Over the next 2 years the Partnership will build an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange (EIX) – an innovative and highly focused business support platform that will enable its partners to:
• Exchange know-how, expertise and better practice in leading-edge incubation
• Learn about innovative coaching tools and methodologies that are proven to accelerate start-up growth globally
• Experiment with new models for seed funds attached to incubators and clusters
Through the EIX the ACHIEVE MORE Partnership will deliver a practical means of enhancing early stage business support, with partners getting access to a continuous process of improvement that will place them in a leadership position in the EU in incubation and cluster management.
The Partnership will also provide access to tested business acceleration tools, which meet strategic and practical needs to understand and support a start-up product development, discovery of profitable markets, building core team capabilities and assessing investment readiness.
The Partnership membership is by invitation only, and is designed to deliver benefits to:
• Business and technology incubator managers, coaches and mentors
• Cluster managers and their members
• Entrepreneurs
• Early stage investors
To enquire about joining the ACHIEVE MORE Partnership contact Natalia Blagburn at Finance Tree on n.blagburn@financetree.biz
The EIX will be launched on the 21 November 2008 in Bristol, UK. To find out more and to register, contact Faye Busby at the UKBI on f.busby@ukbi.co.uk
The ACHIEVE MORE Delivery partners
St John’s Innovation Centre
EuConnect Ltd
EB
Innovationsbron
Finance Tree
UKBI
Institute for Work & Technology
Gate Garchinger
CERAM Sophia Antipolis Business School
