COMPARING START-UP MODELS RUSSIA AND UK Stages

COMPARING START-UP MODELS: RUSSIA AND UK

Stages Manchester London St. Petersburg

Support Sberbank Resources • Money (Franchising) • Knowledge Centre for entrepreneurship • Knowledge «Ingria» • Mentoring • Networking «Zona Space» • Advice for advice RUSSIAN WAY

Saint-Petersburg Sberbank Centre of business development Trainings Lectures Workshops Mortgage based loans Bank loans Franchising programs for start ups

Saint-Petersburg Сentre for entrepreneurship Russia Directions üRaising money for entrepreneurs üBuilding entrepreneurial culture üTraining programs Partners üE&Y üCentre for entrepreneurship and executive development üInternational Business Leaders Forum

Saint-Petersburg Business incubator «Ingria » Platform for creating new IT business Creating business plan Market research Special events Competitions for young IT specialists 48 hours workshop «From idea to prototype» Pitching Hack. Day

Saint-Petersburg “Zone Space” Co-working centre for launched businesses and start ups Networking Mutual beneficial cooperation Mentoring One-to-one business advice

Stages Manchester London St. Petersburg

Support Cambridge London school of Business and Finance University of East London Manchester Metropolitan University Accelerator Resources • Mentoring(alumni) • Certificate • Skills • Place • Management -promotion • HUB • Support • Peer-to-peer British Library BRITISH WAY

London Cambridge centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Entrepreneurial ecosystem “Cambridge entrepreneurial cluster” Cambridge cooperation Investor community (business angels, venture capitalists) Workshops (business Tuesday) Professional support (law and accounting) § § Cambridge university enterprise network CUE-Cambridge university enterprise (academic) CUETEC-Cambridge university technology and enterprise club (student)

London School of Business and Finance Teaching course: «How to launch your own business» Community of students Who has own business

London UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON ü ü ü TEAM Connection with business Location Mentoring Free place for working (1 year) Promotion

London Metropolitan University Accelerator A lot of business projects based in incubator Participation of alumni as mentors for start ups Free working space for two years Teambuilding outside the incubator Strong partners: üERDF (European Regional Development Fund) üLKIC (London Knowledge Innovation Centre) üTIC (Thames Innovation centre) üLDA (London Development Agency)

London Metropolitan University Incubation Business Competition Create and present commercially viable business plan Events&Training (negotiation skills, environmental policy, networking skills, pitching ideas)

London British library Business and Intellectual Property centre Centre for entrepreneurship Free industry guides Swap skills desk Necessity to find market for your ideas No barriers to be involved in the centre activities (except the age limit – 16 years old)

Stages Manchester London St. Petersburg

Manchester Metropolitan University Network Funding Knowledge

New directions Going freelance Enterprise factory Develop 1 to 1’s Enterprise academy

PLACE Mentors Alumni Collaboration Promotion SKILLS Information Networking Market research Partners FUNDING Events POWER

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