Working with Clusters for a Global Approach to
Creative Entrepreneurship
Lucia Seel,
Lucia Seel International Consulting,
Austria
Parallel Session 3.4: Successful Internationalization Strategies – Part 2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
FOR CREATIVE
ENTREPRENEURS

CREATIVE BUSINESS CUP IS
• A global competition for
entrepreneurs from the
creative industries
• Networking Forum and
Exhibition for investors and
creative entrepreneurs
• CBC Connect, an online
platform for match-making,
investors, experts and
competence building
• Investor Forum and future
funding scheme for
investment opportunities in
the creative industries

PART OF GLOBAL
ENTREPRENEURSHI
P WEEK
“There are, this week, over 35.000
events happening in 140 countries.
There are about five that are marqued
premier events, and this is one of
them.”
Thom Ruhe, Vice President of Entrepreneurship,
Kauffman Foundation, USA

STRONG INTEGRATION IN
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES 2014 (56)

WHAT DID CBC 2014 LOOK LIKE?
16
Judges
56 700
Guests
28
Partners
1
Crown
Prince
4.000
Start-ups
40
Investors
2
Ministers
50
Start-up
teams
150.000
USD
Prizes
42
Speakers
17
Workshops
and events
3rd
Edition
500.000
Social m.
reach
100
Danish
Media

Celebration and good times
Networking with entrepreneurs
from around the world
Spotlight on the most talented
creative entrepreneurs
Social media
activities
Market place

Investor pitches
Board of investors from all
over Europe
Improve access to finance
for creative
entrepreneurs
One-on-one meetings with
investors

CBC IN-DEVELOPMENT

POCKETSKY
(AUSTRIA)
PocketSky provides such blue
light in the world’s smallest
device. A wearable, ultra light bow
just 4mm wide delivers the light
of a clear blue summer sky to
your eyes. PocketSky is a thin,
lightweight and stylish lifestyle
product, which you can use cable
free with maximum comfort.
GIGI BLOKS
(LATVIA)
GIGI BLOKS is a new toy
consisting of oversized building
blocks that are big enough for
kids to build their own real size
house. Theseeasy to connect,
noiseless, safely lightweight
blocks are made of eco-friendly
and durable cardboard.
PROFESSOR WHY
(POLAND)
Professor Why is an interactive
computer game teaching science.
The educational game helps
teenagers understand a
complicated world of chemistry
and lets them carry out their own
chemical experiments in a safe
way in a virtual laboratory using
Augmented Reality.
WINNERS 2014
2nd 3rd1st

INITIATIVES IN 2015 – EBAN AND CBC
ACADEMY
EBAN (European Business Angels Network)
Winter University will be held together with
Creative Business Cup in 2015 and will
attract more than 300 European Business
Angels to Copenhagen in November. This will
make it even more attractive for start-ups to
join as well.

INTERACTION WITH CREATIVE
CLUSTERS
National level
(host)
Regional
level
International
level
Cluster
s
CBC

FROM PLATFORM TO PLATFORM
CBC ECCP
• ECCP - European Cluster Collaboration
Platform - supporting cluster internationalisation,
especially with third countries through
• A totally new cluster hub portal (available from
early 2016)
• Several match-making missions during 2016-
2017. More info: www.clustercollaboration.eu

MORE
• Watch our video on
https://vimeo.com/88989456
• Lucia Seel on behalf of CBC (ph. +43 660
5619056, lucia@luciaseel.eu)
• CBC Founder/CEO: Rasmus Wiinstedt
Tscherning (ph. +45 2840 4668,rwt@cko.dk)

See you in Copenhagen, November 16 - 18, 2015
www.creativebusinesscup.com