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Entrepreneurship Springboard

Entrepreneurship Springboard. From PowerPoint to Reality Mentor. The Mission. Assist students & recent alumni with launching new businesses Connect students & recent alumni with senior alumni in a productive way around the topic of entrepreneurship. What’s in it for you?.

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Entrepreneurship Springboard

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  1. Entrepreneurship Springboard From PowerPoint to Reality Mentor

  2. The Mission • Assist students & recent alumni with launching new businesses • Connect students & recent alumni with senior alumni in a productive way around the topic of entrepreneurship

  3. What’s in it for you? Connect with future entrepreneurs Network with othermentors Find Investment or Boardmembership

  4. Who can participate? • Entrepreneurs with a few years of hands-on experience... • Specialists in sales and marketing, finance, operations, etc... • ... who want to help young entrepreneurs successfully launch new businesses

  5. Event dynamics ...

  6. Mechanics of the 1st Stage • Entrepreneurs provide summaries of their business plans based on a questionnaire • Event Organizers match Entrepreneurs & Mentors • Mentors choose which plans they are interested in • Entrepreneurs are informed which mentors showed interest – they have 3 days to contact 3 of these mentors • Mentors review business plans with students “off line” and at their own pace (within a strict timeline) • Two rounds of feedback are foreseen • In-person meetings are strongly recommended • Review • All teams submit finalized plans to the panel of mentors • Mentors review the plans and select top five teams Stage 1: Mentoring

  7. Mechanics of the 2nd Stage • Five selected teams participate in the Benelux Venture Forum • Receive additional training alongside with other participants • Liaise with Europe-Level VCs during the event • An invitation to attend BVF will be sent out to the full contact list of the Vlerick Alumni entrepreneurship event • 10% discount on participation tickets will be available to all Vlerick Alumni members Stage 2: BVF

  8. Mechanics of the 3rd Stage • The five teams take the learnings from the BVF into account • Concluding event • Presentation of the five teams to the assembled students and alumni, followed by a reception • Estimated 100 to 120 participants • Location – Chapel, Vlerick campus Gent Stage 3: Final Pitch

  9. Timeline

  10. What we’ll ask you to do Decide the level of your commitment up front Review up to 3 business plans and provide detailed feedback in your field of expertise Meet at least once with each of the teams you’d like to mentor during review period (March 22 to April 19) Join us at the closing event on May 26

  11. Your next steps Download MENTOR questionnaire from http://www.vlerickalumni.com/mbaspringboard Fill it in Send it to organizers: leo.exter@vlerickalumni.com

  12. Thank you!

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