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SUMMARY:From Research to Founder: A Fireside Chat with Rupert Ursin
DESCRIPTION:Austria does world-class quantum research. What happens next with it has become a real question: spin-offs have moved from rare exception to something institutions\, funding agencies and research groups now actively talk about. Spin-off strategy is on the agenda. \n​Which leaves a quieter question with each individual researcher: am I the right person to walk that path? \n​Not whether the technology is strong enough. Not whether there’s a market. But whether this is something you actually want — and whether you’d be any good at it. That question is hard to ask out loud\, because there’s rarely anyone in the room who has genuinely done it. \n​Rupert Ursin has. This is a small\, closed round to ask him everything: what the path really looked like\, what it cost\, and what he wishes someone had told him at the start. \n​Our guest \n​Rupert Ursin — physicist and company builder. He did his PhD under Anton Zeilinger\, led the quantum communication group and served as Deputy Director at IQOQI Vienna (Austrian Academy of Sciences)\, and then built what most researchers only discuss: qtlabs\, founded in 2017\, today one of Austria’s substantial deep tech employers\, entirely privately owned. He went on to found ZeroThird and co-found Quantum Space Systems. He stayed close to the science the entire way. \n​Who this is for \n​Pre-doc\, PhD and PostDoc researchers\, plus non-academic technical people\, in quantum and quantum-enabling fields who are: \n\n\n​already building a company\, \n\n\n​actively deciding whether to spin out\, or \n\n\n​still working out whether founding is something they want at all. \n\n\n​You do not need a company\, a deck\, a co-founder or a plan. Curiosity and a real question are enough. \n​Ground rules \n\n\n​Invite only\, handpicked\, limited seats. Small enough that everyone speaks. \n\n\n​Chatham House Rule. You are free to use what you hear; you are not free to attribute it to anyone in the room. That is what makes the honest answers possible. \n\n\n​No pitching. Nobody presents\, nobody evaluates you\, nobody takes notes on you. \n\n\n​German and English. The conversation follows the room; ask in whichever you think in. \n\n\n​Good to know \n​10 seats. Drinks and informal conversation afterwards. Request a seat below — we look at every registration personally and get back to you within 48 hours. \n​Qubit Founders — coordinated by weXelerate. \n  \nRegister: here
URL:https://wexelerate.com/eventp/from-research-to-founder-a-fireside-chat-with-rupert-ursin/
LOCATION:weXelerate\, Praterstraße 1\, Wien\, 1020\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Quantum,Startups
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