1. BUILDING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY IN
FINLAND - JAMK BUSINESS INCUBATOR
“Building the Entrepreneurial University” at
Stanford University 12-16 November 2012 by Juha
Perälampi, Manager of JAMK Business Incubator 1
27.11.2012

2. 1.PERSPECTIVE
• Our mission is to promote entrepreneurship,
innovations and entrepreneurial spirit among
students and staff
• Started off in 2007 with 6 teams per year, today over
60 and 100 applicants
• Primary method is coaching
• 2-24 months
• 3-60 ECTS, part of student’s academic
degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s)
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3. TARGET GROUPS
1. Existing entrepreneurs How to become a growth
oriented entrepreneur
2. Students, who have a business idea, innovation or
about to acquire or inherit a business  From a
business idea into a profitable business
3. Students, who are highly motivated
to become entrepreneurs in the
future but do not have a business idea
 Entrepreneurial springboard
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4. ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH PATH #1
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5. BUSINESS INCUBATOR RESULTS 2011
• Over 60 teams
• 16 new companies
• 12 existing companies
• 500 ECTS credits
• Total turnover during 2011 over 4 million dollars
• Internationalization: sales and procurement operations in
USA, Germany, Russia, China, Italy, Sweden, the
Netherlands, Ethiopia
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6. 2.OPPORTUNITY
• 10 % of students are entrepreneurs upon graduation in
all units
• More high-growth companies
• Closer cooperation with other local Universities and
service providers
• Commercialization of the Incubator concept
• Stanford and “Building the
Entrepreneurial University” networks
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7. GROWTH
COMPANIES
0,5-3 working days briefing
0,5 % 3-5 cr courses
3-60 cr courses
ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY
GROWING,
1% KNOWLEDGE BASED
3.SOLUTION
COMPANIES
STUDENT AND STAFF-BASED IDEAS,
PRE-INCUBATION
10 %
100 %
INTRAPRENEURSHIP – ATTITUDE, MOTIVATION AND
SKILLS
Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation courses
Jyväskylä Entrepreneurial Society
100 % 40 % 10 %

8. THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?
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9. CONTACT INFORMATION
Juha Perälampi
Manager, JAMK-Business Incubator
tel. +358 (0)41-534 3603
Email: juha.peralampi@jamk.fi
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Rajakatu 35, FI-40200 Jyväskylä, Finland
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