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German Business Incubators |
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 Business incubators are organizations that support the entrepreneurial
process, helping to increase survival rates
for innovative startup companies. Only the entrepreneurs with feasible
projects are admitted into the incubators, where they are offered a
specialized menu of support resources and services. The resources and
services open to an entrepreneur include: provision of physical space,
management coaching, help in making an effective business plan,
administrative services, technical support, business networking, advice
on intellectual property and sources of financing. The process of
incubation is intended to last around 3-5 years.
Business incubators can be private or public. Private incubators are
for-profit firms that take equity or receive a fee for the business
services they provide to their clients. In essence, they are a
consulting firm that is specialized in new firm creation. In the last
twenty years, many developed and developing countries have started
large systems of public business incubators to encourage and assist
entrepreneurship. In many cases, public incubators are designed to
stimulate the development of new products and services in high-tech
industries. For science-based business incubators, an effective
collaboration with universities and research institutions is essential
to motivate researchers into taking the risk of initiating a company.
Incubators have many partners in addition to universities. Since new
firms require finance to grow, incubators have close relationships with
many kinds of investors. Seed capital and venture capital funds,
business angels, and banks provide most of the seed and start-up
capital for incubated companies. Since business incubators are powerful
economic development tools, they collaborate actively with regional and
national government agencies, from which they often receive financial
grants. In many countries, business incubators have national
associations to represent their interests and organize meetings where
best practices are disseminated.
Evaluations of business incubators in Europe and the U.S. suggest that
90% of incubated startups were active and growing after three years of
operation, which is a much higher success rate than that observed in
startups launched without assistance. Science-based business incubators
are thought to be particularly useful from a policy perspective because
they can simultaneously promote knowledge diffusion, technology
transfer and high-tech firm creation.
ADT
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Technologie und Gründerzentren
Rudower Chaussee 29
12489 Berlin - Adlershof
Tel.: (030) 6392-6221
Fax.: (030) 6392-6222,
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Website: www.adt-online.de
ExperConsult Kommunalberatung GmbH
Heinrich-Hertz-Strasse 4
44227 Dortmund
Tel: 491317/544.32.32
Fax: 491317/544.327
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Website: www.experconsult.de
Gorilla Park
Holbeinstrasse 11
Munich, 81679
Tel: +49-89 99 888 2100
Fax: +49-89 99 888 2151
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Website: www.gorillapark.com
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