Course Description:

Interested in learning more about entrepreneurship? Looking to start a new venture? Look no further! MaRS offers a free, non-credit introductory course on entrepreneurship that introduces individuals to the nuts and bolts of building a business.

Entrepreneurship 101 is MaRS’ flagship free weekly lecture series featuring enlightening lectures on key topics related to starting a successful business, aimed at social innovators and technology and life sciences researchers and trainees.

Entrepreneurship 101 lectures cover a diverse range of business introductory topics including finding financing, defining markets, hiring teams, protecting intellectual property, etc.

Special lectures include:

• ‘Lived It Lectures’ feature celebrated entrepreneurs and their success stories and challenges. There is a ‘Lived It Lecture’ for each of MaRS’ practices: ICE, Cleantech, Life Sciences and Social Innovation.


• ‘Meet the Entrepreneurs’ are panel sessions during which entrepreneurs from different sectors discuss the challenges and opportunities they face as they grow their businesses. These events have networking opportunities after the panel session for entrepreneurs in each sector.

This non-credit course is designed to introduce members of the research and academic community to issues relating to starting and growing a business. It is especially targeted to graduate students, post-docs, faculty, technicians and others active in research in a scientific or engineering discipline, those who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research as well as those interested in social innovation.

Registration is free but required.

Please Note: Registrants are encouraged to arrive promptly to ensure seats are available. For those registering their attendance for a course certificate, registration will end at 5:45pm.

We look forward to seeing you on September 29, 2010 for the kick off to this exciting series.

Part of the Entrepreneurship 101 Series

Connect Online:

Website
www.marsdd.com/ent101

Facebook
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5544862297

Twitter
Use or follow hashtag #ent101
Follow @MaRSDD for updates

Blog
www.marsdd.com/blog

Weekly Email
If you've registered for the event then you'll get the weekly email that gives you all the links to everything from the week before (video, blog, facebook, slideshare presentation) and reminds you about the coming week's lecture.