How do I turn my breakthrough science into a startup? Am I addressing a problem with a large enough market? How do I recruit a team? Am I the right person to do it?

If you're curious about entrepreneurship, join us to hear Alex Teng, Partner at Fifty Years, share his insights from helping hundreds of scientists translate breakthrough science into deep tech startups.

📍 Location: MH_Lecture Theatre G.26, Murchison House, 10 Max Born Cres, Edinburgh EH9 3BF

🗓️ Date: 15 January 2025

⏰ Time: 12:00 - 13:30

Fifty Years is a leading Silicon Valley VC firm. We've backed over 100 deep tech companies, helped them raise over $4.6B, and published the Spinout Playbook, the ultimate guide to spin out of academia.

We've distilled everything we know about deep tech entrepreneurship into5050, a free program to help great scientists and engineers become great founders. We'll dive into how to identify civilization-scale problems to tackle, develop entrepreneurship skills (from hiring to fundraising to negotiating IP), and grow into a great founder. We'll share how 5050 will equip the UK's scientists and engineers to build the next decade of civilization-defining companies.

What to expect:

• 12:00 PM – 12:10 PM: Arrival and introduction to the Edinburgh Innovations Student Team
• 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM: Alex Teng, Partner at Fifty Years and Q&A session.
• 1:10 PM – 1:30 PM: Pizza and networking