How universities contribute to innovation ecosystems

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

Talk by Prof. Bruce W. Ferguson Head of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi Companies created by Stanford and MIT faculty and alumni report annual revenues on the order...

Where do entrepreneurial ideas come from?

KAUST Entrepreneurship Center Building 23, 2nd floor, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners—what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The program consists of free evening...

How to pitch your idea

KAUST Entrepreneurship Center Building 23, 2nd floor, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners—what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The program consists of free evening...

What is Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation?

KAUST Entrepreneurship Center Building 23, 2nd floor, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners—what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The program consists of free evening...

Why Entrepreneurship and Innovation are Important for Students and Researchers

To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners—what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The program consists of free evening...

UBI Awards in MENA

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

UBI Global benchmarks business incubators and accelerators worldwide with reliable top rankings and helps them become more efficient and competitive. The company also provides corporates and governments with global incubation knowledge. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, UBI Global has an international...

Marketing for Startups

KAUST Entrepreneurship Center Building 23, 2nd floor, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners—what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The program consists of free evening...

KAUST Career Fair

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Students and graduates meet company representatives to discuss summer internship options and full-time employment opportunities. Presentations and meet-and-greet networking opportunities will be available to students with several of our industry partners.   Looking to hire talented interns or full-time employees from...

Hikma IP-Based Startup Accelerator (Opening Day)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Hikma is the Arabic term for “wisdom,” alluding to the vision for KAUST as a modern-day “House of Wisdom.” The Hikma IP-Based Startup Accelerator was formed to help identify, develop and speed the formation of intellectual-property-based startups—and thereby grow the Kingdom’s knowledge economy....

New Ventures Accelerator (Opening Day)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

The KAUST New Ventures Accelerator is run by experienced mentors who apply best practices in Lean and customer development. All types of startup ideas and teams with a mix of technologies, products and services are encouraged to join the program...