Fund Mgmt
More CommitteeMembers RequiredCommittee
Kevin MoleWBS
What Next
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
Sign-up for next event on 18th Novhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/e
nterprise/news/conference/booking/
Join WEPN LinkedIn Group
Visit the websitehttp://wepn.warwick.ac.uk/
Thank you
Warwick Entrepreneurship Professional Network - WEPN
Steve HalesLead Ambassador, WEPN
[email protected]+44 7912 981430
Director / Partner of Sapien Companies:-http://sapien-innovations.co.uk/
http://www.sapienaccountants.com/http://www.sapien.it/
Incubating Innovation
University of Warwick Science Park
The Science Park is more than just buildings
A2I – Access to Incubation
A2M – Access to Markets
A2F – Access to Finance
A2K – Access to Knowledge
Experience shows that new & growing businesses need a range of support:-
• Business Planning and market viability assessment – Business Ready
• Product Validation – Techmark, Access to Finance, Ignite
• Management - Whole business support team does planning/ strategy
• Money - Minerva/ Access to Finance/ Ignite
• Marketing - Techmark
• Mentoring – Ignite, Access to Finance, Techmark
• Connections – ability to bring in or refer specialists or refer compnaies
Business Ready Support - Fostering Growth
Business Ready
The range of our Business Support Service covers :-
• Ignite -(A2I) An Incubation Service for early stage/start-up companies. A supportive environment that provides physical space combined with
dedicated support and mentoring accessible as required to support the enterprises development.
• Techmark- (A2M) A technical marketing service designed to support innovation-led and knowledge intensive businesses by undertaking
market viability reviews to assist and identify access to UK and O’Seas markets in support of the business proposition.
Access to Finance (A2F)- A specialist service that assists companies overcome the most common barriers to growth and sustainability by
assessing their funding requirements, identifying & accessing the sources of funding most appropriate to their needs whether debt, grant or equity.
Minerva Business Angel Network (A2F)– 150 + Business Angel Investors spread across 7 groups around the Midlands. Managed
from the Science Park and whose investors have since invested £6.5m into 48 young early stage enterprises “2010 hels Manged for 20 years
• Knowledge Connections (A2K) – We connect businesses to the University’s extensive range of knowledge in addition to specialist
facilities internally and externally such as the WMG, WBS, MTC (catapult) HTDI, SGI.
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Commercialisation of Technology from
From Innovation to ImpactDeveloping and commercialising research
The “Technology Transfer Office” for Warwick
22October2015
Brendan SpillaneWarwick Ventures Ltd
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Our drivers
• Economic and social impact from research
– “Impact” supports core research funding
• Reputation of Warwick research
• Financial return
• Enterprise across the University
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
What we do
• Identify innovations
• Protect intellectual property (IP)
• Develop
• Commercialise
• Manage University’s interests
• Support enterprise
From Innovation to Impact
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Protect Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Copyright
• Know How (or trade secrets)
• Plant breeders rights
• Contract negotiation
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Develop Innovations
• Commercial readiness
– Proof of market
– Proof of concept
– People
• >£300k invested in proof of market/concept projects in 2013/14
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Commercialise - spinouts
• Spinouts
– 88 companies in 15 years
– 30 trading
• Investment
– >£60m invested
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Commercialise - licences
• Commercial licences
• Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
• Evaluation licences
• Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Promoting Enterprise
• Warwick Enterprise Partnership
• Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
• Lectures and Workshops and Tier1
• Informal chats with undergrads / postgrads / alumni to provide advice and mentorship
©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Talk to us
• Experienced commercial team
• Supporting academics to achieve research impact
• Access to funding, industry and people
• Training
• Sounding board
www.warwickventures.com
Overview
The Warwick Entrepreneurs Pathway
MentorsExtensive network Internships
www.warwickentrepreneurs.co.uk President: Sergiy TomchaniEmail: [email protected]
Website Contact
“Everyone is an entrepreneur - You just need to realise it”
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Innovation Playground
Apprentice
W.E. Empower & Hackathon
Incubator
BYOB
Start-up Fair & Conference
Inspire, Develop and Support
• Who we are • 960 members
• 70 nationalities
• 25 degree disciplines
• What we offer • Present:
• Future: Internship opportunities
www.warwickventures.com
Commercialisation of Technology from
from Innovation to Impact
Brendan Spillane22nd October 2015
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
IP
For all IP coming out of University Research
Staff or research students come through Warwick Ventures
However
Lots of people have good ideas that aren’t research, and don’t have University IP
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dempsey
All well known, all started companies based on ideas they had as students
Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
An initiative to help students, staff and alumni that have great software ideas
For students, staff and alumni that want to turn great software ideas into a business
The software incubator can guide you through your first commercial steps
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
What’s your Big Idea?
What might help that idea take off?
Advice? Support? A place to work with others and share ideas? Networks?
Space in the Avon Building
For people that have made the commitment
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
Don’t incorporate straight away
Develop product
Throw it away, or most of it
Try again
When customers like it..
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
Start selling. Warwick connection is good
When proven the business can sell product and make money, incorporate, and if needed find investment
Everything for 8 months free
10% equity on incorporation if you have a trading profitable business
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
Warwick Ventures Software Incubator
9 to 18 months: 1% equity a month if still developing product, max 20%.
OR
9 to 18 months: 10% turnover, minimum £250 a month (for the team) if making money but want to stay in the incubator.
www.warwickventures.com©2015 Warwick Ventures Ltd
www.warwick.ac.uk/softwareincubator
Brendan [email protected]
024 765 75480
Who are we?
What do we do?
What’s coming up?
How to find us?
www.warwick.tech
facebook.com/warwicktech
twitter.com/warwicktech
H o w t o f i n d u s ?
WBSS | Warwick Business School Society
Warwick Business School Society
• Largest independent society at Warwick with over 2,500 members
• Numerous Corporate and Social Events
• Diversity of Sponsors and Corporate Events
WBSS & Entrepreneurship
Business Week
Networking Events
Talks
Business Week
Talks
Networking Events
Ways to get involved
facebook.com/WarwickIncubator www.warwickincubator.com @WWIncubator
The Warwick Incubator was established last year to help support and
grow great entrepreneurs and startups at Warwick University.
What are you in for this year?
• 14-week structured program. We teach you necessary skills.
• Community, Co-Working Space and Library. Get to know like-minded
people.
• Mentorship & Industry Expertise. We put you in touch.
• Demo Day. We prepare you for the next step.
What we do
14 weeks. 3 Stages. 1 Product.
You will:
• entrepreneurially-
minded,
• creative problem solving
skills,
Business Development
Customer Discovery
Growth
• ability to lead and work in
a team,
• achieving your visions
Last Year.
Demo Day.
Campus Demo DayInvestor Demo Day
Demo Day.
Startup Fair
Resources.
Community.
Partners.
We Want To Hear From You.
www.warwickincubator.com| @WWIncubator | Warwick Incubator
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask us! We are glad for
any clarification we can give you and we encourage each and every
one of you to apply for the programme!
Thank you
• Don’t forget to sign up for the Global Entrepreneurship Week conference being held on campus on 18 November to meet us all.http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/enterprise/news/conference/booking/
• Slides and list of delegates with emails will be shared with you tomorrow.
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