{"id":5564,"date":"2019-08-12T15:07:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2019-08-12T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T22:07:56","slug":"call-for-fall-2019-applications-for-eubcs-incubator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-5564","title":{"rendered":"Call for Fall 2019 Applications for e@UBC&#8217;s Incubator!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ATTENTION: \u00a0SEEKING TEAMS WITH TRANSFORMATIVE STARTUP OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to announce that entrepreneurship@UBC\u2019s incubator program is taking applications for our 2019 Fall Cohort! We\u2019re looking for innovators and entrepreneurial faculty, staff and students who are passionate about building a transformative technology venture and need resources and expert guidance to build their venture. \u00a0<strong>Please circulate this information memorandum widely amongst your colleagues, staff and students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline: \u00a0August 19, 2019 via simple\u00a0online form\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneur.knack.com\/ubc#new-venture-application\/submit-new-startup-application\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least one team member must\u00a0have a\u00a0connection to UBC: a faculty member, student, staff member, or recent alumni.<\/li>\n<li>Any\u00a0graduate\u00a0student\u00a0team members should be within 1 year of\u00a0completion of their program if they intend to be\u00a0involved in the startup opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>Technology Readiness Level (TRL) at least 4, ideally 5 or 6. \u00a0TRL = 3 will be considered on a case by case basis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ic.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/101.nsf\/eng\/00031.html\">More info on Technology\u00a0Readiness Levels here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This competitive cohort includes 9 workshops and one-on-one mentoring with life science entrepreneurs, running from September to December. \u00a0Ventures will be competing for a membership in e@UBC&#8217;s coveted HATCH accelerator program. \u00a0Membership benefits include one-on-one venture building mentorship with a dedicated life science Entrepreneur-in-Residence, lab-design-office space, exclusive programming, events, networking opportunities, and access to the UBC Seed Fund. \u00a0Total value of the venture building experience exceeds $50,000. \u00a0Total cost to the venture: \u00a0$0 &amp; their time, commitment, and passion!<\/p>\n<p>More information related to the incubator program and the fall 2019 cohort can be found in the attached flyer and\u00a0online<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca\/life-science\">here<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentoring Opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0incubator\u00a0program\u00a0depends on the generous volunteer mentors who donate their time to the cohort ventures. \u00a0If\u00a0you\u00a0or a colleague\u00a0might\u00a0be interested in a mentoring opportunity,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca\/mentor-network\">more information can be found here<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Info Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>entrepreneurship@UBC will hold an info session on August 14th\u00a0from 12pm to 1pm in our venture space at the Robert Lee Alumni Centre.\u00a0 To register click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/lunch-learn-the-fall-life-science-and-core-technology-incubators-tickets-64832517806\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you or a colleague would like to discuss this program or host an information session, please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fraser Pogue, MBA<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneur-In-Residence, e@UBC<\/p>\n<p>Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENTION: \u00a0SEEKING TEAMS WITH TRANSFORMATIVE STARTUP OPPORTUNITIES I\u2019m pleased to announce that entrepreneurship@UBC\u2019s incubator program is taking applications for our 2019 Fall Cohort! We\u2019re looking for innovators and entrepreneurial faculty, staff and students who are passionate about building a transformative technology venture and need resources and expert guidance to build their venture. \u00a0Please circulate this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5565,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions\/5565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}