The Researcher’s Guide to Entrepreneurship: Turning Discoveries into Businesses
23/10/2025
About
Are you a researcher ready to move beyond “I have an idea” to “I can build something real”? This action-oriented session is designed to help researchers unlock the entrepreneurial value of their ideas and set out on the path to business creation.
Discover how to adopt a proactive rather than a passive approach to entrepreneurship by learning how to assess if your idea has business potential, understanding the key stages of building a business from scratch and recognising the practical steps to start developing your concept right away.
Francesco Matteucci, a C-level innovation expert with 20 years of experience, will introduce you to practical tools and proven frameworks researchers can adopt for evaluating, validating, and kick-starting business concept and describe why execution is as critical as ideation. He’ll guide you through the fundamentals of entrepreneurial thinking, fostering resilience and creative problem-solving even when faced with uncertainty.
Participants will walk away with a practical roadmap for to start working on their business immediately after the webinar.
Discover how to adopt a proactive rather than a passive approach to entrepreneurship by learning how to assess if your idea has business potential, understanding the key stages of building a business from scratch and recognising the practical steps to start developing your concept right away.
Francesco Matteucci, a C-level innovation expert with 20 years of experience, will introduce you to practical tools and proven frameworks researchers can adopt for evaluating, validating, and kick-starting business concept and describe why execution is as critical as ideation. He’ll guide you through the fundamentals of entrepreneurial thinking, fostering resilience and creative problem-solving even when faced with uncertainty.
Participants will walk away with a practical roadmap for to start working on their business immediately after the webinar.
Date & Time
Thursday 23rd of October, 2025 at 11:00 AM CEST
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Speakers
Francesco Matteucci
EIC Ambassador & Senior Innovation Advisor at Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Francesco, a C-level innovation expert with 20 years of experience, has made significant contributions to the field of energy and environmental sustainability. His expertise spans from materials science research to managing corporate R&D in renewable energy technologies manufacturing. As a co-founder of several start-ups and joint labs, a former Visiting Professor, European Innovation Council Programme Manager, and Senior Innovation Advisor at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Francesco tries to bridge the gap between research and real-world application, driving innovation forward.
