This micro-course is the second in a series of entrepreneurship micro-courses developed and delivered as a strategic cross-faculty initiative by the Faculty of Medicine with support from Sauder School of Business. A total of five micro-courses covering fundamental topics of entrepreneurship in health will run February-June 2022 and can be taken individually or be bundled. The initial set of courses will focus on the “identification of need” phase.
Second micro-course topic: Understanding the Competitive Landscape.
In this module, you’ll learn to map current and future competitors and potential partners to understand the space that you want to play in. The ability to understand your market is fundamental to creating a successful company, and is a critical step in the successful approach to raising funds for a new company. You’ll find these skills can also improve the odds of success for translational research grant applications.
Format and level of commitment: 5-hour minimum (optional extra material):
- 1-hour preparation (online, asynchronous, self-paced) – materials will be released online on March 15th
- You will view several short videos and then answer a few questions and submit these ahead of the workshop.
- 3-hour workshop (in person, live, synchronous – no online option available) – March 28th
- The workshop is in-person and activity-based, with very little lecturing.
- 1-hour practical application of learning to each learner’s area of translational interest (online, asynchronous, self-paced) – materials will be available online after March 28th
- A short written submission will complete the course module, and you will be given feedback from the instructors, to support your personal interests and ambitions.
Workshop details: Mar 28th, 3-6 pm, with short breaks, Diamond Health Care Centre (2775 Laurel St, Vancouver), room DHCC 9299. No online option available.
Registration required: Please register using this link to secure your spot and get access to the course materials. Register for the in-person workshop on March 28th here.
Audience: Post-docs, PhDs and PIs interested in practical tools to support translation from lab invention to patient impact. There is no charge to participants.
Availability: 30 spaces; First-come, First-served.
Purpose:
- to provide interested medical researchers with a basic understanding of identification of a medical need and how to map out the value and problems of a new invention.
- to get feedback from the participants on the formats and content of the new entrepreneurship workshop series. Help shape the ATMs education and training program for you and your peers.
Who will run the workshop?
- Paul Cubbon, Assistant Dean, Innovation Sauder School of Business
- Blair Simonite, Adjunct Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at Sauder, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at entrepreneurship@ubc
- Rotating guests from the Faculty of Medicine.
About UBC Faculty of Medicine – Strategic Plan 2021-26
About the Academy of Translational Medicine. The ATMs goal is to reduce the timeline for translational medicine by 50% or more over a 10-year period.
About the ATM education and training program.
The entrepreneurship workshop series will form the foundation of a new mini-platform of bio-innovation entrepreneurial micro-courses to advance translational medicine education and meet evolving career requirements for UBC biomedical trainees. The mini-platform will serve to kickstart the larger vision of building a modern and nimble translational medicine education platform within the Faculty of Medicine.