One of the key reasons leading to the failure of most of the startups from universities in Hong Kong is the lack of entrepreneurial skillset and mindset. Graduates, especially those from MSc and PhD, form startups with their technologies but without much knowledge of market situation, customers’ needs/preferences, and most importantly, a well-structured founding team. This minor programme in Science Entrepreneurship is to fill this gap for students.
It is believed that students will learn in the classroom mainly the foundation of what they need to know for their future venture. Students actually also need to learn the current industrial practice and updated situation in the real world and build a useful business network before they found their own startups. Therefore, it is necessary to build an entrepreneurship ecosystem with other units/faculties/departments in HKU and industrial practitioners to help our students.
One of the major initiatives for building the HKU entrepreneurship ecosystem is the “Entrepreneurship Seminar Series” that is designed for equipping our students, entrepreneurs-to-be and entrepreneurs in HKU community for their business venture by some heavyweight experts and founders in startup industry to share their expertise knowledge and invaluable experiences in the areas from idea formation to exit strategy.
| Date | Time | Title | Speaker | Presentation file | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13-Sep-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | Current Funding Sources and Supporting Programs for Startups in Hong Kong | Mr. Raymond Chu | |
| 2 | 27-Sep-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to attract investors for your startup ventures? | Dr. Wai Shun Lo Partner of DL Capitals | |
| 3 | 18-Oct-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to Prepare for Investor Pitching | Mr. Mike Lam Assistant Director for the Incubation and Acceleration Programmes, HKSTP | |
| 4 | 01-Nov-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | Why Protecting Intellectual Property Rights is Important to Startups - with Real Case Studies | Dr. Albert Wai Kit Chan Founder of Law Offices of Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PLLC | |
| 5 | 15-Nov-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | Understanding Angel Investment Operation, Investment Criteria and Career Development | Mr. Mingles Tsoi Chief eXploration Officer, ParticleX | |
| 6 | 29-Nov-22 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | Invest or Not: Dialogue between startups and investors | Dr. Samson Tam Chairman of Group Sense Limited and Partner of HK INNO Angel Fund | |
| 7 | 14-Feb-23 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to setup your first startup while studying in university and gradually become a serial entrepreneur | Mr. Johnathan Chong Founding Chairman of S.T.A.R.S Foundation | |
| 8 | 28-Feb-23 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to create higher valuation for your startup company before meeting your investors | Mr. Johnathan Chong Founding Chairman of S.T.A.R.S Foundation | |
| 9 | 14-Mar-23 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to protect your business by having a ''good'' patent | Ms Jennifer Che Vice President and Principal of EAGLE IP Limited | |
| 10 | 28-Mar-23 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | How to conduct Market Identification to Test/Validate your Value Proposition using the 6Ws Approach + a success case analysis | Mr. Fred Yung Former Head of Incubation at HK Science & Technology Parks Corp and Founder of Smart Start | |
| 11 | 11-Apr-23 | 5:30 - 6:50pm | Failure cases (International pharmaceutical, HK tech unicorn, HK tech startup on int'l hot topic and HKSARG initiative) analysis using the 6Ws Approach of Market Identification | Mr. Fred Yung Former Head of Incubation at HK Science & Technology Parks Corp and Founder of Smart Start |