Imperial College Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for PhDs, Postdocs & Fellows Oct 2014

Imperial College

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

for PhDs, Postdocs & Fellows

Oct 2014

Key:

hyperlink to relevant site

networking events

opportunities to translate your skill set

competitions

training/resources/information

relevant for PhD students

relevant for Postdocs / Fellows

Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Project

Imperial CreateLab

Ideas surgeries 12:00-14:00 Wednesdays during term time

Venture catalyst challenge: Jan-Mar annual program

Various networking events

Imperial Hub

organisation to promote social enterprise activities, particularly for students at Imperial

social enterprise academy

Imperial College Societies

Engineers without borders

Imperial Entrepreneurs

E.quinox

DoCSoc

IC Full Stack

Software Society

Imperial College Design Collective

EEE Soc

Artifact

Imperial College Robotics society

Imperial College TechSocs

Enactus

Business School Societies

RightClick - Business School (Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

PE & VC Club

Marketing & Digital Society

Consulting Club

Asia Business Club

Family Business Club

Imperial College Business School

Entrepreneurship Hub

Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design (IED) Projects programme

Best practice in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design series of talks

Archive "tipsheet" pages

Starting a new venture

Market Research

Patents

The Smart Entrepreneur Book

Elite programme

podcast series

Events & talks

e.g. dispatch day

e.g. Business Insights talks

Imperial College Advanced Hackspace

including fellowship opportunities

EIT ICT Labs

idea challenge competition

Imperial Innovations

College Pipeline agreement states "Innovations has first right of refusal on all unencumbered College IP generated by research staff during the course of their normal duties as a College employee"

patenting and licensing support

support to help you start a company

Imperial Consultants (ICON)

organisation to help researchers become consultants

information pages

Imperial College Thinkspace (incubator & accelerator)

Imperial West

Imperial Incubator

Centre House

Imperial College Corporate Partnerships

Smarties

Useful contacts for linking with Industry

Althea programme for female UG & PG student entrepreneurs

Imperial College Research Office

guidance about exploiting IP generated whilst working or studying @ Imperial

key information for inventors whilst working or studying @ Imperial

simplified patenting process

Imperial College Careers Service

Delicious site with many links around start-ups and entrepreneurship

Charity Insights - internships in the UK not-for-profit sector

Starting a business page

Imperial College professional skills training groups

Graduate School

Postdoc Development Centre

Learning & Development Centre

Enterprise and Entrepreneuship Project

Delicious shared bookmarking site

Imperial College Library Business section

e.g. Market and Industry reports

e.g. Patents information

Imperial College CDTs (Centres for Doctoral Training)

if you are a student in a CDT, talk with your management team

if you are not a student in a CDT, there may still be opportunity to become a member of a team being led by a CDT student

e.g. Institute of Chemical Biology Entrepreneurship training and Dragons Den competition

College Faculty-based initiatives

e.g. FoNS Make a difference competition for UG students

Climate KIC (Knowledge & Innovation Community)

Accelerator

Competitions

Masterclasses

Business Education