Development Programs for Innovative Talents
in Science and Technology

Improvement of Entrepreneurial Environment

For acquiring abilities to generate and supervise technology transfers:

This course aims to share current topics related to university start-ups and explore the issues and solutions surrounding start-up incubation.

Curriculum

Participants will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to organize an entrepreneurial environment.
The curriculum focuses on group work and discussions.

• Basic Entrepreneurship

  Participants will understand the entire picture of launching a university start-up and learn about where and how they can assist in the process.

• Business strategies

  Participants will study business strategies for university start-ups.

• R&D strategies

  Participants will learn about R&D strategies that aim for commercialization, such as the selection and concentration of R&D projects, and their consistency with business plans.

• IP strategies

  Participants will learn about the strategy and handling of IP, which is potentially powerful leverage for university start-ups.

• Building business models

  Participants will obtain the necessary knowledge to build business models, such as how to understand industry trends in a given business field and how to compare one’s model with competitors’ models.

• Capital policy

  Participants will learn some key concepts concerning capital policy, namely, the knowledge necessary for a successful business.

Group work during a class (2018): Participants working on an assignment for the Improvement of Entrepreneurial Environment Course