Academic Business Development
Achieve sustainable growth within your research group, department or university
As an academic or academic business developer you strive for to optimize the usage of the technologies that you develop.
That is why you are always looking for new valorization opportunities.
explore and implement new business opportunities.
Recognizing opportunities is a crucial first step. But then the real challenge follows. How do you convert those opportunities into a concrete project? A project that is profitable and sustainable.
We provide you with the tools to create the perfect business plan.
We advise you on how to structure your proposal and how to put together the right team to further develop your plan.
Why Academic business development?
In contrast to professional business development, academic business development goes beyond the building of new relations and generating new business.
Academic business developers have to be able to provide research support activities that cover both sales & account management, subsidy/proposal management, relationship management and more exotic items such as the management of open innovation & collaboration.
Why the BUDA institute?
The BUDA institute covers all of these things in the trainings offered, whilst also including the traditional business development skills such as developing new products & services, defining business models, setting alliances and or negotiating new deals and agreements.
Our services
We offer trainings, market research support services & customizable workshops to suite your business development needs.
learn how to:
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develop new products and services
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define business models
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reach customers & strategic partners
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establish strategic partnerships.
WHO are the services for?
Are you an academic business developer, an intrapreneur within a university research group or department, middle or senior level academic researcher responsible for developing new business opportunities?
Or are you an academic entrepreneur or intrapreneur who is in the phase of developing or refining the business plan and the further growth of the company?
Then look no further and contact us to receive market research support, help in preparing investor & sales pitches, leadership workshops and more.
Check out our services page for more information.
Why you should follow our training
Our courses are offered in a modular online fashion allowing you to enjoy a self-paced learning journey that brings the best of blended learning to the fore.
After following our courses, you will be able to create a robust business plan and have the confidence to convince others of your idea.
You will develop a more entrepreneurial mindset.
You will have more insight into the various academic business development tools & best practices.
Check out our trainings page for more information.
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