Discovering zero budget models in it-ecosystem development. In the case of Dnipropetrovsk business incubator and ints influence.

1. BOOSTING IT ECOSYSTEMS WITH ZERO BUDGETS:
ROLE AND IMPACT OF INCUBATORS
Viacheslav Maiakin, founder InnovationBOX
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

2. 2.5 bln $

3. Ukraine has the largest and fastest-growing number of IT
professionals in Europe
Ukraine IT engineering work force is expected to double to
over 200,000 by 2020
Ukrainian talent can offer a wide range of engineering capabilities
US market is the main destination for Ukrainian IT firms, with an
estimated 80% volume of exported services
Over the past year, Ukraine has significantly improved its status in
international business venue rankings
Ukraine has the long history of country of innovation and now it is unleashing its
potential in IT space, again

4. VERTICAL SELECTED COMPANIES
Web
Mobile
Enterprise
Growing number of Ukrainian startups become successful internationally
Last year Ukrainian startups made “exits” total for 500 mln dollars

5. Why?
BOOSTING ECOSYSTEM

6. IT ECOSYSTEM of UKRAINE
32 Tech Universities
100 + IT schools
10 IT-HUBs
12 Incubators
5 accelerators
100+ co-workings
5 venture funds
100 + angel investors
2 angels associations
1000+ IT-companies
2000 startups

7. INNOVATION ECOSYSYTEM ROLES

8. Co-working
Is NOT an incubator,
Karl!

10. TRIANGLE WITH “WIN-WIN”
• development
• prestige, status
• international programs
• new
• Resources
• Status
• Promotion
• PR
• real influence & value
• loyalty
• target audience
Universities
Business-incubator
Authorities

11. ZERO BUDGET MODEL
START linking stakeholders needs to resources
fast start – no conflicts - minimun risk
STOP asking about the money

12. WORKFLOW
1. events, meetups
2. study programms
3. hackathons
4. mentorship
5. fundraising

13. SELF-BUDGETING
Events
Complementary services
Fundraising

14. TRACTION
160
incoming
requests
60
interviews
7
residents
5
projects gained
investments
700 000 $
TOP 100
Growing
incubators in
Europe
1 year
2 forums
50+ workshops and meetups
2000+ people engaged

15. ECOSYSTEM BUILDING
EGAPDnipro
SPACEHUB
NASA ChallengeIoT HUB Dnipro
BUDGET – 0,00

16. 3 month ago we started…
space incubator
IoT laboratory
3D print laboratory
IT-entrepreneurship school
event-zone
startup museum
space-hub.com

17. TechNation
• 100 libraries into education HUBs
• free courses
• MIT, Stanford programms
• 3 month course
• 4 000 students a year
• 1000 graduates
• +5000 specialists to 2020
brainbasket.org

18. JUST RIGHT NOW
February 13-14
Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Lviv

19. SUMMARY
• incubators – rocket engine for the ecosystem
• crisis is an opportunity
• co-workig – is not an incubator
• resoures are all around
• stakeholders needs is the key to sucsess
• networking!

20. Questions?