Course 2
Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
Experience one of Scandinavia´s most advanced support system for healthcare entrepreneurs, where BI – The Norwegian Business School combines academic learning, practical teachings in how to build a start-up business and a 1-1 mentorship with the aim of further developing your research idea into commercialization. Bring your own project idea that you believe could be commercialized and use it as the basis for developing a business plan. The three best project pitches will receive a money award at the end of the course.
INFORMATION
Duration: 3 modules (2-3 days per module) from September - November:
- Module 1: September 17th -19nd, 2024, Oslo. The only activity on Sep. 17th is the welcoming dinner.
- Module 2: November 07th - 08th, 2024, Oslo. Participants from outside Oslo can arrive Nov. 6th for hotel accomodation.
- Module 3: November 28th - 29th, 2024, Stockholm.
Location: Oslo in Norway and Stockholm in Sweden.
Participants: All (PhD, Postdocs, young clinicians, young Professors) who already have an idea for a start-up/spin-out (it can be early stage). In total 30 participants from all partner countries (SE, NO, DK) will be accepted.
Maximum capacity: 30.
Admission: Best applicants will be hand-picked, based on their project description, CV, and motivational letter. For PhDs to be considered, it is required to include a supervisor recommendation letter (confirmation of acceptance of your enrolment in the course is sufficient).
Application deadline: June 14th, 2024.
Programme: TBA. You can see the programme from 2023 here.
Language: The teaching language throughout the course is English.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course in 2024 will be held in collaboration with the Norwegian Business School in two modules and a final exam.
The final chosen participants for the "Entrepreneurship in healthcare", will experience Scandinavia´s most advanced support systems for healthcare entrepreneurs. Leading experts from BI – the Norwegian Business School will teach you the skills of entrepreneurship and show you the basic steps in how to build a start-up business. This course provides the skills and network for researchers or clinicians to develop their research idea into a successful business with a commercial output.
Applicants are required to bring their own project idea, which will be the framework for the development of a business plan. Each participant will get a business mentor, who will provide guidance and advice during the process as well as help developing the business plan. All participants will have to do a project pitching at the end of the course, where the three best projects will be awarded a money prize.
This course requires 4 days of participation in classes in Oslo as well as 2 days of participation in a final session for the exam project pitching. Participants must also set time aside for the mentorship, the preparation of a business plan and for the preparation of the final project pitch.
Examination
The exam will have two parts:
- Development of a written business plan for a research idea that may be commercialized.
- An investor presentation, which will be pitched at the final meeting.
- Attendance in all modules.
Practical issues and expenses
The course is free of cost and the School of Health Innovation covers breakfast, lunch, and dinners as well as two nights of accommodation for each module. We reimburse travel expenses up to 2,000 DKK. per module. Taxa is to be preapproved and no additional accommodations are reimbursed.
The course gives 5 ECTS.
Contact info:
Lilian Rasmussen, Programme Manager, UCPH, DK: lilian.rasmussen@sund.ku.dk
Bjarte Reve, Programme Manager, UiO, NO: bjarte.reve@considium.no
Tonje Steigedal, Programme Manager, NTNU, NO: tonje.s.steigedal@ntnu.no
Samer Yammine, Programme Manager, KI, SE: samer.yammine@ki.se