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Join in for our new guest speaker Siete Hamminga, and dive deep into the entrepreneurial world. You will receive a link to attend with when you sign up for this event. Don’t miss out!
Going from one failure to another, ..without losing enthusiasm
Your ability to cope with setbacks is crucial to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Despite the success story of Robin Radar, Siete claims that most things he tries, don’t work out. He went from inventing a “GSM doorbell” in 2001 to Smart Metering, wireless parking sensors and supporting the Police in dealing with camera phones. Most were too early. None of them were successful. Siete will share his adventures and learnings in high tech entrepreneurship. About converting technology into businesses and about all vulnerable moments in between, when one set back follows the other.
About Siete Hamminga
Siete (46) is a serial tech entrepreneur and speaker. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Twente (where Aard Groen was his mentor). He finished his studies in Silicon Valley, wrote a book called “Beyond the Hype” and then started his entrepreneurial career. In 2010 he bought a technology from TNO Defence & Security to spin it out and pursue market leadership. The company is called Robin Radar Systems of which he serves as CEO today.
About Robin Radar
Robin develops radar systems to detect small objects like birds and drones. Robin radars are currently being deployed at airports like Heathrow, Schiphol, Fraport and Berlin. But also in Wind farms across Europe and Asia. Its specialized drone radars are used in security markets and protected events like the NATO summit and G7. The company passed 10M revenue last year, now has over 60 employees and is considered to be one of the most innovative and fastest growing high tech companies of the Netherlands.
Programme
VentureLab North offers a cohesive one year business development programme.
Important elements of VentureLab North are:
- Weekly training sessions on subjects as product development, marketing, strategy, finance, entrepreneurial skills
- Custom-made programme based on personal, team and business development needs (choose from > 60 trainings)
- Current specializations: Energy, Health, Water, ICT, Biobased
- 48 hours of intensive individual business coaching
- Expert coaching
- International network
- Soft Landing programme (NBIA accreditation)
- Investor Readiness programme, facilitating acces to finance, potential and launching customers
- Progress monitoring by 4-monthly business panel presentations
- Regular networking events
What We Do
In VentureLab you get regular trainings, support network and matching expert and process coaches
The Golden Egg Check
Golden Egg Check is an online “toolset” for entrepreneurs, investors and business accelerators. The tool-set is based on scientific research in collaboration with the University of Twente and has been validated by more than 850 entrepreneurs, investors, experts and business incubation and business acceleration professionals. The Golden Egg Check allows an entrepreneur to work on: building a sustainable business, value creation and become “’investor ready” and find investors.
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Participation in VentureLab North
Who can participate
The VentureLab North programme is open for:
- Startups
- Existing companies with (international) growth ambitions
- SMe’s in Health, Energy, Water, Biobased, ICT
- Research & Development-teams from the large-scale industry
- Researchers such as Phd’s candidates
- Students, alumni
- Entrepreneurial minded people who have the ambition to start a business
Contact
General requests and information:
W: www.venturelabinternational.com
E: info@venturelabnorth.com