Universities are the main source of innovation and solutions to challenges that can be marketable. Many start ups and University spin offs are founded at European Universities, but when it comes at sustainability and growth capacity, after 3 years more than the 50 % of start ups fails. The main reasons are the lack of profitability and growth capacity. The origin of this failure come from the roots itself of the company founded: the entrepreneurial and business skills of the founders, the complementarity of skills of the founders and their teams, their ability to find supporting networks and effective, bottom up start ups support ecosystem and the capacity of going international and build international cooperation.Chambers and companies in this project have developed counselling, peer learning and mentoring programmes that have proven results in achieving between 75 % and 97 % survival rate of the mentored start ups and university spin-offs. after 3 years SPINTeams aims at improving entrepreneurial and business skills of the would be entrepreneurs at partners HEI, as well as their current and future Spin-offs and Start ups, to achieve more and more long lasting and growing businesses. The project will act with a bottom up approach acting twofold: impacting the practitioners and the HEIs.To achieve this, the consortium will undertake the following activities and products:- A collection of training webinars for creating the role of "Entrepreneurship Coaches" at partners HEIs ".- A complete training course for improving entrepreneurial and business skills adressed to advanced students, Phd students, researchers (would be entrepreneurs or spin-off/start ups founders).- A handbook "Building entrepreneurial support ecosystems for HEIs".- A guide "mentoring and peer learning methods for new entrepreneurs support".- A International entrepreneurs cooperation platform to foster the international cooperation, teamwork, networking and mentoring.
To act twofold:To reinforce the entrepreneurial and business capacities of Advanced studensts, Phd students and start ups and Spin-offs founders, by developing entrepreneurship training modules with HEIs and business support organizations.To reinforce the internal and external strategy and tactics of HEIs in developing entrepreneurship support schemes and in open HEIs to external entrepreneurship support ecosystems in the Regions/Countries they are located
SpinTeams project was born from the need of connecting HEIs and the business world, through the cooperation of HEIs and Chambers of Commerce and Industry, as well as with real companies. In this sense, strong bonds of cooperation have been established at each participating country between a HEI and a Chamber. This has allowed foster the alliance between higher education and business by developing entrepreneurial mindset and skills, and to introduce entrepreneurship education in any discipline.
<< Background >> SpinTeams project was born from the need of connecting HEIs and the business world, through the cooperation of HEIs and Chambers of Commerce and Industry, as well as with real companies. In this sense, strong bonds of cooperation have been established at each participating country between a HEI and a Chamber. This has allowed foster the alliance between higher education and business by developing entrepreneurial mindset and skills, and to introduce entrepreneurship education in any discipline. << Objectives >> To act twofold:To reinforce the entrepreneurial and business capacities of Advanced studensts, Phd students and start ups and Spin-offs founders, by developing entrepreneurship training modules with HEIs and business support organizations.To reinforce the internal and external strategy and tactics of HEIs in developing entrepreneurship support schemes and in open HEIs to external entrepreneurship support ecosystems in the Regions/Countries they are located << Implementation >> Different stages where the project is impacting on target groups: Training and appointment of HEIs Entrepreneurship coaches, Training of Students, Phds and researchers, start ups and Spinoffs, Mentoring schemes, International cooperation of Mentors/investors, enetrepreneurship projects, companies, HEIs and Chambers of Commerce and Industry through online platform. The project has also achieved the engagement of participants at international level. << Results >> - 3 training webinars for creating the role of “Entrepreneurship Coaches" at partners HEIs ".- 8 modules online training course for improving entrepreneurial and business skills for advanced students, Phd and researchers (the spin-off/start- ups founders).- Handbook "Building entrepreneurial support ecosystems for HEIs" so that supportive ecosystems can be created or fostered around HEIs at local/regional level.- Guide on "Mentoring and peer learning.