Northern Biotech Consulting Case Competition
We are now welcoming applicants to NBI's Northern Biotech Consulting Case Competition. The nature of this competition hopes to bring together students and professionals from a range of multidisciplinary backgrounds to focus on consulting and biotechnology. Acting as consulting firms, teams will present a recommendation to our expert judges on which start-up a large biotech company should acquire to increase its portfolio. Teams will be presented with profiles of several
Will your venture sink or swim?
Success and gain in business is mostly a reflection of a powerful value proposition. A value proposition is a promise statement that a company commits to its target customers; it explains how the offered product or service solves a problem embedded in the customer's needs. A capable value proposition should alleviate pain, create gains/benefits and, ideally, should have a unique differentiating selling point to convince the customer that what you're offering is better than th
Upcoming Events at the University of Manchester
To keep you engaged in the local entrepreneurship community, the Manchester Enterprise Centre has rounded up the latest list of this year's events happening at the University of Manchester. These events are open to students and alumni of all disciplines and academic backgrounds, and they're FREE of charge so get involved today! Ideas Factory This is the MEC's series of lunchtime guest entrepreneur events for all students across the University with an interest in enterprise a
Confessions of An Entrepreneur - 30th October 2015
Looking for inspiration on how to start your own business venture? Wondering what it’s like to make the transition from research to start-up? Want to learn more about the commercialisation of science? If so, NBI is hosting a guest speaker panel event called “Confessions of An Entrepreneur” which will be a great opportunity to hear from three company founders about their journey from academia into the world of start-ups and spin-outs. This event is focused on exposing the hig
Bioscience Meets Commercialisation Event – 24th July, MIB Lecture Theatre
Are you interested in bioscience commercialisation? Would you like to learn how spin-out companies are developed from that initial ‘light bulb’ moment? The Northwest Biotech Initiative, together with UMIP, will be hosting a lunchtime seminar to inspire and educate young researchers who are interested in entrepreneurship. We are delighted to present our panel of speakers, who will be sharing with us the knowledge and experience they gained whilst establishing their own spin-ou
