Scaling up Innovative Services

Start-ups

P H I L I P P E VA N R I E , E B N

N E W T R E ND S I N C O NS U MP T I ON - E ES C

B R U S S E L S , 1 6 M A R C H 2 0 1 5

An international community of smart and specialised organisations that connect and coach innovators, entrepreneurs and SMEs to start, grow, and transform our economies

EBN, a services & connecting platform

With BICs (business & innovation centres), Tech-Incubators, Accelerators, Clusters, Entrepreneurship Centres, and Social Innovation Centres inside

EU-BICs are « acting » Sharing Economy Start-ups Incubators & Accelerators too !

A wild, wide, wired (www) ecosystem !

An ecosystem in disruption

With a complex sociology

Driven by new concepts, new methods

A bio-bizdev process, also for sharing economy businesses

With traditionnal players in vertuous transformation

A true public-private environment a business reality, with rules & regulations

Find your place on the planet-ecosystem! Positionning + characterization

Serving & exploiting grand societal challenges

Eco-friendly business

Base of the Pyramid (BoP) inspired Circular economy-friendly

Social Innovation: a serious subject with huge potential

Smart and mobile naturally

Education

Collaborative Economy

Size matters ! Critical mass or critic of the mass ?

Focus on Economics !

Differentiate yourself, cultivate this You are a champion in your segment !

Concrete business modelling

An acute sense of services You are customer-oriented & fully committed

A team work with serious skills !

Creative intelligence & cognitive skills

Questionning & observing skills

Emotionnal intelligence & courage

Associating & connecting skills

Customer & market intelligence

Leadership & opportunity spotting

Experimenting & integrating skills

Open outside & travellers !

Smart specialists !

Innovating & pionneering

Build your Community

Think « evidence-based » It finally always pays

International success stories

Thank you ! Philippe.Vanrie@ebn.eu www.ebn.eu