4 February 2010

UCL joins UK and Chinese universities in entrepreneurship competition

Science|Business

UCL, with Lancaster, York and Queen’s Belfast universities in the UK, has teamed up with five Chinese universities to run an entrepreneurship competition to encourage the formation of joint ventures between the two countries.

The competition has two tracks: one (Tomorrow’s Leaders) for students and one (Innovative Business) for existing businesses working with China. It is intended to simulate the real-world process of entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from early-stage investors and venture capital firms.

Entrepreneurs and existing small businesses will be expected to be using their international links in an innovative way, whether the relationship is customer-supplier, joint R&D, or marketing, with the aim of demonstrating how small companies can thrive across borders and cultures....

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