Entrepreneurship Training for Postdocs and Graduate Students

Entrepreneurship Training for Postdocs and Graduate Students

In partnership with the Office of Innovation and Commercialization and Graduate Division, the Office of Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar Affairs, is offering a mini-certificate program on entrepreneurship.This training will serve as the core component of the EPIC program entrepreneur path.

The format of the course is a 2-hour module once per week for 7 weeks. Participants will learn effective tools, gain exposure to the culture of private industry and have access to the mentorship of UC San Diego’s Entrepreneurs in Residence. Once admitted, participants are required to attend all 7 sessions.

Each weekly session meets on Wednesdays in the Medical Education and Telemedicine Building (MET), room 141 from 5-7 pm: with the exception of March 1, which will be held in MET 145.

Session Date Topic 1 March 1 Ideation/Telling your Story 2 March 8 Business Model Generation 3 March 15
Intellectual Property Primer 4 March 22
Customer and Market Development 5 March 29
Financing Your Startup 6 April 12
Leadership & Building Your Team 7 April 19
Social Innovation

**Note that there is no session on April 5, 2017

This course is the core training for the Entrepreneurial Training certificate offered through the EPIC Postdoc Program.

For more information, visit:

epicprogram.ucsd.edu

gradvantage.ucsd.edu

innovation.ucsd.edu