The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship was founded in 2008 to stimulate entrepreneurship at participating universities in the Holland Program on Entrepreneurship (HOPE). It coordinates various entrepreneurship events, education programs including bachelor/master courses and a student entrepreneurs program, conducts research, and provides support to startups through its Startup Campus program. The Centre aims to inspire, educate and support future entrepreneurs through its diverse activities and collaboration with partners in Rotterdam, Holland and Europe.

1. Inspire, educate, and support
tomorrows leading entrepreneurs

2. Introduction
The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
 Initiative by Prof. dr. Justin Jansen, Prof. dr. Roy Thurik, and HOPE director Hendrik Halbe
 University-wide centre for all activities on entrepreneurship
 Stimulate entrepreneurial behavior and foster ambitious and innovative entrepreneurship
 Main focus areas are inspiration, education, research and support of startups
 Coordinator of the Holland Program on Entrepreneurship (HOPE)

3. What we do
 Develop and maintain a high quality infrastructure to stimulate entrepreneurial behavior and foster
ambitious and innovative entrepreneurship. Focussed on:
 events
 Education
 research
 startup support
 Programmes for students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and alumni
 Collaboration with organizations in Rotterdam, (Zuid-)Holland and various centres of entrepreneurship in
Europe

4.  Founded in 2008 to stimulate entrepreneurship
at participating universities
 Regional coordination
 Local centres of entrepreneurship
 Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship
 Science Based Business (Leiden)
 Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
(coordinator of HOPE)
 Overview of inspiration track
Introduction
Holland Program on Entrepreneurship

5. Introduction
Partners HOPE 2008-2011

6. Events
 More than 35 events p/y in cooperation with
partners
 Support, coordination and development of
entrepreneurship events
 High quality, well coordinated, complementary
and well promoted events
 Examples: Philips Innovation Award,
Entrepreneurship Cycle, 24Hour Business Game

7.  International pitch event
 1 of the 10 Featured events of the Global
Entrepreneurship Week
 More than 700 exclusive visitors (students,
entrepreneurs, academics, investors, captains of
industry)
Events
Get in the Ring (former Meet the Dragons)

8.  >1000 students p/y following entrepreneurship
courses
 >16 bachelor courses on entrepreneurship
 3 Masters on entrepreneurship
 Entrepreneurship & Strategy Economics
 Entrepreneurship & New Business
Venturing
 Cultural Economics & Cultural
Entrepreneurship
Education
Bachelor courses & Masters

9. Education
Student Entrepreneurs Excellence programme
 Special programme for student entrepreneurs to
make the combination of study and running a
business easier
 First university in the Netherlands to run this
programme
 5-10 selected student entrepreneurs p/y
Adriaan Buyserd & Hendrik Halbe about
StEEP on BNR Nieuwsradio
NUzakelijk about StEEP

10. Education
Masterclass Entrepreneurship
 Challenging top students to encounter society
most prominent issues
 Topic 2012: Chances of an aging society
 Students learn to go from problem to business
model
 20-30 students from the Erasmus University, TU
Delft and Leiden University and Universities of
Applied Sciences in Rotterdam

11.  Open programme for ambitious entrepreneurs
 Practical- and academic knowledge
 10 Classes p/y on various subjects
 60-80 particpants per class
 Speakers Jan-Peter Balkenende, Harald Swinkels,
Marcel Broersma, Michiel Muller, Kees Zegers etc.
 Introduction movie collegereeks 2012-2013
Education
Collegereeks voor Ondernemers

12. Education
Collegereeks part 3

13.  Combined efforts of the Rotterdam School
of Management & the Erasmus School of
Economics in research
 Research seminars to foster the exchange
of knowledge
Research
Erasmus Research Institute of Management

14. Research
Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’Survey
 Participation in the worldwide GUESS-
Survey
 Gives insight in effectiveness of
educational programmes
 Gives input for development of new
programmes

15.  Three programmes from idea to a €1.000.000
turnover
 Located at the Science Towers Marconiplein
 On average 80-100 participants p/y
 Collaboration between Erasmus MC and the
Erasmus University
Startup support
Startup Campus

16. Startup support
Startup Campus

17. Startup support
Funding
 Loans – Banks
 Investments – Investeerdersclub
Rotterdam
 Crowdfunding
 Proof of concept fund
 Pre-seed
 Alumni fund?