Date: 14 February (Tuesday), 2023, 09:00 – 13:00, and 14:00 – 18:00

Timetable: The seminar is divided into 8 blocks of about 45 minutes each with short breaks in between, whereby two blocks are dedicated to students’ group work.

Students’ group work: in the (late) morning, the group work of the students is about developing a venture idea, and in the (late) afternoon there is another student group work, which is about creating an elevator pitch for their company.

Venue: MCC Hunyadi Mátyás Room 2

Catering: Light refreshments will be served throughout the seminar and a light lunch will also be served from 13:00 to 14:00

Topic: The seminar covers the entire process of startup development, from finding the right idea, developing a Minimum Viable Product and analysing the competitive landscape, to raising funds, building the team and developing the market strategy. This step-by-step guide offers a combination of theoretical backgrounds, practical advices, real-life experiences, and exercises and case studies that students can actively engage in.

Saul Orbach is a highly accomplished Venture Capitalist, Serial Entrepreneur, C-Suite Officer and Executive, Consultant, Lecturer, Thought Leader, Board Member, and Advisor, with 33 years of extensive experience building and exiting startup and growth companies, as well as turning around failing companies. Saul is the founder of the Elul Fund, a venture fund that invests in global market opportunities.

Prior to that, he worked as a Venture Partner at Starta Capital, a technology agnostic, geography specific investor in Eastern European technology startups. Saul shares his industry experience and knowledge as a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the Technion, Hebrew University, and the Tel Aviv University MBA programs and is a popular speaker and guest lecturer at conferences, universities and other events, as well as a sought after high level advisor.