Dr. Start-upper path

The course is part of Cattolica's activities for start-ups, as part of the University's Contamination Lab: ConLab and in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Milan Monza Brianza Lodi.

Project for the development of innovative business ideas for PhD students and postgraduate students. The course offers participants an introduction to the essential tools, regulatory frameworks and managerial skills for the creation of start-ups and, before that, raises awareness of entrepreneurship and the creativity of innovative ideas. At the end of the course, participants present their business ideas in front of a jury of experts and investors and three winners are announced.

The main topics addressed, through face-to-face moments and online training sessions with the help of coaches, are:

• Strategy and business model
• Marketing for the Enterprise
• Financial control and management
• Investor relations

The Dr. Start-upper path is dedicated to master's degree students, doctoral students, new PhDs and young people enrolled in high and qualified training courses (Masters, Advanced Training Courses) in any disciplinary field.

Three half-day workshops will be held at the Milan and Piacenza  campuses of Università Cattolica, open to Master's degree students, Master's degree students, postgraduate schools and doctoral students interested and intrigued by the world of self-entrepreneurship.

After a first part in which the participants will tell their experiences, they will be involved in groups and appropriately supported by a tutor, in an initial elaboration of business ideas through instructions given by the teachers.

The purpose of the workshops is multiple:

• inspire participants through successful entrepreneurial stories;
• to stimulate an entrepreneurial attitude and approach in the participants themselves;
• to bring out seeds of business ideas;
• to provide the first tools for their elaboration.

Milan: 13 February 2020 - Aula Diamante Via Olona

25 projects will be selected to participate in this phase consisting of seven meetings. The aim of the course is to mature the initial business ideas through the appropriate tools and accompany the participants in the drafting of a "business plan" and in the preparation of an effective presentation of the idea.

Seven meetings from February to May 2020

Acquired skills

• Identification of new professional opportunities thanks to self-entrepreneurship
• Reasoned management and enhancement of one's business ideas
• Effective presentation of business projects via pitch
• Effective relationship management: building a network with start-uppers, business angels, investors

Registration

The Path is open to a maximum of 25 participating ideas.
To participate, it is necessary to fill in the Application form with a short proposal for a business idea (use the downloadable form) and send it to the email (julieth.valderrama@unicatt.it), together with the Curricula Vitae to the Doctoral Office of Università Cattolica, for the attention of Dr. Julieth Valderrama

Julieth Valderrama
Julieth.valderrama@unicatt.it
Doctorate Office
Tel. +39 02 7234.5635