Ask the Entrepreneur at ETH #6: Operational excellence

Date

16.04.2019 17:30 - 20:00

Location

ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101, HG F 33.1, Zürich

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This workshop aims to provide input on how to get to operational excellence.

Attendees will learn about:

What it takes to run a company
Setting up and growing a startup
Management tools for entrepreneurs
Plannings, cockpits and reports: Get in control

The workshop: The series of workshops is based on a mission and challenge approach to enhance the validation and execution of your business case. This is how we work together during our workshops:

Intro with key tools, checklists and objectives, using benchmark examples from successful founders
Identification of your individual priorities, key missions and tasks
Definition of your objectives and milestones, with a focus on maximized value creation
With experts' support you work and exchange on the identified core missions for your startup
Pitching, debriefing and challenging of your results. Get inputs to improve and accelerate

External industry experts/mentors/supporters will be invited to the workshops.

Apply if you have an innovative startup project and the ambition to conquer the world. Or if you are master student, doctoral candidate, postdoc or member of staff at ETH or EPFL carrying a solid high-tech startup project.

The Ask the Entrepreneur Workshops will help you to:

Shape your entrepreneurial proposal
Build an execution track record
Validate the contents of the "investment-ready" package and offer it to investors

Swiss Venture Capital Report TEST

The new Swiss Venture Capital Report was published on 26 January. It analyses 304 financing rounds closed in 2020 and includes further article such as an interview with Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Board, and a list of Swiss "soonicorns". You can download it in our assets section.