Pres E2B LAB INSME UNIDO 2006

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Progetto co-finanziato dal Ministero per le Attività Produttive Direzione Generale per il Coordinamento degli Incentivi alle Imprese “The role of university incubator…the E2B Lab experience” “Business Start-up and Access to Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and New Technology Based Firms” jointly organized by the INSME Association andUNIDO ITPO Italy and UNIDO ITPO Bahrain – ARCEIT Rome, November 30th – December 1st, 2006

Main points: 

Main points E2B Lab Profile and Mission The role of University in the Incubation Process Structure Specific Goals reached Our operative steps The First results Open Discussion

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E2B Lab® Profile E2B Lab® is an University Business Incubator; A pilot project supported by the Ministry of Industry; It was created in March 2004 by and within the ‘University of Rome Tor Vergata’, and specifically by the School of economics - Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS); E2B Lab is the first university Incubator that has been set up in Lazio

The University Role in Incubating Process: 

The University Role in Incubating Process University‘ business’ incubator as a ‘Pro-active’ actor. Try to facilitate the Enterprise creation as a tangible ‘gateway’ providing Managerial competence – Knowledge transfer and large portfolio of experiences Capabilities to work with Enterprise and research Labs Work experience for students in order to reduce the gap between the studying and Time to work ( stages - degree thesis – dissertation – Phd Thesis ect) Education programs able to develop managerial capabilities and specific Training as needed. Networking with regional actors (institutional and private) as one of the main priorities (the added value of synergies!)

Mission: 

Mission Support innovative start ups companies presenting high IT and/or Telecom component, localized in Lazio region. Strengthen the relationship between University, Firms and Institutions within the Latium region providing high level training on business.

E2B Lab - Structure : 

E2B Lab - Structure Scientific Commitee Advisory Commitee Cooperation and Partnership Steering Commitee External Enviroment

Structure 1/3: 

Structure 1/3 Scientific Committee, (chairman – Prof. Luigi Paganetto - Dean of the school of Economics) Six Full Professor of the University of Rome Tor Vergata; Advisory Committee, (coordinated by Prof. Angelo Airaghi) made up of 11 experts/top level managers belonging to the biggest corporations located in the area – they are particularly involved in the evaluation process. E2B Lab Directors (coordinated by Prof. Maurizio Decastri - Director, and Prof. Susanna Di Martino -Executive Director).

Structure 2/3: 

Structure 2/3 Steering Committee, (Chairman Prof. Giovanni Tria, Director of the Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS)) It is made up of: National and local institutions (Ministry of Productive Activities) Government agency (Ice) Regional Agencies (Sviluppo Lazio, Filas) Entrepreneurs association both at the national and local level (Confindustria, Federlazio, Unione industriali and young entrepreneur association) Sectorial Entrepreneurs Associations focusing on Innovation (Federcomin, Fita, Anie) Financial institutions (Bank Fondations) Others (Rome Expo Center, CESOS)

Structure 3/3: 

Structure 3/3 Cooperation and partnerships agreements with Provincia di Roma AsseForCamere; BIC Lazio; FILAS; Engineering Ingegneria Informatica; SAP Italia; Ericsson; IUSM; Gate 2 Growth; Newton;

Specific Goals: 

Specific Goals Support innovative start ups companies presenting high IT and/or Telecom component, localized in Lazio region;ie Scouting of potential ideas within the Latium region Evaluate the best ideas, supporting them with appropriate assistance for them to traduce idea into a Business Plan Select the 10 best Business Ideas and support them for the first 2 years (esp. advice in the projecting and the defining of the business plan; support in finding financial support; hosting in the University’s Business Lab). 10.000 Eu prize to the first 8 BIs. 1st call expired on June 30th, 2005 2nd call expired June 15th 2006

Preliminary results : 

Preliminary results 10.000 people reached by our call in 2005. - University, Reasearch centers, Professors, Researchers,Phd Students, Ba and Master students; Small and Medium Enterprise and new start ups ( last 6 month); Aspiring entrepreneur registed in data base provide by local istitutions as Univesity Job placement Desk, Provincia di Roma, Biclazio, Cambre of commerce 3000 visitors of the E2B Lab® Web site 1000 members of the virtual E2B Lab® Community 30 info points within the Latium Region

Our steps E2BLab® : 

Our steps E2BLab® SCOUTING ASSI- STANCE BP INCUBATION POST INCUBA TION ASSITANCE APPLICATION PRE- INCUBATION TRAINING 10.000 contact 1.000 Community E2B Lab membres 100 Idee di Business raccolte (BI) (8 months) 60 BI trasform in Project proposal 30 Project proposal (Entrepreneurships evaluation) (2 months) 20 BI Project proposal in Business Plan 10 Start up incubate (2 months) SWOT Analysis Managerial Consulting Incubation Action Plan (1-3 months) Market Place Networking 41 Seminar; 116 Hour of Training; 465 partcipants Incubation Process Managerial Consulting Networking activities Investor relation (9-18 mesi) Way out process (1-6 mesi) (Total 20 months)

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Firts results: assistance activities 250 Applications 114 Business Ideas Colletion of applications and first assistance focalise to enrich the Business Idea Proposal – welcome and 1to1 meeting 60 BIs as concrete project proposals assessed Support providing 1 to 1 meetings and advice in preparing documents 30 project proposals evaluated in detail Project proposals were evaluated under their entrepreneurship value 20 Business Plan BP format laid down by E2BLab, developed with E2Blab support 10 Start ups Support given to the start-ups in finding financial support; Management consulting; hosting in the University’s Business Lab.

Selection Process: 

Selection Process 1° STAGE: Competitive Screening of proposals 2° STAGE (2 steps) Interview and Pathfinder® test to assess entrepreneurial skills and verify technical feasibility Business Plan Assessment (6-72) 3° STAGE : Incubation

Selection ProcessFlow: 

BP Presentation Selection Process Flow On line Proposal Interrviews Business Planning Incubation of best BPs 1° STAGE 2° STAGE Business Plan Assessment Competitive Screening Assistance Final Choice 3° STAGE Consultancy & Pathfinder Entrepreneurs E2BLab Staff

Gender and age of BI proponents: 

Gender and age of BI proponents Analysis on 114 applicants

Level of studies: 

Level of studies Analysis on 114 applicants

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* Classi Ateco Start ups’ fields of work Analysis on 61 applicants (first call - session a)

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Contacts Direttore di Progetto - Prof. Maurizio Decastri Direttore Operativo - Prof. Susanna Di Martino E2B LAB – Economia Tor Vergata Business Lab CEIS – Facoltà di Economia Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” Via Columbia, 2 - 00133 Roma Tel.: 06 72595604 – 06 72595632 Fax: 06 23328215 Mail: info@e2blab.it http: www.e2blab.it Giulio Busulini - Coordinamento Organizzativo Giulio.busulini@e2blab.it Massimiliano Basciano – Selezione e Supporto Massimiliano.basciano@e2blab.it