Hack startups’ business models A business model is how a business can create, deliver and capture values, while making money or achieving what the company defines as success (Giulia Turra | Galileo Visionary District). Why is a business model important for startups? Aren’t startups all about doing something different? Perhaps yes, there may be successful [...]
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The Nature-Accelerator is an intensive eight-week program to guide eight nature-based entrepreneurs towards a path of financial and environmental sustainability. It is part of the European project ECOSTAR, conceived and promoted by Etifor Srl and the University of Padua’s Territory and Agricultural Systems (TESAF) department. Operating partners include the Galileo Visionary District and Unismart. Seven [...]
Exciting and anxious is how we could describe these last few months of recruiting and evaluation for The Nature-Accelerator. Following all this work and commitment came the hardest part, the selection. Overall, more than 250 hopeful applicants from 49 very diverse countries applied to our programme and we have to say that we are eager [...]
The Nature-Accelerator has closed its call for applications with almost 250+ potential recruits offering sustainable solutions in the agriculture (150+), forestry (20+), ecotourism (60+) and natural resource (70+) sectors! All applications have been going through a tough screening process by our experts, where they are assessed based on the strength of their teams, target market, [...]
SOLD OUT PROGRAMME 10.30 Registration and welcome coffee 11.00 Welcome and opening from: Fabrizio Dughiero, Prorector, Technology transfer, University of Padova Raffaele Cavalli, Head of Land Environment Agriculture and Forestry Department Martino Cassandro, Head of Multi-Functional Center of Agripolis Alberto Negro, Head of Forest and Agriculture Regional Agency (Veneto Agricoltura) 11.20 The ECOSTAR [...]
The Nature-Accelerator, developed by ECOSTAR and powered by Fledge, led to a DEMO DAY* where the 8 startups, that have joined the acceleration programme, have been on-stage telling stories of their impact to a selected audience of investors. 18.00 Registration and welcome cocktail 18.30 Welcome and opening from Alessandro Leonardi, Director of [...]
Last October, Etifor travelled to the US for the sixth, and last, mobility exchange for the ECOSTAR project. Alessandro Leonardi, CEO of Etifor and Project Coordinator of ECOSTAR explains: “the mobility to the United States was very successful as US is the perfect environment for touch base with a fertile entrepreneurial environment. Both Seattle, the [...]
We are scouting for a new member for the ECOSTAR Nature-Accelerator team at Etifor. Looking for: an Italian or EU-based mentor; business management/innovation/marketing background; previous experience working with startups is essential, better if in the agriculture or other bioeconomy sectors; recommendations are welcome! Send CVs to alessandro.leonardi@etifor.com Deadline: 4th, October 2017.
From the 6th to the 9th of June 2017, the fifth ECOSTAR mobility exchange took place between Forest Design and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Bogdan Candrea, from Forest Design, reports on his exchange: Upon their arrival in Madrid, Mihai and Bogdan were warmly welcomed by Carmen Aviles and Martin Giménez from UPM. The [...]