1. 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

2. “the MENU”
ABOUT US
“WHAT” WE DO
• to involve businesses in the Incubation PROCESS
MESURE MENT of RESULTS of the process
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3. “the MENU”
ABOUT US
 What is our Techno Park with the
Incubator?
 Where is our Techno Park with the
Incubator?
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4. ABOUT US: what is it?
508
59
ICT
ROBOTICS
GREENTECH
MICROELECTRONICS
27,2M
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5. ABOUT US: where is it?
……. AND FROM2003
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6. ABOUT US
our INCUBATOR
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7. ABOUT US
our INCUBATOR
89
47
38
Applications
Admitted start up companies
Graduated companies
But….the round table purpose is…
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8. “involving business in the incubation
process”
ABOUT US
“WHAT” WE DO
• to involve businesses in the incubation process
MESURE THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESS
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9. ..”when” do we start the process?
 entry criteria (indirectly)
 pre-incubation phase
 Incubator is part of the TP
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10. WHICH ARE OUR ENTRY process
..”when” we start the CRITERIA?
INTEGRATION
WITH THE PARK
SECTOR ACTIVITY
PRODUCT READY
TO THE MARKET
INNOVATIVE IDEA
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11. PRE-INCUBATION PHASE
INCUBATOR
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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12. PRE-INCUBATION PHASE
INCUBATOR
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
(EG: BRAZIL)
Regional Innovation
network
(ICT, electronics,
robotics, greentech)
+ 600 SMEs
UNI.PI,
CNR,
Sant’Anna,
Normale
University
SMEs
SMEs
SMEs
TECHNO PARK
SMEs
SMEs
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13. 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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14. “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
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15. “the MENU”
ABOUT US
“WHAT” WE DO
• to involve businesses in the Incubation
MESURE the RESULTS OF THE PROCESS
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16. HOW DO WE MESURE RESULTS?
74 in-house
THROUGHOUT an
annual Report
Techno Park
Incubator
SMEs
To monitor trends of our
companies in terms of:
225 external
collaboration
Researches
Centres
 ECONOMICS
 PATENTS
 COLLABORATION
 FUNDS
70 collaboration
with the Researches
Centres
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17. HOW DO WE MESURE RESULTS?
Year 2012
74 in-house
74 In house collaboration
86% businesses
14% R&D
Techno Park
Incubator
n.15 new products
n. 9 new services
n. 3 new processes
SMEs
225 external collaboration
80% businesses
20% R&D
n. 41 new products
n. 11 new services
n. 32 new processes
225 external
collaboration
Researches
Centres
70 Collaboration with Researches
Centres
30 with Tuscany Researches Centres
23 with Italian University
17 with International University
70 collaboration
with the Researches
Centres
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18. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incubatore-dImpresa-PoloTecnologico-di-Navacchio
https://twitter.com/IncubatorePolo
www.incubatoreimpresa.it;www.polotecnologico.it
http://www.slideshare.net/IncubatoreStart-up
Monica Forconi Incubator coordinator
+39 050 754702
forconi@polotecnologico.it
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