Ecosystem Development Workshops

1. Ecosystem assessment & mutual orientation
2. SWOT with global benchmark
3. Defining, clarifying and validating shared ecosystem vision and mission.
4. Defining or updating development roadmap and milestones
5. Operations sustainability planning
6. Updating on roles, responsibilities and resourcing in context of new items
7. Defining and prioritizing new actionable items and updating development priorities

Written report with "findings and conclusions" for startup ecosystem framework setup and development - delivered in two weeks after the workshop

Session One

​Learn what is required to support local startup ecosystems that scale entrepreneurship and generate higher volume of good startup ventures.
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• Understanding the startup ecosystem as a concept (differences/overlaps with innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystems)
• Having common language and terminology in use about, startups, innovation, ecosystem and Startup Development Stages
• Required key services and iterative development balance to improve the services and knowledge in general 
• Building common understanding on how different services contribute for the startup development, by understanding the key targets on key services
• Balanced Development Framework and metrics. What should be measured and why?
• How does key domains/workgroup impact on ecosystem performance
• Tools and metrics to measure key services, organizations and whole ecosystem
• What information and data investors and big companies are looking for
• Digital solutions for connecting, visualizing and benchmarking startup ecosystems for economic development and growth of entrepreneurship, innovation, job creation ​and attracting international talent and investments.
• Building commitment for systematic development of the ecosystem with identified key people from different organizations within the ecosystem, from both; bottom up and top down approach
• Typical budgets and resources needed to implement and sustain the target service levels
• Building long term thinking with effective short term execution for iteration to improve measured results and overall ROI
• Q & A session

Session Two

​Roadmap action plan building
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• Verbalisation of your specific business case
• Identification of entry points
• Short and long term wave for functionalities and features wise
• How to define the long term target (3-5 years)
• Clarifying the target and measures of success
• Setting the milestone targets per each 6 months
• Outlining the plan for first 12 months actions, with more detail first 6 month plan
• Setting the check points to evaluate and adjust the progress
• Brainstorming future scenarios
• Defining who should be responsible and agreeing communication patterns

Find answers to questions like;
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• What is necessary to support local growth company and startup ecosystems to build startup services, investment models, investor bases
• To develop and evaluate startup companies and related support services and concepts
• How to attract foreign investors and structure suitable investment models in a new funding models landscape
• How to combine funding, investor base expansion and global business development

Some of the workshop outcomes:
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• Valuable knowledge of the most recent methods of Startup services and ecosystems from different parts of the world
• Concrete support service models and related KPI's to implement
• Understanding the functions of a Public Private Partnership model to engage with all country leaders and stakeholders
• Solutions and expertise to build a working online hub of your startup ecosystem and increase network connectivity factor
• Customized solutions to integrate with your current working model
• Customized tools for ecosystem analytics and measurability
• Most logical method and supporting tools for prioritizing ideas, solutions, service models, and development initiatives for ecosystem development implementation.