This document provides an introduction to entrepreneurship, discussing business incubation centers, start-up competitions and platforms, and data on entrepreneurship. It describes how business incubation centers help startups develop by providing services like training, networking, mentoring, and office space. Examples are given of incubation centers like TiE and sites like GEM that provide entrepreneurship data. Finally, it defines a business ecosystem as the various social, economic, political, and other environmental factors that affect local entrepreneurship.

1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Compiled by: PLAN 9

2. AGENDA OF THIS LECTURE
• What are incubation centers?
• Start-up Competitions and Platforms
• Data on Entrepreneurship

3. BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTERS
• A business incubator is a place that helps startup companies to develop and
grow by providing services such as management training, networking,
mentoring and/or office space.
• The HEC supports the establishment of Business Incubation Centre’s (BIC) in
universities to facilitate young entrepreneurs for start-ups (early age business)
while providing basic infrastructure and facilities.

4. EXAMPLE OF INCUBATION
CENTERS
• If we head over to (TiE), it is known as the Indus
Entrepreneur, which was founded in 1992 in Silicon
Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs,
corporate executives, and senior professionals with
roots in the Indus Region.
• Their mission is to foster entrepreneurship.
• Moving on if you need help with gathering
entrepreneurship data, the site GEM helps
youngsters to study entrepreneurs better.

5. BUSINESS ECO-SYSTEM
• An ecosystem refers to the social,
economics, political, legal,
technological, market,
internationalization and related
environment affecting the
local/regional entrepreneurship.