If you are an incubator manager looking to remain relevant and provide the best resources for the entrepreneurs and start-ups you support, this presentation is for you! Jeff Saville, Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation in Phoenix, and Jasper Welch, Co-Founder of DurangoSpace in Colorado, offer insight into unique and emerging models in the world of business incubation, co-working, accelerators, and more.
INTRODUCTION
A business plan is an important document for any business and it can be written for a variety of reasons.
Internally, it can help owners and managers crystallise their ideas, focus their efforts and monitor performance against established objectives.
Externally, the business plan can act as a medium for attracting finance for start-ups or expansion.
INTRODUCTION
For many people, the experience of raising finance is a new one.
Many opportunities presented to financiers are subsequently rejected.
It is essential, therefore, that the entrepreneur prepares a quality document.
The objective of this work-pack is to help you prepare just such a document by providing you with the headings which need to be covered.
CONTENTS
The business plan should summarise the proposed activity and the prospects for success for the venture, paying particular attention to factors that are critical to success or failure.
The contents should be tailored to the particular individual requirements, circumstances or characteristics of the proposal.
In general, they have the following categories:
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Current position
Objectives
Product/Service and Operations
Marketing and Sales Plan
Competition
Management and Staff
Financial plan
Information and control
Risk factors and mitigation
Business Model Generation - Part1: Canvas
Presentation of key concept of Business Model Generation Canvas presented in the www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book. With addition of Startup types and lifecycle from Startup Genome Report (http://startupgenome.cc/).
A presentation on The Art of Pitching by Kashyap Pandya - Founder & Director of Syncoro Ventures Pvt Ltd. The presentation covers the key points to be included in your pitch deck while presenting it to the prospective investors.
INTRODUCTION
A business plan is an important document for any business and it can be written for a variety of reasons.
Internally, it can help owners and managers crystallise their ideas, focus their efforts and monitor performance against established objectives.
Externally, the business plan can act as a medium for attracting finance for start-ups or expansion.
INTRODUCTION
For many people, the experience of raising finance is a new one.
Many opportunities presented to financiers are subsequently rejected.
It is essential, therefore, that the entrepreneur prepares a quality document.
The objective of this work-pack is to help you prepare just such a document by providing you with the headings which need to be covered.
CONTENTS
The business plan should summarise the proposed activity and the prospects for success for the venture, paying particular attention to factors that are critical to success or failure.
The contents should be tailored to the particular individual requirements, circumstances or characteristics of the proposal.
In general, they have the following categories:
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Current position
Objectives
Product/Service and Operations
Marketing and Sales Plan
Competition
Management and Staff
Financial plan
Information and control
Risk factors and mitigation
Business Model Generation - Part1: Canvas
Presentation of key concept of Business Model Generation Canvas presented in the www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book. With addition of Startup types and lifecycle from Startup Genome Report (http://startupgenome.cc/).
A presentation on The Art of Pitching by Kashyap Pandya - Founder & Director of Syncoro Ventures Pvt Ltd. The presentation covers the key points to be included in your pitch deck while presenting it to the prospective investors.
Knowledge Session on Startup Valuation: How does a Startup approach valuations? Best Practices, Models, Examples of good and bad valuations, etc. ELEVATE 100, an initiative of the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka aims to provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship platform for startups. The top 100 technology based startups chosen through a rigorous hunt across Karnataka State will tap into a whopping sum of Rs.400 Cr of Government funds. This is the largest pool of funds ever offered by any State Government to Startups.
A business incubator is a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space.
1.Indroduction
2.Various functions performed by business incubators
3.ANGEL INVESTOR
4.VENTURE CAPITAL
Business Plan, Business strategies, marketing plan, marketing strategies, sales plan, sales strategies, executive summary, competitors, small business plan, budget, forecast, business analysis, operations, personnel, mission, vision, jose cintron mba, mba4help.com
This is an evaluation sheet for a company pitch and can be used by investors or judges of pitch competitions. I used this regularly in first round meetings with companies as well. It is also a great resource for entrepreneurs to review to see if their pitch covers everything needed to sway an investor. This evaluation sheet is based on the "The 'Best' Startup Investor Pitch Deck": http://www.slideshare.net/Sky7777/the-best-startup-pitch-deck-how-to-present-to-angels-v-cs
Speaker: Don Duval, Vice President, Business Services, MaRS
Using a case study example, Don discusses the importance of understanding and refining your business model in order to grow your business and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Part of the MaRS CIBC Presents Entrepeneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
Gorilla Labs is a Venture builder (startup studio) designed to internalize ideation, rapidly iterate MVPs, and deploy accelerated go-to-market strategies for commercialization using Lean Startup methodology.
Co-founded by 2 INSEAD MBAs (Class of 2015)
Nikhil Jacob
Rubens Nigoghossian
More about venture builders:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/18/how-venture-builders-are-changing-the-startup-model/
What is a startup studio?
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/multimedia/interactives/2015/04/what-the-heck-is-a-startup-factory.html
Author's blog on experience in the Southeast Asia venture capital ecosystem
http://theventurevault.com/
Know how venture capitalists value your deal....understand how they are compensated...see what creates value and how investors assess your "risk factors."
A great slide show presentation that provides solid answers to many of these essential questions Check out mikeklein2010.wordpress.com
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations]
The words "vision," "mission," "purpose" and "values," can hold very different meanings to different people. It is important that each organization must clarify what each term means. The priority is to have agreement among the people involved. When they are actually used in the way they were intended, vision, mission, purpose and values become powerful driving forces for building, running and growing your organization.
This presentation is ideal for setting the stage for a strategic planning workshop for organizational leaders and key employees. It also serves as useful material for the orientation of new hires, interns and temporary staff. Examples of vision and mission statements and core values from twenty successful organizations are included.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Acquire knowledge on the meanings of vision, mission and values
2. Understand the roles of vision, mission and values in strategy formulation
3. Review examples of the vision, mission and core values of successful organizations
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Vision
3. Mission
4. Core Values
5. Examples
This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of raising capital for venture builders, startup studios. Compared to raising capital for a single startup, the fundraising process is more challenging. Because you are raising money for an organization that will be active participant in building up an entire batch or batches of startups. So you have to show to your investors that you have:
+ A studio leadership team with the power to build an entire portfolio of ventures;
+ The right financial-organizational structure that matches the goals;
+ A coherent vision and venture building thesis;
+ Viability of your approach supported by benchmarks;
+ Strong portfolio of startups and ideas in your pipeline.
This presentation will help you understand the basics of how to build up your fundraising approach.
If you need more help, reach out and I will guide you in:
+ Structuring your venture builder and fundraising strategy;
+ Assess your current material and identify gaps and risks;
+ Preparing for a successful investor meeting;
Attila Szigeti
https://www.attilaszigeti.com/
A simple investor pitch deck template with examples designed to simplify the process for entrepreneurs develop their investor pitch deck's quickly and easily.
This is part of a series of presentations:
1. One pager
2. 12–15 slide pitch deck
3. 50–60 back-up slides
4. Due diligence
This document is focused on the second part of the series which is just the pitch deck itself.
2. This module discuss the Entrepreneurship Definition, Basic of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur As Organizer and Innovator, The Myth about Entrepreneurship, Functions of Entrepreneur, Types of Entrepreneur, Evolution of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Revolution, Characteristics of Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Vs Manager, Corporate Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Vs Intrapreneur, Entrepreneurial Decision process, Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development, Ethics and Social responsibility of Entrepreneurs, Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in India and Woman as Entrepreneur.
As a large company, your biggest (and often underutilized) resource is your employees. Every day, they are tackling both corporate and community problems with an innovative and solution-oriented mindset. These efforts can lead to new company practices, product ideas, or even startup company spin-outs, all of which can add diverse revenue streams to your overall portfolio. However, many companies lack the ability and knowledge to nurture the development of these innovations. In this unique co-presentation, learn how two corporate powerhouses – GoDaddy and Adobe – have applied the concept of intrapreneurship, from the two leaders spearheading their respective initiatives.
This presentation is the blueprint for building an incubator on a community college campus; the case study is the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) in Phoenix, Arizona. Topics include: how to acquire funding, internal support from college faculty and staff, and program best practices. (Presented at NACCE Conference, Tuesday, October 14, 2014, by Susie Pulido and Jeff Saville)
Knowledge Session on Startup Valuation: How does a Startup approach valuations? Best Practices, Models, Examples of good and bad valuations, etc. ELEVATE 100, an initiative of the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka aims to provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship platform for startups. The top 100 technology based startups chosen through a rigorous hunt across Karnataka State will tap into a whopping sum of Rs.400 Cr of Government funds. This is the largest pool of funds ever offered by any State Government to Startups.
A business incubator is a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space.
1.Indroduction
2.Various functions performed by business incubators
3.ANGEL INVESTOR
4.VENTURE CAPITAL
Business Plan, Business strategies, marketing plan, marketing strategies, sales plan, sales strategies, executive summary, competitors, small business plan, budget, forecast, business analysis, operations, personnel, mission, vision, jose cintron mba, mba4help.com
This is an evaluation sheet for a company pitch and can be used by investors or judges of pitch competitions. I used this regularly in first round meetings with companies as well. It is also a great resource for entrepreneurs to review to see if their pitch covers everything needed to sway an investor. This evaluation sheet is based on the "The 'Best' Startup Investor Pitch Deck": http://www.slideshare.net/Sky7777/the-best-startup-pitch-deck-how-to-present-to-angels-v-cs
Speaker: Don Duval, Vice President, Business Services, MaRS
Using a case study example, Don discusses the importance of understanding and refining your business model in order to grow your business and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Part of the MaRS CIBC Presents Entrepeneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
Gorilla Labs is a Venture builder (startup studio) designed to internalize ideation, rapidly iterate MVPs, and deploy accelerated go-to-market strategies for commercialization using Lean Startup methodology.
Co-founded by 2 INSEAD MBAs (Class of 2015)
Nikhil Jacob
Rubens Nigoghossian
More about venture builders:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/18/how-venture-builders-are-changing-the-startup-model/
What is a startup studio?
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/multimedia/interactives/2015/04/what-the-heck-is-a-startup-factory.html
Author's blog on experience in the Southeast Asia venture capital ecosystem
http://theventurevault.com/
Know how venture capitalists value your deal....understand how they are compensated...see what creates value and how investors assess your "risk factors."
A great slide show presentation that provides solid answers to many of these essential questions Check out mikeklein2010.wordpress.com
[Note: This is a partial preview. To download this presentation, visit:
https://www.oeconsulting.com.sg/training-presentations]
The words "vision," "mission," "purpose" and "values," can hold very different meanings to different people. It is important that each organization must clarify what each term means. The priority is to have agreement among the people involved. When they are actually used in the way they were intended, vision, mission, purpose and values become powerful driving forces for building, running and growing your organization.
This presentation is ideal for setting the stage for a strategic planning workshop for organizational leaders and key employees. It also serves as useful material for the orientation of new hires, interns and temporary staff. Examples of vision and mission statements and core values from twenty successful organizations are included.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Acquire knowledge on the meanings of vision, mission and values
2. Understand the roles of vision, mission and values in strategy formulation
3. Review examples of the vision, mission and core values of successful organizations
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Vision
3. Mission
4. Core Values
5. Examples
This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of raising capital for venture builders, startup studios. Compared to raising capital for a single startup, the fundraising process is more challenging. Because you are raising money for an organization that will be active participant in building up an entire batch or batches of startups. So you have to show to your investors that you have:
+ A studio leadership team with the power to build an entire portfolio of ventures;
+ The right financial-organizational structure that matches the goals;
+ A coherent vision and venture building thesis;
+ Viability of your approach supported by benchmarks;
+ Strong portfolio of startups and ideas in your pipeline.
This presentation will help you understand the basics of how to build up your fundraising approach.
If you need more help, reach out and I will guide you in:
+ Structuring your venture builder and fundraising strategy;
+ Assess your current material and identify gaps and risks;
+ Preparing for a successful investor meeting;
Attila Szigeti
https://www.attilaszigeti.com/
A simple investor pitch deck template with examples designed to simplify the process for entrepreneurs develop their investor pitch deck's quickly and easily.
This is part of a series of presentations:
1. One pager
2. 12–15 slide pitch deck
3. 50–60 back-up slides
4. Due diligence
This document is focused on the second part of the series which is just the pitch deck itself.
2. This module discuss the Entrepreneurship Definition, Basic of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur As Organizer and Innovator, The Myth about Entrepreneurship, Functions of Entrepreneur, Types of Entrepreneur, Evolution of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Revolution, Characteristics of Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Vs Manager, Corporate Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Vs Intrapreneur, Entrepreneurial Decision process, Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development, Ethics and Social responsibility of Entrepreneurs, Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in India and Woman as Entrepreneur.
As a large company, your biggest (and often underutilized) resource is your employees. Every day, they are tackling both corporate and community problems with an innovative and solution-oriented mindset. These efforts can lead to new company practices, product ideas, or even startup company spin-outs, all of which can add diverse revenue streams to your overall portfolio. However, many companies lack the ability and knowledge to nurture the development of these innovations. In this unique co-presentation, learn how two corporate powerhouses – GoDaddy and Adobe – have applied the concept of intrapreneurship, from the two leaders spearheading their respective initiatives.
This presentation is the blueprint for building an incubator on a community college campus; the case study is the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) in Phoenix, Arizona. Topics include: how to acquire funding, internal support from college faculty and staff, and program best practices. (Presented at NACCE Conference, Tuesday, October 14, 2014, by Susie Pulido and Jeff Saville)
Dutch Design Workspace is a Dutch government funded incubator program that provides support to Dutch design firms setting up in China with two important elements; a plug and play shared office space and a special support program. The aim of Dutch Design Workspace is to create a bigger business momentum by having designers from different disciplines work together for an exchange of knowledge/expertise and to provide the much needed guidance for beginning or expanding companies/designers in China.
It’s broadly accepted that Business Incubators can increase survival rates of startups dramatically. Claritaz Business Incubator (CBI) provides support and all form of infrastructure to small business that are just starting out. We also provide a conducive environment for business ideas to be conceived.
http://www.claritaz.com/Business-Incubation.html
Proposal for a Tech Incubator in Peel RegionIT Club GTA
Bjoern Kingsley and Jason Lavigne are proposing developing a 6,500 square foot ICT Business Incubator offering the Region of Peel services including: business incubation and acceleration; public-private funding and collaboration in the areas of business and technology development, research and education; mentorship and coaching for entrepreneurs; focus programs for female tech entrepreneurs and foreign investors, businesses and talent.
These slides share the author's experience while leading multiple Captive R&D/ Technology organizations in India. Some of these contents are part of a business case study.
The "digital enterprise" may seem like a fuzzy marketing concept, but the impact to most IT organizations is clear: apply software innovation to drive deeper engagement with customers and front-line employees.
This transformation requires connecting innovation teams with core IT through lean startup disciplines, visionary leadership, lean analysis, agile architecture, agile development, lean data management and DevOps.
This presentation was given as part of a two-day course for Economic Development Professionals sponsored by the Ohio Economic Development Association and focuses on entrepreneurial approaches to economic development and highlights the success we are having with the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center.
How to Accelerate Growth, Innovation, and High Performance for CPAs, Account...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
The # 1 challenge facing CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals is 'not enough time' who creates the equivalent of a gravitational pull of the past when it comes to changing their mindsets and thinking. How will we go from a historical perspective to a more future-focused, from rearview mirror to windshield and from being reactive to proactive?
Our latest research from the Business Learning Institute sows the critical competencies that will make a difference have not changed in the past seven years. What has changed is the gravitational pull has gotten worse as we enter what Josh Bersin calls the age of the 'overwhelmed employee'.
What we need is a new approach to learning these critical competencies. A blended approach that uses nano-learning nuggets (very short 2-3 minute single-concept videos), rapid application templates to apply each concept to the business, and a series of job aids and performance support tools to turn the learning into immediate on the job application. This is our award-winning Anticipatory Organization learning system by Burrus Research. In about one third of the time as traditional CPE, CPAs and accounting and finance professionals can learn the critical competencies of:
Anticipation; Strategic Thinking; External Awareness; Vision; Continuous Learning; Innovation ;Creativity; Problem Solving; Prioritization; Business Acumen; Decisiveness; Influencing/Persuading; Emotional Intelligence; Consensus Building; Collaboration; Inspiration; Risk Management; and Communication.
The Anticipatory Organization can support an entire cultural shift for an organization or team with the added implementation guide and collaboration tools. See more at http://www.blionline.org/ao
Our new MBA Express is another option to create or add a series of critical success skills to your technical training portfolio in on-site, on-line and on-demand learning formats. http://blionline.org/featured/8-hour-mba/
We believe we need new approaches and new tools to break the pull of the past and the inertia from 'overwhelmed employees'. These exciting new learning formats are one step in this direction.
Accounting Today Editor, Daniel Hood said this after selecting the Anticipatory Organization as a Top Product for 2016 in the Learning Category, “Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.”
How to define my market and target group? KICK- Impact Hub BelgradeImpact Hub Belgrade
6 weeks of online and offline support focusing on product-market-fit and business model validation. It is for all those who turn their ideas into prototype; launch their produce/service and optimize their business model preparing for scale. More at launchpad.rs/kick
How to define my market and target group? KICK- Impact Hub BelgradeNina Zivkovic
6 weeks of online and offline support focusing on product-market-fit and business model validation. It is for all those who turn their ideas into prototype; launch their produce/service and optimize their business model preparing for scale. More at launchpad.rs/kick
The entrepreneurial culture and the competitive commercial ecosystem in Dubai act as a magnet for ambitious industrialists and enterprises all over the world. The government and other superior authorities of Dubai focus on introducing programs and initiatives that firmly place the Emirate as an international hub for innovation. One such initiative is the business startup accelerators in Dubai that enable start-ups and small businesses to scale up and gain access to new markets. With so many development programs in the UAE, it may be a wonder what purpose these business accelerators hold. Shuraa experts can explain the concept of these incubators and help you determine the one suited for your business.
Many Asian creative firms are good at working hard for their clients but are weak at evolving their own business models. I shared our insights with Singapore creative firms from Architecture, Interior and Landscape on the 16th Sept at the National Design Centre of Singapore on how they can redesign their business models to sustain global expansion. Finally as a member of DBCS Business Connect, I shared ideas on how we can enhance collaboration among us.
Presented by Nate Curran and Greg Bullock of the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), this presentation is the definitive resource for entrepreneurs and startups who want to know more about business incubators, accelerators and coworking spaces. It shares the differences and similarities as well as answers questions such as "how do I know what is right for my business" and "how do I maximize my experience." Download the full kit at http://info.ceigateway.com/phxsw2016.
2015 has been a transformational year for the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) business incubator in Phoenix, Arizona. We added a slew of new wins - both for our startups as well as our program, and here are a few of our favorites.
The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) is a leading business incubator in Phoenix, Arizona, providing services and support to tech entrepreneurs in the region. This presentation, from Susie Pulido of the Maricopa Corporate College, will showcase how to build a incubation program and facility that offers relevance for startup companies for optimal impact and also diversified revenue streams for sustainability. *Note: This presentation was first given at the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) 2015 Annual Conference in Houston, Texas; October 2015.
Famous entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Sara Blakely (Spanx) and Steve Jobs (Apple) have endured their fair share of terrifying startup moments on their way to building successful companies. These are their horror stories, and most importantly the lessons they took away from them.
Business incubators have been supporting startups for more than half a century. From northern Arizona to Phoenix to Tucson, read what entrepreneurs throughout the state have to say about how important their incubators were to the growth of their businesses.
Historically, business incubators and accelerators have been successful supporting startup companies worldwide and facilitating their long-term sustainability. Here are eight AMAZING facts you may not have known about these vital small business and entrepreneurial resources.
No startup business experiences the same journey to success, but there are general stages that most companies move through as they grow:
1) Validation
2) Product Development
3) Commercialization
4) Scale/Growth
The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) helps its clients through these stages of business development and offers best practices for each stage. Represented by an amazing lineup of speakers, including Hart Shafer (Innovation Coach / Founder, Theraspecs), Eric Miller (Principal, PADT Inc.), Nate Curran (Entrepreneur-in-Residence, CEI) and Russ Yelton (CEO, Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, "The Startup Lifecycle" presentation offers unique insights and best practices for entrepreneurs growing their business.
An effective pitch presentation can be the difference between securing investment and/or support for your startup. Download our slide presentation, "Build a Better Pitch Deck," and gain insight on what content to include in your slides and how to design them for the most impact. This information is aggregated from leading entrepreneurship and investor sources both in Arizona and throughout the nation.
An incredibly powerful and often underutilized resource within business incubation community is the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Deploying an SBDC analyst with a strong technical education/background as an onsite business counselor in an incubator as well as the development of a jointly-operated student incubator presents a tremendous opportunity to amplify both programs.
This presentation offers insight on how to maximize the impact of both a business incubation program and a Small Business Development Center by establishing a robust partnership between the organizations that benefits of the business and entrepreneurial community.
Presented at the NACCE Conference, Tuesday, October 14, 2014, by Nancy Sanders and Greg Bullock
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Explore Tradeasia’s brochure for eco-friendly textile chemicals. Enhance your textile production with high-quality, sustainable solutions for superior fabric quality.
When listening about building new Ventures, Marketplaces ideas are something very frequent. On this session we will discuss reasons why you should stay away from it :P , by sharing real stories and misconceptions around them. If you still insist to go for it however, you will at least get an idea of the important and critical strategies to optimize for success like Product, Business Development & Marketing, Operations :)
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What You're Going to Learn
- How These 4 Leaks Force You To Work Longer And Harder in order to grow your income… improve just one of these and the impact could be life changing.
- How to SHUT DOWN the revolving door of Income Stagnation… you know, where new sales come into your magazine while at the same time existing sponsors exit.
- How to transform your magazine business by fixing the 4 “DON’Ts”...
#1 LEADS Don’t Book
#2 PROSPECTS Don’t Show
#3 PROSPECTS Don’t Buy
#4 CLIENTS Don’t Stay
- How to identify which leak to fix first so you get the biggest bang for your income.
- Get actionable strategies you can use right away to improve your bookings, sales and retention.
2. JASPER WELCH
Co-Founder, DurangoSpace
EiR – SCAPE – Durango, CO
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
ABOUT US
JEFF SAVILLE
Executive Director,
Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation
3. STAYING RELEVANT
NBIA members worldwide
are rethinking their business
incubation models to
become…
Founder-focused, with flexible space
& creative entrepreneurial programs
that reach across traditional
boundaries & locations…
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
4. Last Practices:
Facilities-Focused, Rigid Leases, Formal Application
Process, Business Plan Requirement, Limited
Programs, Isolated Locations (less connected)
Best Practices (NBIA Research):
A) The Business Incubator (in a community and
region) aspires to have a positive impact on economic
health by maximizing the success of startup and
emerging companies
B) Business incubator itself is a dynamic, sustainable
and efficient operation
Next Practices:
Founder & Entrepreneur-focused, Flexible Space and
Outreach Programs, Business Modeling,
Entrepreneurial Hub, Creative, Strategic Partnering
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
HYBRID INCUBATION MODELS
last, best & next practices
5. Pre-Incubation:
Coworking, Business Plan Competitions, Startup
Weekends, Accelerators (short term), NxLevel,
Makers Space, Ignite Events,
Business Incubation:
Place-Based Innovation, Dedicated Space &
Programming for Start-Ups with Mentors,
Milestones & Graduation
Launching Companies:
Economic Gardening, Targeted Cluster
Strategies, Competitive Intel, Equity Investment,
100K SF Coworking Communities,
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
YOUR ENTRE-ECOSYSTEM
what does it look like?
TECHColumbus
SCAPE-DurangoSpace
6. TRENDS & OPPORTUNITIES
emerge from change & transition
Emerging models: Mega-
coworking communities that are
curated and focused on tech
startups and ecosystems…
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado Atlanta Tech Village
7. TECHCOLUMBUS
NBIA member TECHColumbus
functions as entrepreneurial
hub – more open, less walls,
company-focused, space is
secondary
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado TECHColumbus
8. HOW DOES WORKPLACE
CHANGE IMPACT INCUBATION
Less rigid work space, more
shared space, freelancers &
entrepreneurs, cross functional
teams, mobility over fixed
location - Hybrid Incubation
Models are adapting to this
workplace reality!
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
9. NONTRADITIONAL OFFICES
Surprising Statistics:
40% of the workforce will be freelancers, temps,
independent contractors or solo-preneurs by 2020
Top FORTUNE companies (CISCO, eBay, Yahoo,
etc.) reported that at least 20% of their employees
telecommute regularly – approx 50 million full or part
time employees (all businesses) in US marketplace
Telecommuting grew by nearly 80% since 2005
Number of co-working spaces worldwide has
doubled every year between 2006-2012
Source:
http://globalworkplaceanalytics.com/telecommuting-
statistics
2015 International NBIA Conference, Denver, Colorado
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Pre-Incubation tools and programs are
diverse & expanding –
Accelerators, Start Up Weekends, Business
Plan competitions, Venture Madness
Business plans are optional; being replaced
by “lean startup” models
Bricks & mortar business incubation needs
to be founder-focused with facility support
Business Incubation TRENDS
Impacting incubation and Entrepreneurial support organizations
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Virtual teams: Working across space, time
and organizational boundaries
New Entrepreneur Support
Organizations (ESO’s) in marketplace
Workplace changes: Emergence of the
“work anywhere platform”
Business Startups can emerge from
anywhere, with or without incubation
Entrepreneurial TRENDS
Impacting incubation and Entrepreneurial support organizations
12. INCUBATION GONE GLOBAL
Regional ecosystems are being
analyzed (by incubators, municipalities,
economic development organizations)
and best practices are being integrated
into and adopted by international
communities.
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City of Phoenix hosts Mexican
entrepreneurial delegation
13. Large international corporations, such
as Adobe, are looking to nurture the
innovations and ideas of their own
employees.
Partnership opportunities exist to form
internal “incubators” within these corporations
to provide resources and help develop new
businesses from these innovations.
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CORPORATE INCUBATION
Corporations looking to capture & nurture innovation
14. Founder-focused: It’s all about the founders, entrepreneurs and
management teams!
Flexible Space: Coworking, Coffee Shops (on-location), Flex
Workspace, Conference Space, Private Reserved Space. FF&E-
Focused on Startups
External (Outreach) Programs: ESO’s reaching out to entrepreneurs!
Business Modeling: Lean Startup, Business Model Generation Canvas
Entrepreneurial Hub: ESO’s as center of entrepreneurial activities
Strategic Partnerships: Across ecosystems, across programs, private/
public partnerships,
Creative Approach: Coaching the ecosystem & ESO’s to stay relevant!
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HYBRID MODELS & INNOVATION
founder-focused, lean startup, flexible space
15. CEI LEADING THE WAY
for innovation in Arizona
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WHERE TRADITIONAL BUSINESS INCUBATION
MEETS NEW & INNOVATIVE SUPPORT FOR
ENTREPRENEURS
Incubation Best & Next Practices (mentors, onsite
business development assistance, partnerships)
+-Unique pre-incubation / orientation process
-Competitive Intelligence services
-Rapid Prototyping capabilities
-Onsite medical device maker space
-Wet labs with sophisticated biotech equipment
17. ARIZONA RISING
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Innovative Focus Areas: Seed Spot (social), City of Phoenix
Resource Innovation Campus (trash incubator)
Co-Working = Transitional Space: DeskHub, MOD have
more “corporate” feel for on-the-go professionals and growing
companies; CO+HOOTS emphasizes collaboration and
creativity
Growth of Maker Spaces: TechShop Chandler, 11th Monk3y,
HeatSync Labs, several more to open in 2015; product
development meets business opportunity
University Hybridization: ASU has Edson, Furnace,
TechShop and public library co-working spaces (Hive)
Entrepreneurial “Glue:” Arizona Commerce Authority,
GPEC, City of Phoenix connect ecosystem and offer funding
and grant opportunities to nurture innovation and
collaboration
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Incubation programs are becoming
complementary to one another to
provide support for start-ups at different
stages of business growth…
High School Programs
Collegiate Incubation
Validation / Early-Stage
Commercialization
Hyper-Growth
INCUBATORS-STARTUP FIT
a startup can go through multiple programs
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Many incubation programs feature direct
equity investment or seed funding for
portfolio companies, previously an
accelerator feature.
Regardless, investors often use incubators
as part of the validation and due diligence
process; programs must establish strong
relations with local angel & VC groups
INVESTING IN STARTUPS
it is no longer for accelerators, business incubation in the action!
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WHY CONSIDER A HYBRID MODEL
FOR YOUR PROGRAM?
Diversified revenue streams
New partnership opportunities
Maintain relevant services for
entrepreneurs
Support start-ups at all stages and
industries to grow interconnected
ecosystems
NEW FORMS OF INCUBATION
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Assess market / ecosystem strengths and weakness
• Develop a list of current and anticipated future
resource needs of local entrepreneurs
• Identify strengths and gaps of existing programs to
determine joint partnership opportunities that can
address those needs
Analyze the services and business models of national &
international programs
• PRACTICAL programs that share similar focus areas
and/or mission
• INSPRATIONAL programs that you want to emulate
Explore grant opportunities to grow services and/or
establish new offerings that target specific groups (i.e.
women, technology, legal services programs, etc.)
• Economic Development Administration (EDA)
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• NACCE / Coleman Foundation
• Local municipalities
THE ALL-IMPORTANT “HOW”