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5. What is SKOLKOVO?
Research and Education
Skolkovo Foundation
City development
R&D centers
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6. WHAT IS SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
Skolkovo Foundation is a development agency focused on growing high technology
companies in Russia
Focused on building Russian Silicon
valley campus and growing start-up
community
Skolkovo campus to consist of 3
communities:
– Skolkovo Institute of Technology
(together with MIT),
– R&D centers of high tech
corporations (~50)
– start-ups (~1,000)
Skolkovo campus operating as a tax free economic zone
Over 1,200 start-up business plans reviewed in 10 months
Preselected 227 start-ups as residents of the free economic zone
43 start-ups supported with non-dilutive financing for the total of $170 m
$140m to be committed before the end of 2011
7. KEY ADVANTAGES OF BECOMING A SKOLKOVO RESIDENT
1. Increase your capital efficiency:
a) Tax benefits (No profit tax, no VAT, 14% Social taxes)
b) Non-dilutive financing from the Skolkovo Foundation up to $10m
2. Enjoy lower administrative burden:
a) Quota-free recruitment of foreign employees
b) No import duties on hi-tech equipment
3. Obtain better access to markets:
a) Tight links to global leaders (information on technology roadmap)
b) Easier access to purchasing by Russian state-owned companies
c) Help in accessing international financial markets
4. Information and PR support
8. Innovations, Modernization, Leadership.
Why this is important?
Russian companies
Doing business in doing business in
Russia. Finland.
“Doing in business in Russia is like doing business “Russian companies starts to buy significant
in any fast growing and vibrant economy.” stakes of the European / Finnish flagship
companies.”
“Russia is the most significant growth market in
Europe during 2011-2030.” “Russian companies wants to be best in this
planet.”
Bottlenecks for growth:
1. Totally outdated views about Russia Bottlenecks for growth:
(consumer behavior, legistlation, fast rise of 1. Massive shortage of business leaders who
the new playstation generation) are born in knowledge driven businesses
2. Lack of leadership and language capabilities in 2. Top down leadership style vs. people
Finland business
3. Lack of business leaders in Russia 3. Only short term development actions
4. No short-cuts in byrocracy (customs, working 4. Very limited understanding (and even visible
permits, etc) fear) of Russia in key markets like
5. Russians accepts only best of the best (in UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark
world)
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9. Entrepreneurship society.
Why it is important?
1. Best, young talent does not work in big companies,
driven by top-down leadership
2. The impact of 100 companies employing 100 people
for the economy is bigger than one company
employing 10 000 people
3. Agility, speed and innovations are driving growth,
instead of cheap labour or benefits of mass
production
4. Global talent networks have already made resources
and possibilities equally available for everyone
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10. Entrepreneurship society.
How to make it happen?
Nobody can establish a society alone. It is like
building an eco-system, where everyone is a
volunteer.
So what to learn from other countries, other
societies, other cultures?
Mid-size
Media companies
Start-ups
Universities HR
Banks / community
Investors
Big Government/ Public
Technoparks
Enterprises Legistlation Funding
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11. Key performance indicators (KPI’s) watched by the investors
Phase 2: Beta version out!
Phase 1: Start-up setup Phase 3: First commercial Phase 4: Scaling up and
Interaction starts with
phase product is out! getting international!
clients!
(excitement)
(big hopes and a lot of
money is burning)
GO / NO-GO GO / NO-GO GO / NO-GO
How quickly you can by-pass
this phase? (20-200 days)
Some companies remains here
until they die!
Number of talents working in start-up capable for
international expansion (this is not only about language)
Number of end-users, revenue growth,
visibility on the media, end-user feedback
MAGICAL MOMENTS TO BE RECORDED:
1) When is the first real revenue ruble arriving to account 5) When the CEO have more foreign direct
2) When is the first real revenue ”dollar” arriving to account reports than your own nationality
3) When your headcount of talents hits 30 and 150 persons 6) When your revenue hits 1 MUSD or number of
4) When the first foreign subsidiary has been opened end-users 1 000 000 10
12. 5 Topics to recognize and consider
1. Generation sift in Russia is a reality 2012-2017
2. Stereotypia about Russian business culture needs an immediate check:
What is a real ”country risk”?
3. Exchange programs (students, labor, companies) are still totally under
utilized
4. Finland is in global competition as a gateway for Russian entrepreneurs
(California, New York, Latvia, Wien)
‒ Easy access to come and work in Finland
‒ Competitive taxation system and conditions for living (kinder
garden, schools) for ex-patriots
‒ Investments of SME companies over the border (both directions)
SUPPORTED by strong enough, centralized functions in Moscow and
in Helsinki
‒ Knowledge of Russian language
5. Russia wants action oriented proposals about co-operation and
enhancements.
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13. Образец заголовка
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‒ Третий уровень tietotaloudessa ja
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voiko Suomi toimia
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siltana?
Pekka A. Viljakainen
Skolkovo Foundation
email bulldozer@sk.ru
twitter @pviljakainen
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