Support

From this page you will be able to:

  • Watch a series of presentations from business experts
  • Review a number of papers given at The Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation, Kanpur, Jan 2010
  • Download a template Confidentiality Agreement
  • Download the competition Executive Summary Business Plan Template

Master Classes

A series of expert Master Classes have been provided to assist you in the development your business idea.

Soft Skills For An Entrepreneur

Theme:

Entrepreneurial Skills

Author(s):

Nick Gostick, BioCity Nottingham

Business Plans – The Fundamentals

Theme:

Business Plan Fundamentals

Author(s):

Jonathan Dando, Dando and Colucci

Creating A Successful Service Company

Theme:

Routes to market

Author(s):

Nikin Patel, Molecular Profiles

Early Drug Development Processes

Theme:

Routes to market

Author(s):

Ian Wilding, Ian Wilding Associates Ltd

From Concept to Clinic

Theme:

Routes to market

Author(s):

Sharon Crouch,Technology Transfer Office

Intellectual Property

Theme:

Intellectual Property Protection

Author(s):

Anton Hutter, Venner Shipley

Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals

Theme:

Intellectual Property Protection

Author(s):

Andrew Wells, Harrison Goddard Foote

Protecting BioPharmaceuticals

Theme:

Intellectual Property Protection

Author(s):

Dr Stephanie Pilkington, Potter Clarkson LLP

Business Finance For Early Stage Companies

Theme:

Business Finance

Author(s):

Steve Jones, Food and Drug Analytical Services

Financing Your Biobusiness

Theme:

Business Finance

Author(s):

Glenn Crocker, BioCity Nottingham

Venture Capital Funding Overview

Theme:

Business Finance

Author(s):

Jonathan Earl, Catapult Venture Managers Ltd

Downloads

The following papers were presented at The Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation, Kanpur, Jan 2010 and provide interesting perspectives for Entrepreneurs.

Click on the download link after each paper.

Entrepreneur’s risk attitude, new product introduction and firm growth. Evidence from survey data - Marco Cucculelli, Barbara Ermini     Download

Business Engineering inclusive of Health Delivery Model - Acharva, Das, Saurabh, Amrita, Biswas     Download

Inter-firm learning and the development of odyssean technologies - William M. Tracy     Download

Innovation and the Consumer Orientation Construct in Medicine: An opportunity recognition process - Francis Jose     Download

Virtual worlds as the brave new frontiers of corporate venturing: Individual dispositions, entrepreneurial self efficacy, and stages of the venturing process      Download

Confidentiality Agreement

The responsibility for protection of sensitive materials ultimately lies with the teams participating in the competition.

If you are looking to enter into discussions with third parties about your business idea you should take care to avoid disclosing anything which is confidential and could put your intellectual property at risk. You may want to consider using a confidentiality agreement prior to entering into any discussions.

Click here to download a template confidentiality agreement you may wish to use.

Executive Summary Template

Click here to download the executive summary template. When you are ready, go to ‘My Plan’ to upload your completed executive summary and enter the competition.

                  University of Nottingham