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Building start up Communities: Thessaloniki Experience
Workshop on Start-ups and Technology Transfer in Innovation Ecosystems in South-East Europe and the Alpine Region
Ljubljana 15-16 November
By
Dr Paris Kokorotsikos, i4g Incubation Systems
Euroconsultants S.A. International Hellenic University
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Entrepreneurial Start up Ecosystems – Ranking 2017
Entrepreneurial Start up Ecosystems – Ranking 2015
Tangible and Intangible structural elements of the Start up Ecosystem
Business incubation
Business pre-incubators
Business incubators, Co working spaces
Accelerators
Risk capital sources
Bootstrapping
3F – Friends, Family and Fools
Small business centers
Crowd funding
Institutional Partners
Universities spin off – entrepreneurship schemes
Innovation centers
Clusters – Technopoles
Science and technology parks
Analysis of Regional Industry Dynamics and RTD Excellence
i4G THERMI, CERTH,
TECHNOPOLIS Incubator
Thessaloniki Science and Technology
Park Technopolis
ICT Park
Innovation Zone area Additional
STP nucleus
Expansion in Greece
International (USA and N.
Europe)
Alexander Innovation Zone of Thessaloniki
Prof of Concept
Fund Startup Fund
Chambers of commerce / Business Associations
Region of Central Macedonia
Regional
Preincubators
Municipality of Thessaloniki
7 Prefectures
University
Preincubators
Business Plan Competitions
5 Universities
and One International
level Research Center
Business Plan Competitions
Current Ecosystem for Innovation Entrepreneurship of Thessaloniki
START UPS
BIG COMPANIES
Out put growing continuously based on increased inflow
Start Up survey in Thessaloniki
Incentive for start up creation for start up partners
Engagement at support Mechanism at any stage by start ups
• Application of own idea • Recognition of market opportunity • Own job creation • Improvement of fin situation • Partnership context • Other
87% 70%
37,5%25%
22,5% 7,5%
• Incubator • Accelerator • Innovation Center • University • Co working space • Pre incubator • STP
60% 37%
25,7% 17%
14,3% 8,7%
3%
Finance methods employmen by start ups Level of Education at the partnership of start ups
• Own funds / bootstrapping • Friends and family • Risk / Vc capital • Big Business • Government programmes • Banking • Crowd funding
75% 37% 25%
20,8% 8,3% 4,2% 4,1%
• MSc
• BSc • PhD
• No graduates
74,3%
35,9%
17,9%
<5%
56.41%
12.82%
23.08%
25.64%
48.72%
46.15%
10.26%
20.51%
5.13%
7.69%
43.59%
20.51%
12.82%
20.51%
5.13%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Finding funding
Target market information
Marketing/promotion
Business planning
Bureaucracy / State policy
Findind capable / properly trained human resources
Internal management problems
Legal support
Patent / Intellectual property issues
Acquiring technological equipment
Entering target market
Surviving in target market
Exports
Further expansion - growth
Other
% of surveyed startups
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Reported Issues encountered by Start ups and initiatives that could improve performance
Thessaloniki International Technology Center
The «Ecosystem» - from R&D to IPO
Contact
Contact Details
Kokorotsikos Paris
Address : 21, Antonis Tritsis Str., 570 01, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.: +30 2310 804008 Fax: +30 2310 804100
Web & Mail: www.euroconsultants.gr [email protected]