Startup for Academics in Switzerland: Challenges and Opportunities
Event details
| Date | 04.05.2018 |
| Hour | 11:15 › 15:00 |
| Speaker |
George Candea, EPFL Thomas Dübendorfer, Swiss ICT Investor Club Edouard Bugnion, EPFL Christopher Tucci, EPFL |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Aim and scope
Startups and spin-offs have become a major element of academic life in computer science. Running a startup, however, is not necessarily what successful academics are trained for. Indeed, we have heard some world-renowned academics, that running a startup was their most humbling experience. Others, in contrast, have become serial entrepreneurs and have combined their research capabilities with a steady pipeline of companies.
The goal of this workshop is to share some first hand experience on how to start your own startups. To that end we invited 3 successful colleagues, who will provide the inside view and one outsider, who will provide the outside view as an angel investor on succeeding with a startup.
The event is free of charge to SIRA members (Swiss CS/IS professors), MERs in CS/IS, and postdocs in research groups of SIRA members.
Startups and spin-offs have become a major element of academic life in computer science. Running a startup, however, is not necessarily what successful academics are trained for. Indeed, we have heard some world-renowned academics, that running a startup was their most humbling experience. Others, in contrast, have become serial entrepreneurs and have combined their research capabilities with a steady pipeline of companies.
The goal of this workshop is to share some first hand experience on how to start your own startups. To that end we invited 3 successful colleagues, who will provide the inside view and one outsider, who will provide the outside view as an angel investor on succeeding with a startup.
The event is free of charge to SIRA members (Swiss CS/IS professors), MERs in CS/IS, and postdocs in research groups of SIRA members.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required
Organizer
- Babak Falsafi
Contact
- Stéphanie Baillargues