From Industry to Entrepreneur
Weiterbildungskurs

Überblick

Abschluss
Certificate of attendance
Nächster Start
February 25, 2027
Dauer
3 days
Kosten
3,150
Sprache
Englisch

The course is built around the reality of the pharma-to-founder transition. Most senior professionals in life sciences have exceptional expertise in their field but have never had to translate it into a concrete venture hypothesis, a customer conversation, or an investor-ready framing. This is exactly the gap that this programme addresses: combining personal mindset work, rigorous business case design, and direct access to the Basel life sciences ecosystem in one compressed, high-value experience.

In this high-intensity three-day course designed for senior life sciences professionals who want to move from thinking about entrepreneurship to actively doing it, participants will make a shift to a more enterpeneurial mindset, stress-test their ideas, and leave with a concrete personal roadmap and their first public commitment.

The course is structured as follows:

  • Day 1: Who you are now - Mindset, Ecosystem and Opportunity
  • Day 2: What you could build - Venture Design and Business Model
  • Day 3: What happens next - Funding, Roadmap and Commitment

The course includes a preparatory phase with self-paced pre-work and a mentoring session.

Each of the three days in presence is built around three core components:

  • Expert-led sessions drawing on real life sciences founder and investor experience
  • Hands-on workshops where every framework is applied directly to your own situation or venture idea
  • Critical assessment by peer group and pitch practice in a high-trust cohort of equally senior professionals

Participants may join with or without their own venture idea (see admission criteria).

The course is of interest for both Venture Builders (those with a concept to develop and validate) and Venture Enablers (those seeking a co-founding, C-level, advisor or board role in an existing venture). Participants will focus on developing entrepreneurial skills, understanding startup operations, learning how to evaluate and join ventures and contributing functional expertise (regulatory, clinical, commercial, operational) to a team.

  • Eleonora Di Sapia
  • Anna-Elina Pekonen

Mauricio Campos Suarez, Engineer & Executive MBA, Founder, Coach & Consultant

Eleonora Di Sapia
Innovation Manager
Innovation Garage
Kreuzstrasse 4
4123 Allschwil
eleonora.disapia@unibas.ch

Costs: CHF 3,500.

Early bird fee until November 15, 2026: CHF 3,150.

Once accepted in the course, the full course fee is due. Payment is due 30 days after receipt of the in-voice.

Kurs beginnt am:
Donnerstag, 25.02.2027, 09:00 Uhr
Kurs endet am:
Samstag, 27.02.2027, 17:30 Uhr

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Upon successful completion, participants receive a certificate of attendance from the University of Basel.

Eligible applicants must submit the following documents to eleonora.disapia@unibas.ch (course coordinator):

  • A CV (max. 2 pages) highlighting life sciences experience and leadership roles.
  • A short motivation and expectation statement (max. half a page) considering what transition is intended and what result participants aim at by attending this course.
  • A brief description (5–10 sentences) of the venture idea otherwise a short statement of the intended role (co-founder, CEO, board, investor).

Shortlisted applicants are invited to a brief intake call to assess whether they fit into the course and prepare them for the pre-work session. Selection is based on the application dossier (CV, motivation letter and venture idea) and the applicant's suitability for the course.

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