Course taught by Dr. Kobi Inbar
Dates: July 9- August 1, 2024
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:00-16:00 (Israel Time)
The course will be taught online
About the course:
Even the best idea needs someone that will be able to realize and fulfill its full business potential. This process is not as simple as it might look (even if very common in some places). For an idea or technology to be successfully realized, it is necessary to carefully combine and coordinate between a number of factors and critical steps such as: IP protection (patent writing, for example), proper evaluation of the market need and market potential; writing a comprehensive and applicable business plan; raising capital, establishing a company, recruiting people and most of all, proper and professional management.
So far, apparently, all of this is well-known and might even be familiar to some of us from own personal experience. However, the world of life sciences, biotechnology and Clean-technology has unique characteristics that make entrepreneurship in these areas so special and significantly different from other businesses, including hi-tech and even the medical device industry. These differences and uniqueness are the subject matter of this course.
The course will deal with the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and executives in the Green Technology industry in its various aspects and segments (e.g., water technology, agricultural biotechnology, alternative energy, environmental sustainability etc.). Students will be exposed to the various critical issues involved in establishing and managing a successful venture in the field of clean technology. This course will provide you with a platform for understanding Israeli creativity, and help you to discover the entrepreneurial spirit that has built Israel’s worldwide reputation as the “Startup Nation”.
Dr. Kobi Inbar has many years of entrepreneurial, managerial, R&D and business experience, working with both startups and investors in the life-sciences, bio-medical and cleantech industries. Dr. Inbar served as the CEO of TK Signal and was the VP Operations for Peptor. Prior to that, he served as the VP R&D at ProCognia (formerly GlycoData) and Head of the Drug Discovery Unit at Collgard Biopharmaceutical. Dr. Inbar was the founder and COO at Genaphora Ltd., an advanced water detection company, working in partnership with Mekorot, The Israeli National Water Company. Currently he serves as the V.P. of R&D at the Stockton Group, an Israeli-based company operating in the global market of Bio-pesticides for sustainable agriculture.
This course will award 2 credits.
July 9 – August 1, 2024
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:00-16:00 (Israel Time)
The course will be taught online via Zoom.
This course is open to students who are above 18, currently enrolled in a university, and are young entrepreneurs.
Candidates must demonstrate the following:
The tuition for this course is $450 and is non-refundable.
For all questions regarding this course, please contact Ms. Hagit Lu- hlu@univ.haifa.ac.il
