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TechBBQ 2023 Copenhagen: Highlights and Impressions

The ten-year old Nordic startup summit TechBBQ for the first time has a session dedicated to life science startups, making it much more exciting and relevant for biotech startups like us mBioWorks. It features inspiring talks and endless networking opportunities.

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Key Takeaways

  • A golden age to become a biotech or health-tech entrepreneur with abundant support from Danish universities.

  • An excellent startup ecosystem booming in Copenhagen.

  • Learning from each other, sharing both success and failure candidly and unselfishly, and networking broadly are key to any startup’s success.

We Are Here – mBioWorks
Highlights

An old locomotive workshop-turned-exhibition center perfectly blends cosiness, modern design, and a sense of history.

This is the main stage where there is no need for a headset to listen to the talks.

Even with such a huge meeting hall housing 150+ tables, I failed so many times to compete with other 7,000+ participants to book a table.

For the first time, life science startups gain a dedicated stage, embracing endless opportunities of being exposed to peers and investors alike.  

Really nice to see our lab manager Lotte (in a white labcoat) promoting CPHLabs as an incubator for life science startups on the stage.

The corner for life science startups.

Startup program from University of Copenhagen.

Startup program from Aarhus University.

Startup program from University of Southern Denmark.

Startup program from Aalborg University.

Startup program from Roskilde University.

Startup program from Copenhagen Business School.

Startup program from the Technical University of Denmark.

Spark Denmark – from ideas to startup, a national life science incubator program.

Open Entrepreneurship – facilitate the collaboration between research institutions and commercial entities.

Enjoy watching a pitch competition. The startup journey is hard. We should celebrate any small step forward.

The blue tent for the University Startup World Cup!

Impossible to get in. Can’t miss it next year!

An experienced investor shares his insight into the startup fundraising world. Getting funding from VCs is super hard. Idea, execution, timing and persistence all matters.

One of my favourite talks. Any CEO has to step down and transition to another role one way or another. Just a matter of time. Be prepared.

Impressions

Startup founders need to believe in themselves and be passionate about what they are doing. Never be defeated by temporary setbacks. The startup ecosystem is ready to identify those startups with true values brought to society.

Networking, keeping learning, and embracing changes. Building a startup is an amazingly unforgettable journey, a lifetime passion. Always keep in mind that investors are always first looking for trustworthy people. Create that layer of trust!

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