Quantum
Entrepreneurship
Laboratory

In the first few weeks, the technical students will meet eachother and be presented a list of ideas we have accumulated that we see as industry-relevant research topics. You will then be assigned into groups of three based on your desired topic. You will then begin to dig into the idea before presenting it in the lecture to the other students. Simultaneously, you will receieve lectures on these specific topics that are actively being worked
on by our academic partners.

Around the midpoint of the semester, you should have a deeper understanding of the problem and how it could impact industry or become a startup idea. This will be presented in a similar format to the ideation, however, with a catch. At this point in the semester, the business students will join. This will be seen as a networking event and a sort of pitch in which business students will decide which technical projects they want to take further. Technical and business teams will then be matched in order to assess the ideas internally and decide where a product could be developed.

The newly formed interdisciplinary teams will now work towards building a true startup pitch that will be given in front of a panel of experts. This phase will teach your ability to collaborate with people from different backgrounds, require you to analyse your own idea for any holes, both technically and commercially, as well as test your ability to concisely condense it into something understandable by a diverse audience.

After your exams, you will develop both a technical paper detailing your research as well as a business white paper outlining all the details of the product's viability and the monetary and personnel costs needed to create a startup. This phase is meant to facilitate any next steps following the course, whether that be publishing the technical paper with a research group or starting a true startup.