Acceleration program, financed from the budget of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship Self-Government
The MAZOVIAN STARTUP acceleration program is a public task. It is organized every year and lasts all year round. Innovation is the leitmotif of business world. Innovative projects are changing the way we operate. That's why every year, the Mazowieckie Voivodeship organizes acceleration programs aimed at start-ups. The focus of the practice is acceleration of start-ups. As a result of the acceleration program, entrepreneurs gain new skills, competences as well as mentoring support, which allows them to gain feedback, and better refine their business ideas. These activities accelerate the development of their companies or business projects and increase the chances of implementing the proposed solutions on the market. This program is aimed at business projects without registered activity or start-ups, both which operate in Mazovia for no longer than 3 years. Projects are sought from 4 areas of Mazovia's Smart Specialization: safe food, intelligent systems in industry and infrastructure, modern business ecosystem, high quality of life. It is aimed at 30 innovative and socially responsible startups.
Resources needed
Practice is financed from the Self-government of Mazowieckie Voivodeship budget and not from outside financing. Minimum of two persons are needed to successfully implement the practice.
Evidence of success
Program helps startups to verify business model, develop and scal operations with help of the practitioner experts. The participants:
- can win a financial prize or a reward;
- recorded an increase in their sales, acquisition of new customers, establishing of new business relationships, better matching of products and services to customers.
I edition (2018-2019) – 135/20 startups (submitted / took part)
II edition (2021-2022) – 130/32 startups (submitted / took part)
Potential for learning or transfer
This practice is easy to implement in another region. The practice team does not need any special technical knowledge but needs to know what they are doing and what they are working on. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the region in terms of entrepreneurship and innovation, and to analyze the local needs and the needs of the community. Without it, the creative possibilities in supporting entrepreneurship are unknown.
Tags: Administration, Business, Business growth, Business support, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Good practice, Incubation, Non-financial services, Startups, Training
