Presentation by: Marko Mocnik

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Presentation by Marko Mocnik
Pomurje Business Incubator Network
22.3.2007
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Introduction

• General info on the centre / incubator
• Economic environment of the centre / incubator
• Lessons learned
• Regional cooperation of SEE Business Start-up /
  incubator network

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General info

• Facts and figures
• staff (7, university degree)
• established in (2003, Murska Sobota)
• budget (0,5 mio EUR 0,9 mio EUR)
• activities
• Rent of premises (office, lab, production units)
  total 2.500 m2
• Rent of equipment (furniture, computer, printer,
  telephone, RD, etc)
• Consulting services (pre incubation services and
  incubation services - Market analysis, Prepared
  business model, Estimation of the company value,
  Company business model development, Financial
  calculations of the individual projects, Deep
  market research, etc)
• Financial support (favorable loans, guarantee,
  grants)
• Promotion
• Training / coaching
• Accouting (Internet business application model.
  Company and accountant could have access to the
  book through internet.
• Joint projects (Research and development of new
  products, technologies, services)
• Networking - Pomurje scholarship foundation co
  financing of scholarship, Solitary cash award for
  business application innovative projects Pomurje
  academics associations 90 members (Phd), mentor
  role RD institutions, High schools access to
  the RD equipment

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Results achieved
Incubator start-up
Business results of incubated companies
Assets Turnover
Nb.of empl. Added value average AV /
empl
Vir IBON
28,6
Current situation 37 companies (mar 2007)

• Financial results show that according to paid
  minimal salaries for 100 new employed parsons,
  direct inflow is achieved in
• state budget with 792.000 EUR per year and
• municipality budget with 59.600 EUR per year

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Economic environment

• What branches of business, industry or other
  sectors is mainly supporting
• Our policy is not based on sectors. Critical mass
  - Market niche new branches
• High potential in Food processing industry,
  Energetic, ICT, Machinery and industrial
  automation, Construction and Textile
• Where are the supported business located and what
  is there outreach
• All companies are located in Pomurje region
• 75 of them within incubator premises
• World wide costumers (Siemens, Sharp, Gorenje,
  Tomos, Nokia, Würth, Pfizer, Microsoft, etc)
• What is the average size of the supported
  business
• 2-4 employees

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Lessons learned

• Top 5 achievements
• Self-sustainable Incubator
• Full Incubator premises
• Incubator recognized in society
• Business results of incubated SMEs
• Motivation of Incubator consultants

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Lessons learned

• Top 5 (past or future) challenges
• Building of new premises
• Investment found (seed capital, etc)
• Expansion of supporting program
• Transfer of knowledge from University to SMEs
• International cooperation

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Regional cooperation

• Concrete proposals for regional cooperation of a
  SEE Business Start-up / incubator network
• Transfer of best practices on the field of
• Internationalization (access to foreign markets
  for SMEs )
• Transfer of knowledge from University to SMEs
• Management capacity
• Supporting services for SMEs

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Pomurje Business Incubator Network SLOVENIA
Business Incubator Network Pomurje Plese, 9a 9000
Murska Sobota Slovenia, EU Tel [phone]
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info_at_mp-pi.si www.mp-pi.si