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CHIVE is a brand new project focusing on introducing students to entrepreneurialism and a new career path besides employment in a big company.

Introducing an alternative career path p. 55

Drivhuset p. 56

Expedition Framåt and Mind your own business p. 57

Johanneberg Science Park p. 58

Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship p. 62

chalmers inspiring visionary entrepreneurs

chalmers inspiring visionary entrepreneurs

CHIVE is a Chalmers Student Union venture to inspire

and guide students to start their own business or join

entrepreneurial firms.

The CHIVE partners and Chalmers Student Union

arranges events and marketing through-out the year. The project is launched in the

beginning of 2013.

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CHIVE is a brand new project focusing on intro-ducing students to entrepreneurialism and a new career path besides employment in a big com-pany. To achieve this there are different activities throughout the year. It starts at CHARM with an inspirational fair, where students can buzz with entrepreneurial stars and masterminds behind newly started companies. Once the entrepre-neurial spark is ignited it is followed up with more tangible tips and guidance as well as a chance to acquire your own personal mentor. The final step as a fully developed entrepreneur is to return to Chalmers for recruitment or inspire and guide new talents.

Do you have an urge to be your own or do you just want a sneak peek in the entrepreneurial world? Pay a visit to CHIVE! It is located in “Lednings-gruppen” and “Valdemar” on the 1st floor of Volvofoajén.

The following pages introduce this year’s attend-ing organisations and associated companies. Visit each of them at CHIVE and be inspired!

CHIVE – Introducing an alternative career path

Student Union Building 1st floor

Volvofoajén

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ContactMartin [email protected]

We offer• Free business coaching for entrepre-

neurs• Drivhuset Process – a business develop-

ment program• Cost effective courses for entrepreneurs

(e.g. sales, rhetoric, accounting, project managment)

• Network and help from our partners• Events and inspiration

Drivhuset helps you to further develop and realize your ideas into companies or projects. We work to create more entrepreneurial skills and frameworks.

Drivhuset wants to inspire towards crea-tive thinking and get belief in ideas through, amongst other things, practical and free business coaching, courses, and our busi-ness developing program Drivhuset Process. Drivhuset Process is a course inspired by the latest research in the entrepreneurial field and is quality assured by Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship.

Drivhuset is represented at 14 colleges of higher education and universities all over Sweden. Together with our large circle of contacts - our skilled and knowledgeable staff are on hand and ready to be at your ser-vice. Drivhuset strives for you, as a student, to find and “do your thing”.

About Drivhuset

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Business development at Business Region Gothenburg enables companies to find the power to grow. We provide small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) and entrepreneurs with the right tools and networks to start up and develop their companies.

The following projects are parts of Business Region Gothenburg:

Expedition FramåtExpedition Framåt (Expedition Forward) is Business Region Gothenburg’s growth pro-gram for SME´s in the Gothenburg Region. There are approximately 600 companies to-day that are members in the program. Expe-dition Framåt has as its role to assist a com-pany on its journey to expansion and growth. This is achieved by matching a company’s needs depending on which phase they are in through assisting with competence, net-works, advice and meeting points.

No matter what the goals of your company, we offer the knowledge and the tools required to succeed. Start your journey to growth with us at Expedition Framåt.

Contact Expedition FramåtBjörn [email protected]

Contact Mind your own businessAlexander [email protected]

Mind your own businessMind your own business offer all people with-in Gothenburg Region who are interested in starting up a company the following services:

• Cost free guidance on the path from idea to business

• Help with finding the right organizations at the right time

• Encourage people to learn more about the process of starting up a business

• “Start up a business”-course

Take the step towards realizing your business idea, it is worth it.

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ContactBjörn Westlingwww.johannebergsciencepark.com

We offer• Open arenas for interdisciplinary idea

and knowledge exchange between aca-demia, industry and society

• Support to small and medium-sized businesses

• International co-operations within edu-cation as well as research and develop-ment

• Enera International AB• Exibea AB• Icomera AB• Monator AB• Unipower AB• Vianova AB

Companies associated withJohanneberg Science Park

AboutJohanneberg Science ParkJohanneberg Science Park is a meeting point for enterprise, research and development at Chalmers Campus Johanneberg in Gothen-burg, West Sweden. We strengthen the re-gion’s attractiveness, competitiveness and ability to grow and develop. Our focus areas are Urban Development, Energy, Materials and Nanotechnology. Johanneberg Science Park was founded in 2010 by the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation and the City of Gothenburg, and is owned by the founders and industry.

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Mission

Mission

To provide customers with mobile operations the tools for efficiency, quality assurance, documen-tation and evaluation.

Exibea is a market-driven technology company that offers the most user-friendly and inspiring products for monitoring and control of energy consumption.

Enera International AB

Exibea AB

Exhibition day at CHARM

Exhibition day at CHARM Wednesday 6th

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Exibea’s President Joakim Ottander founded the company as a result of his Master´s Thesis at Chalmers. Exibea has now grown to be an award-winning technology company developing and marketing  products for energy-saving under the brand name ELIQ.

The company is manned by a young and innova-tive team and is growing rapidly. Exibea is on the lookout for skilled and market-oriented engineers who want to  join the team in developing tomor-row’s solutions for the energy-efficient home. Exibea is currently seeking interns and Master´s Thesis students, who will be seriously considered for later employment.

About Enera International AB

About Exibea AB

Wednesday 6th

Contact Joakim Ottander [email protected]

Contact Erik [email protected]

Enera is an export-oriented software company. Our systems are primarily used within the areas of emergency communications and winter road maintenance. Our customer list includes ABB, British Airways, Microsoft, the Swedish National Police Board, Rolls-Royce, Shell, Vattenfall and the Swedish Transport Administration.

We are working with Internet-based systems containing mobile data communication, mobile application development, satellite positioning, route optimisation and GIS.

Do you want to be involved in every step of the development process - from idea to finished prod-uct? Do you want to be more than a small cog in a big machinery?

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With a commitment to deliver true business val-ue, Monator helps its clients apply lean thinking and design business-driven technology solutions.

Our primary technical platform is Liferay Portal - the leading open source Social Web Platform.Our clients are mainly midsize to large corpora-tions and public sector actors as Avanza Bank, Europol, Västra Götalandsregionen, Stockholms läns landsting, Skolverket, Uppsala Universitet and Nordstedts Juridik.

We are looking for new Monateers for our office in Chalmers Science Park and our new office in Stockholm.

Contact Erik Andersson [email protected]

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About Monator AB

Monator provides consulting, training and ad-vanced services based on leading open source solutions within content management, collabo-ration, social networking, enterprise integration.

Monator Technologies AB

About Icomera AB

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Icomera AB

Contact Martin [email protected]

Icomera launched the world’s first high-speed In-ternet solution for trains in September 2002 and is today the world’s leading provider of open In-ternet connectivity and application platforms for passenger transport and public safety. Our award-winning products are deployed on rail, road and sea, serving Wi-Fi users in over 20 countries and providing high-speed access for fleet tracking and mission-critical on-board systems.

Established in 1999, Icomera is headquartered in Sweden with office in the United Kingdom and channel partners worldwide.

MissionTo be the global leader in communications solu-tions for passenger and freight transportation, combining superior connectivity and innovative applications.

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About Vianova AB

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Tuesday 5th

Contact Jonas [email protected]

To help our customers become more successful by offering the most complete information model in the infrastructure and urban development sector.

About Unipower AB

Vianova Systems have been developing planning tools for the Scandinavian market since 1988, and are currently active in 12 countries. Our planning tool Novapoint is a well-known brand name and it is today Scandinavia’s most-used software tool for infrastructure project planning. The combination of user-friendly products and highly competent staff is the platform upon which Vianova’s suc-cess rests. Today, Novapoint is used by contrac-tors, public authorities, consultants, municipali-ties and universities in numerous countries. All in all there are more than 10 000 users!

Vianova Systems Sweden AB

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Originating from a Swedish ABB company in the middle 80’s, Unipower has developed a competi-tive edge within the field of PQ, Power Quality. Product lines reach from traditional portable PQ analyzers to fully integrated and automated Pow-er Quality Management systems for continuous supervision of the energy supply.

Unipower AB headquarters and development de-partment is located in Alingsås, Sweden. Within our network of distributors and partners our products are now present in 80 countries.

Unipower systems make a significant contribution to higher grid system efficiency and reduced en-ergy losses and by that a better world. Our sales have grown about 50% over the last 3 years and we are actively seeking for new engineers that are ready to team up with us. We do also sponsor di-ploma works.

Contact Peter S. Andersson [email protected]

Unipower AB offers products and smart grid in-formation systems for Power Quality assessment, reducing energy losses and network disturbances.

Unipower AB

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About Chalmers School ofEntrepreneurship

Companies associated with Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship

• Nimbell

ContactViktor Brunnegå[email protected]

Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship offers a unique master’s programme where stu-dents are given the opportunity to combine their creativity with tools, guidance and sup-port that will allow them to shape a sustain-able future.

We offer an action-based education where students are allowed to be in the frontier of innovation development, societal change and real value creation, and where reflection about societal challenges and about a sus-tainable leadership is encouraged.

Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship is more than an education; it is a way for students to create real value from innovations and ideas, and a chance for them to act on the opportu-nities, needs and challenges of the world.

Nimbell is an entrepreneurial company with the mission to create sustainable city transports. Our team has passion for solving transportation prob-lems, developing electric vehicles and serving our customers’ needs.

We are always looking for people that share our passion and would like to contribute to our mis-sion. We are open to discuss full time positions, project assignments and thesis work. We look for people with competence and interest in automo-tive engineering, electric powertrains, logistics, entrepreneurial sales and business development.

About Nimbell

Tuesday 5th Exhibition day at CHARM

Contact Jonas Må[email protected]

Employees: Established:4 2010

MissionNimbell develops the new generation electric utility vehicles. Nimbell Trigo offers unique per-formance for customers within city distribution and industrial service transports by combining robustness, high performance and driver focus.

Nimbell

chalmers inspiring visionary entrepreneurs