Sánchez-Ocaña Alejandro Suárez. TIME-sector employer since 1998 CEO of the Group Publispain, the network of blogs Entertainment Networks SL and Leisure Blogs, Chairman of Inversora Foley, Director and Founding Partner of Yes.fm, advisor and investor in several companies in innovation, new technologies and internet.
Where is the university? (in supporting the entrepreneur)
Displaying the American examples in particular, but also French, German, English, Japanese and Nordic countries, this morning I asked myself where the University is in Spain in the field of encouraging entrepreneurs and business being the quarry of new technologies. Push, formal finding industry partners to support and validate the project.
In a nice chat the other day with Raul Mata, the Ideas Factory Digital Initiatives told me over the Polytechnic University to encourage entrepreneurs and be a true incubator to validate research projects and technology. The idea seems exciting. But we are clear on this point in 2009 I find it striking.
I do not think that the best university you can move projects forward, better educated than the realities of building no. We can generate better or worse students measurement, but also could draw from the University (which for these things if they have sufficient means) batches of entrepreneurs and projects, they will originate from the university, there are shot and are validated and to be moving forward are interesting and have an internal support contacts with industry partners, business angels, business sector, with access to finance, and investors, but also with involvement of people involved with the university that serves as a filter and validation of the idea.
To me, if I get an interesting technology project, approval from a prestigious Spanish university, with travel within it, and having spent filters serious and moving forward with a veneer of viability, that would encourage me more to support and invest.
Yes, I know that now someone is sending me email examples of universities that "invest" in "support" act as nurseries etc. But let's be serious, not budgets that often end up where ever, let's create and draw businesses really. Is it feasible that within the University has supported projects that grow from the faculty as a nursery and out of it?. Do you know any case?
Any business angel involved with any public or private university in the second phase project to support and validate her? . Any instance of Internet and technology project that has won out in the university? Eye, and I mean not created by academics, but being born from the same university as an umbrella for support.
Entrepreneurs at the University, do you see as possible and seek support for embryonic business initiatives within it?. Or just kicking in the street outside this alternative?
"There are few cases or am I missing something?. If the new Google has not been nurtured in the halls of Stanford, but in the Complutense anyone would have supported? Or a heater would have been more than a few students who remain in nothing .
Lately I have the "ass pelao" already verBusiness Plans. None has ever been sent to me directly or indirectly by a university. None of which reached me via other means has had never supported or has been endorsed by any university or public or private. We limit ourselves to go to college when we are invited to give a talk, or that the real issue is bidirectional proactive as it should.
In my view, here, there's something wrong.
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Indeed and yes: there is something wrong.
This is an issue that I'm tired of criticizing. Research in Spain produces very little transfer of technology, both by the lack of support from the university or the lack of interest of individual teachers and researchers. Some teachers of EMU have tried push the issue of entrepreneurship in the university without real support in any way. Neither the university is interested in forming "real" entrepreneurs (if you speak with leaders, will sell you so ...), nor most of the students and teachers do not consider it as a viable option.
Last November Days of Computer assemble where we dedicate an entire day to take on the Internet and round tables had alumni who had some success in creating their companies, were also Carlos Blanco, Emilio Marquez and Rodolfo Jesus Encinar Carpintier, and a talk by Javier Cuervo (de Madri + d), in which he spoke of the support that institutions like yours provide technology-based entrepreneurs. Result? wine almost more people outside than from within the university, and no institutional interest.
On the other hand, you know, Wipley has emerged as a spin-off, but not in the EMU, but a consortium of a few universities and companies in Madrid. I need not tell you why. That itself was published as the award of the prize Second prize of best ideas Madri + d, lacked time to put a notice on the cover saying it was an idea "originated in the EMU".
Anyway, given the lack of support for "new Google", I think the best attitude you can have is the one that had the other day on my blog: Do not tell me you can not!
Finally, as the prestige of Spanish universities, not trust yourself. I did the doctorate courses in the most prestigious Spanish university in the PhD in Artificial Intelligence, and I can only say it is a #% & @ botched ...
A person who has not created a company can never promote good entrepreneurship. One thing to investigate, another innovate and create value with technology. Universitatios Most teachers do not know what a business plan! Do not think about the applications of technology, but technology as such.
How many have been raised or set up businesses? Fractus It occurs to me, but I was never welcomed by the UPC. From what I know, we should ask BMAT or Verbio ... Indeed, the UPC is involved in a venture capital company Innova 31.
If a project is endorsed by Berkeley or Stanford, to me it would guarantee, but I doubt many of those filters in European universities in general. Many things have to change.
On a small scale, I am working with institutions to foster entrepreneurship from the Institute in this country must change the mentality of wanting to be official by generating real value.
And value not only means copying good ideas elations, but our own developments with high level of R & D ...
I agree with you, Alejandro, although the university-company problem in this country is bidirectional. Not only the University is not "is enterprising, if not also the case that many companies or employers shy away from any business started in the University. Universities in Spain are not considered by business as true centers of knowledge, and the University also sees companies as a way to exploit that knowledge. Both sides should meet to achieve real innovation, but with the mentality "made in Spain", forget it.
The university in Spain to write a good book, but going to the topic, some initiatives, although little known. I was shocked to find at the Autonomous University of Madrid ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER:
http://www.uam.es/instituciones/ciade.html
It is also the University-Enterprise:
http://www.fue.es/
In my case, I discovered that the University is delayed by Spanish theme of fellows.
At our firm are many German students and we are looking for life to get European grants (Leonardo I) and work for 6 months fulltime and then pursue his career last 6 months.
I as the Hispanic side of the company wanted to do the same with Spanish students in Madrid. For the burrocracia needed is so great that when the end was sealed and everything, I put off ...
Also not coming 6 months straight and not well formed. Is this the level offered by the university authorities?
Not enough.
Outstanding new in Mundo.es ...
Displaying the American examples in particular, but also French, German, English, Japanese ... ...