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The concept of pre-incubation
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In the Bielefeld pre-incubator, scientists with technology-based business ideas are coached throughout their way from the laboratory to the creation of their own company. They are supported by a dual system of qualification:
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- Personalised training courses and individual advice,
covering the topics accounting, business administration,
market analysis, and marketing on a national and
international level.
- In the pre-incubator young entrepreneurs test the
market potential of their products by selling them on
national and international markets. Since all business
transactions are covered by an insurance of the
pre-incubator, financial risks for entrepreneurs are
reduced. On the basis of market tests the products can
be further improved and adapted to customers’ needs.
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As a result, the concept of pre-incubation facilitates
a sustainable spin-off process from universities.
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Within the USINE project, the Bielefeld concept of
pre-incubation has been transferred to two European
Higher Education Institutes and tested in these
different regional contexts.
- Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
Being a leading French institution in the area of
High-Tech research, Ecole Polytechnique sets up a
pre-incubator as a link to the existing incubator
X-TECHNOLOGIES. Combining the high research potential
with the pre-incubation concept promises a number of
sustainable High-Tech spin-offs.
- Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV).
UPV has succeeded to implement systematic processes to source, protect and exploit promising inventions
resulting from university research. The new pre-incubator set up within the
framework of the USINE project complements the spin-off process generation
process at UPV and helps to create more sustainable spin-offs.
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Detailed information on the Bielefeld concept of pre-incubation can be obtained from the following publication:
Wirsing, B., Traude, A., Steffens, J., Sheen, M., Löffler, B., de Lapparent, D., Broadfoot, C., and J.-L. Alonso-González. 2002. Becoming an entrepreneur for a trial period: the pre-incubation experience. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nov. 2002, p. 265-277.
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Bielefeld concept of pre-incubation
