FET2RIN successfully started into its last training round with the 1st FET2RIN Workshop in December 2018
13–14 December 2018: Representatives of 5 FET projects (Ves4US, evFOUNDRY, EDIT, D_NOISE and EVO-NANO), came together for a two-day FET2RIN training workshop at the EBN (https://ebn.eu/) premises in Brussels. With the help of trainers and mentors, the FET researchers looked at their research from a different angle, exploring essential business concepts such as Customer development, defining a Unique value proposition and building a Minimum Viable Product. After each concept was covered by a trainer, the researchers worked with their mentors, experienced business consultants and coaches from the EBN Network (https://ebn.eu/) to test its applicability on their research and to validate hypotheses – who are their project’s early adopters, what is their project’s unique value proposition and how can they effectively protect intellectual property of their (shared) research results? One of the main topics was how to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), a methodology used to test different hypotheses with early adopters with the minimum resources used in terms of time and money. As an interactive way to test the concept, the FET researchers used the Javelin board, a process board used to test hypotheses, to collect early adopters’ feedback and to track the MVP’s impact while experimenting with it. On the second day, FET researchers used the Lean Canvas model to draft a sustainable business model for their project, focusing on the hypothesis and the early adopters identified the day before. This was the first workshop of the last FET2RIN training round. The second workshop will take place on 24–25 of January 2019 and the third one on 21–22 February 2019 at the EBN premises in Brussels. The FET researchers will learn more about lean canvas, crowdfunding to finance their projects, different revenue models, and building products that fit customers’ needs and how to protect their research projects IPR’. During the third and last FET2RIN workshop, the participating FET researchers will have the opportunity to develop a pitch for their business idea and product and to pitch in front of potential investors. For more updates please follow us on Twitter (@Fet2Rin) and Facebook (@fet2rin).
Keywords
fet, mentoring, coaching, researchers, fet2rin, MVP, leanapproach
Countries
Belgium