1. © Imperial College Business School Imperial College Business School 1 JONAS VAN HOVE Reseacher and I&E Network Coordinator

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3. Researcher and Network Coordinator  Build long-term relationships and be outward-looking to learn from precedents  E.g. get more crucial catalysts in (professors, investors, alumni, banks etc.)  Keep ourselves informed to recognize state-of-the-art support methods & raise public exposure  E.g. build database of startup organisations and their practices  Increase communication towards the Imperial community  E.g. Dispatch Day (+ 30 startup organisations, + 400 ‘aspiring’ entrepreneurs)  Investigate feasibility of complementary programmes (e.g. pre-accelerator programme; startup garage etc.) + stimulate organic growth creation  E.g. pre-accelerator (such as FFWD accelerator at CUL); startup garage etc.

4. INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS UNIQUE SELLING POINTS @ Imperial College London Business School Entrepreneurs. Dreamers. Thinkers.Doers.Innovators…

5. Opportunities @ Imperial College  Advanced Hackspace: lean hardware and prototyping  Imperial Create Lab (“pre-accelerator”)  Imperial HUB: incubation programme for social entrepreneurs  Climate-KIC and Greenhouse  EIT ICT Labs  Thinkspace: free space for students to register their business at our new Imperial West Campus  Althea Imperial Programme: development programme to support women entrepreneurs with £ 10,000 top prize & runners up prizes (launch event 24 th Oct.)

6. Events currently running/coming up  At Imperial College Business School  Speaker Series with Benjamin Joffe (General Partner at HAXLR8R)  Business insight series  Drop-in sessions every last Friday of the month with qualified investors  Best Pitch events  ((Guided tours to RCA and Level39; Dispatch Day 2.0))  In London  Disrupt Hack (Hackcampus & Techcrunch) (18 th – 19 th Oct.)  Google office hours every Friday between 10 am – 12 pm at Campus London, campus talks etc.  Startup Weekend Fintech edition (24 th – 26 th Oct.)  NACUE Varsity Pitch Semi Finals (28 th Oct.)  Nesta: Alternative Finance in the UK (10 th Nov.) EXPLORE…

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9. © Imperial College Business School9 Thank You Contact: j.van-hove@imperial.ac.uk 3 rd floor, I&E department