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Hybrid Business E-ncubator Without Walls New Concept for the New Knowledge-based Economy |
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By Vadim Kotelnikov, Founder, Ten3 BUSINESS e-COACH – Innovation Unlimited!, 1000ventures.com
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Thinking and Acting Outside the Box New knowledge economy creates brilliant opportunities for reinventing the traditional business incubation model. Creating a virtual innovation society – actually, a Virtual Venture Valley - for both both start-up firms and would-be entrepreneurs is not impossible any more after web-based and integrated Business e-Coaching and project management workspace models have been successfully launched. The new hybrid Business E-ncubator without walls can not just think, but act outside its box and provide effective IT-enabled business e-coaching, match-making, and project management services to thousands of its semi-virtual and virtual tenants – start-up companies. E-coaching will also enhance the effectiveness of traditional tailor-made training, mentoring, and consulting services as entrepreneurs will have better preliminary understanding of the subject. In fact, business consultancies usually don't like to waste their time on low-value activities such as teaching first-time entrepreneurs basic business skills. Business e-Coach can do it for them very effectively and free of charge thus enabling reallocation of human resources from low-value to high-value uses. Business e-ncubator can also extend its activities to the pre-incubation phase and provide business e-coaching services to hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs. E-coaching would help them to refine their venture models and transit seamlessly from the pre-incubation phase to the incubation one. |
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Business E-ncubator Services Provided to Different Types of Clients
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Services |
Would-be Entrepreneurs |
In-house Tenants |
Hybrid Tenants |
Virtual Tenants |
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Business Development Strategies |
E-coaching: |
E-coaching: - Start-Up |
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Awareness Training |
E-coaching: |
E-coaching: Formal Training |
E-coaching: Formal Training |
E-coaching: |
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Development of Business Skills |
E-coaching: |
E-coaching: Formal Training |
E-coaching: Formal Training |
E-coaching: |
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Access to Venture Capital |
E-coaching: |
E-coaching: Formal Training Introductions |
E-coaching: Formal Training Introductions |
E-coaching: Introductions |
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Networking |
E-coaching: |
E-coaching: Business Meets Match-making |
E-coaching: Business Meets Match-making |
E-coaching: Match-making |
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Technical Support |
E-services |
E-services Secretarial Support Shared Equipment |
E-services |
E-services |
