This document promotes collaborative innovation among small businesses. It discusses providing support like collaborative workspaces, mentorship, and funding to help small businesses jointly develop products, processes, and business practices. Successful collaborations highlighted include a winery and brewery teaming up with local farmers, and a 3D printing company working with medical researchers to create a new back brace. The goal is to foster innovative solutions through matching small businesses and assessing ideas based on innovation level, market potential, team strength, and financial feasibility.

1. PROMOTING COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION BY AND FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

2. Collaborative Innovation:
The collaborative effort of small businesses
to make substantial improvements towards
products, processes and business conduct
in cross and intra-sectors.

3. PROMOTION
• Collaborative
work spaces
• Acceleration
program
• Mentorship
• Direct
matching cash
support
• Alternative
financing
• Access to
investors
• Support
through
implementation

4. COLLABORATIVE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
Degree of innovativeness
Market potential
Strength of the implementation team
Financial capacity

5. WELCOME TO THE TEAM
Dumitru Vasilescu
Coordinator
Sigitas Brazinskas
Innovative marketing Mentor
Hrvoje Mestric
M&E Mentor
Boris Golob
Business innovation Mentor
Otilia Vlasov
Communication and PR Mentor
Iraklis Agiovlasitis
Alternative financing Mentor

6. SUCCESS STORIES
• Applying ICT for prevention and treatment
of heart diseases
• Collaborative development of new products
(e.g. creative industries)
• Dr. Pepper and Bonne Bell Lip
Smackers chapstick create the first soda
flavored chap stick
• 3D printing company and medical
researchers team up to create a new
back brace for scoliosis
• Collaborative development of new services
• Farm to table: Restaurant and small
farm
• Farm to glass to brewery: Local winery
buys local grapes and teams together
with a brewery to create an innovative
restaurant
• Drone technology meets crop monitoring
to improve the global food supply

7. Coolege Vitamine “Fresh Cut” Initiative

8. Farm to Table Collaboration
“The nation’s fiscal health is dependent upon the health
of the next generation. When we consider the cost of
inaction in a matter of national security, lives are at
stake.” Debra Eschmeyer, Co-Founder of Food Corps
Manresa and Love Apple Farm

9. Creating partnerships at every
stage in product development.
The Old 502 Winery, Falls City Brewery, and local farmers

10. Drone Technology meets crop monitoring to improve the global food supply.
Valmie Resources Inc. and Monitoreo Especializado Agricola de Jalisco SA

11. 3D Systems and Children’s Hospital Oakland

12. “The best partnerships
aren't dependent on a
mere common goal but
on a shared path of
equality, desire, and no
small amount of passion.”
Sarah MacLean
Bonne Bell & Dr Pepper

13. Create your own success stories
with our support.