ACCELERATOR
SUPPORT
CLIENT: Monsha’at the Saudi Arabia SME Authority in conjunction with Saudi Arabian Business Incubators and Accelerators Company BIAC
PROJECT: International partner for university accelerator project to assist in the launch of Accelerators and Entrepreneurship platforms through the Universities in KSA. Assist with 3 University accelerator programs in Riyadh, Jeddah and western region with 60+ participants launching businesses. Help with strategy, design, operations, best practices, remote and on-site coaching, internationally accredited training for accelerator staff and stakeholders and provision of international mentors for 1-1 and panel presentations for Accelerator participants.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PLATFORM
ASSESSMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT
CLIENT: Monsha’at the Saudi Arabia SME Authority in conjunction with PwC
PROJECT: Best practice and performance assessment of all licensed entrepreneurship platforms throughout KSA – 60 incubators, accelerators and cowork-spaces, utilizing proprietary international benchmarking and improvement assessment tools, then delivering advice and reports for each platform and the ecosystem as a whole.
TECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS
INCUBATOR
CLIENT: National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA) Thailand
PROJECT: Best practice and maturity assessment of Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) and University Business Incubators (UBIs) in Thailand, utilizing proprietary benchmarking tools to assist in capacity building and provide improvement reports for each incubator and policy makers, to improve individual and overall performance. Annual engagement since 2018.
DEVELOPMENT OF A
DEEP TECHNOLOGY
VENTURE BUILDER
MODEL
CLIENT: Business Incubators and Accelerator Company (BIAC), Saudi Arabia
PROJECT: Development of a leading model for commercialisation of public R&D, transferring experience from the UK and New Zealand to Saudi Arabia.
SAINT LUCIA
BUSINESS INCUBATOR
AND ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM
CLIENT: Invest Saint Lucia
PROJECT: Feasibility study and business plan for an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub serving the country of St. Lucia. Brought together ecosystem players and entrepreneurs in design of a physical and virtual hub to foster collaboration and combine incubation, start-up acceleration, growth acceleration, coworking, networking and colocation of relevant business support providers to enhance opportunities for entrepreneurs and economic impact for the country.
GLOBAL EXPANSION
ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM
CLIENT: PwC for the South Australia Department of Trade Tourism and Investment
PROJECT: Design of a growth acceleration model to boost export by helping existing companies in South Australia to internationalise.
QATAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK INNOVATION PROGRAM
CLIENT: BDO and Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP)
PROJECT: Capacity building for QSTP acceleration and incubation programs, which have supported more than 300 budding entrepreneurs and 22 new companies involving 66 entrepreneurs.
