11° ANNUAL INCUBATION CONFERENCE & AWARDS
Best Practices in Science Based Incubation
“Involving businesess in the Incubation process”
IT sector
Coimbra, 26 November 2013
MONICA FORCONI
“the MENU”
ABOUT US
• to involve businesses in the Incubation PROCESS
“WHAT” WE DO
MESURE MENT of RESULTS of the process
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“the MENU”
ABOUT US
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What is our Techno Park with the Incubator?
Where is our Techno Park with the Incubator?
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ABOUT US: what is it?
ICT ROBOTICS GREENTECH MICROELECTRONICS
59 508
27,2M
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ABOUT US: where is it?
……. AND FROM2003
ABOUT US our INCUBATOR
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ABOUT US our INCUBATOR
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89
47
38
Applications
Admitted start up companies Graduated companies
But….the round table purpose is…
“involving business in the incubation
process”
ABOUT US
• to involve businesses in the incubation process
“WHAT” WE DO
MESURE THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESS
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..”when” do we start the process?
entry criteria (indirectly)
pre-incubation phase Incubator is part of the TP
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..”when” we start the process
INTEGRATION WITH THE PARK
SECTOR ACTIVITY
PRODUCT READY TO THE MARKET
INNOVATIVE IDEA
WHICH ARE OUR ENTRY CRITERIA?
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INCUBATOR
PRE-INCUBATION PHASE
ASSISTANCE to entrepreneurs defining their business idea
SUPPORT to entrepreneur writing business plan FACILITATE entrepreneur looking for professional partnership to complete the development of their product
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TECHNO PARK
Regional Innovation network
(ICT, electronics, robotics, greentech)
+ 600 SMEs
INCUBATOR
UNI.PI, CNR,
Sant’Anna, Normale
University
SMEs
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
(EG: BRAZIL)
PRE-INCUBATION PHASE
SMEs
SMEs
SMEs SMEs
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Incubator is part of the TP
entrepreneurship mentality Part of the TP staff work for TP and Incubator
(economies of scale)
after the Incubation period incubatees want to maintain relationship and, if possible, remain into the TP
continuous renewal of the offer coming from the TP
facilities such as meeting rooms, bar, canteen, nursery can facilitate the process
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“Involving businesses in the incubation process”
To summarize sharing experiences helps to growth faster access to the market is facilitated companies look for start ups to invest in that bring innovation to their business
The TP with the Incubator plays a central role in facilitation of networking
“the MENU”
ABOUT US
• to involve businesses in the Incubation
“WHAT” WE DO
MESURE the RESULTS OF THE PROCESS
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THROUGHOUT an
annual Report
To monitor trends of our companies in terms of:
ECONOMICS
PATENTS
COLLABORATION
FUNDS
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Researches Centres
SMEs
Techno Park Incubator
74 in-house
225 external collaboration
70 collaboration with the Researches Centres
HOW DO WE MESURE RESULTS?
Year 2012
74 In house collaboration 86% businesses n.15 new products
14% R&D n. 9 new services
n. 3 new processes
225 external collaboration 80% businesses n. 41 new products
20% R&D n. 11 new services
n. 32 new processes
70 Collaboration with Researches Centres
30 with Tuscany Researches Centres
23 with Italian University
17 with International University
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Researches Centres
SMEs
Techno Park Incubator
74 in-house
225 external collaboration
70 collaboration with the Researches Centres
HOW DO WE MESURE RESULTS?
www.incubatoreimpresa.it;www.polotecnologico.it
http://www.slideshare.net/IncubatoreStart-up
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Tecnologico-di-Navacchio
https://twitter.com/IncubatorePolo
Monica Forconi Incubator coordinator +39 050 754702 [email protected]