PhD / Postdoc / Entrepreneurial Skills: Test your idea before you build

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Do you have a research insight or idea you believe in, but are unsure if anyone would pay for it? Before investing time or technical resources in the wrong solution, make sure that you know what potential customers want.
 
In this half-day workshop designed by a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, you’ll gain the essential tools to validate your assumptions and test your idea in the real world. You’ll learn fast, proven methods including structured user interviews, lightweight MVPs, and small-scale pilot testing.
 
Get evidence that enough people are interested before fully building a solution:
• Articulate the user value of your idea in concrete terms
• Identify real customer needs and pain points
• Design and execute early-stage experiments to gather actionable feedback
Andrea Spillmann-Gajek, Founder at Success Accelerators, LLC
Early career researchers of all disciplines with an interest in entrepreneurship and innovation.
 
This workshop is part of the "Entrepreneurial skills" series, which is organized in collaboration with the UZH Innovation Hub.

A certificate of participation will be issued for each workshop. When four or more certificates are achieved, participants may request a certificate for "Entrepreneurial skills" issued by the Graduate Campus and Innovation Hub.   

1 ECTS Credit will be awarded (on request) to PhD candidates who have completed four or more workshops of the "Entrepreneurial skills" series. 

Conditions of participation
 

Kursdaten

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Andrea Spillmann-Gajek Englisch Mo 03.11.2025 (13:30 - 16:30 Uhr)
PhD & Postdoc 13 Anmeldung