This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.
Open, inclusive, beginner startup events (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)
Creative Business Cup / Agrochallenge / Betapitch / Barleti Startup
Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc)
Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire, like 1 Million Cups, Startup Grind, Startup Founder 101, etc).
Resources for teaming up. (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)
Hackathons & resources to build. (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)
In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.
Law firms & banks for startups
Co-working and flexible workspaces
Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups.
Incubators and advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources for startup TEAMS, Startup Next, etc)
Establishment and Support of the Network of business incubators and accelerators, innovation centers and laboratories, co-working spaces, technological poles and creative areas in cities and universities.
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Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.
Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale
Growth accelerators/consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
Connect professional investors with founders. (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors)
Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)
Show local startups for investment (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment)
It is necessary to have an interaction between all public and private actors to mobilize and explore all possible domestic and foreign opportunities and potentials in terms of financing through grants, capital, funds, investments, loans, etc. e new ventures in the fields of creative industries, innovation and new technologies
The eight key elements and offerings that characterize and represent these ecosystems in support of new ventures are:
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Creating a positive national atmosphere where entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation are widely accepted as generators of socio – economic – cultural sectors and locomotives for a sustainable, integrated and inclusive development.
Mainstream local business press. (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion local businesses)
The Global Startup Ecosystem Report Cleantech Edition
Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017
Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2018
The Global Startup Ecosystem Report GSER 2021
Startup Genome Report
Startup Genome Report Extra on Premature Scaling
