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From idea to business

Versatile services from business idea development to company growth and renewal.

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To whom are Business Center's services intended for?

Yrityksen kehittäminen

For entrepreneurs

Liikeidea

For those with a business idea

Opiskelijoille, opettajille, tutkijoille

For students, teachers, researchers

What services does Business Center offer?

Liikeidean kehittäminen

Business idea development

Expert advice, extensive networks and programmatic service to develop a business idea from the idea stage to the next levels.

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Yritysvalmennus

Business coaching

Business Center Pohjois-Savo's business coaching services are aimed at all companies interested in business growth. We serve for example in business development and the commercialization of innovations.

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Verkostoyhteistyö

Network cooperation

For small and start-up companies, networks are often critically important. The goal of the network cooperation is to help companies in the region find important contacts and succeed and create a strong entrepreneurial culture in the North Savo region.

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Yrittäjyyskoulutus

Business studies

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Do you have a business idea that you want to develop? Or a company you want to renew and grow?

Idea mapping and contact

Contact our experts. If you wish, you can fill out the Idea mapping before the meeting.

Meetings are free of charge and confidential.

Needs assessment and guidance

During the first meeting, we identify and prioritize together the following most important follow-up measures, for example 
in terms of commercialization, product development or financing.

Further steps to take your business idea or company forward:

Coaching and programs according to stage

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Open resources

Open resources and tools for developing a business idea or company. 

Explore the training offerings in entrepreneurship and innovation expertise provided by partner organizations in the service network:

Networks

Business Center Pohjois-Savo’s Network cooperation services provides valuable and useful networks through which people can share knowledge, receive support, and develop their businesses together with like-minded professionals.

See also upcoming events.

Business Center is a significant developer of entrepreneurship and innovation skills

800

Counseling meetings

200

Identified ideas and innovations

20

New potential growth companies

130

Events

News and events

Articles

Neurochallenge 2024 – Solutions for better brain health among working aged with a national innovation competition

Article at savonia.fi This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 The Olvi Foundation Neurochallenge innovation competition was organized on November 7-9, 2024, in the Kuopio campus at Savilahti. We...

Presenting a brand new podcast: The Entrepreneur’s Diary!

Article at Savonia.fi Welcome to our new poscast, The Entrepreneur’s Diary! In the very first episode, Anne-Mari who is an entrepreneur, CEO and founder of AliceAI Learning, has a startup...

The legendary Startup Little Christmas is here again!

Christmas is coming again! Before landing on the Christmas holidays, we would like to welcome entrepreneurs, companies, startups and startup-minded partners, researchers and students, as well as experts to the...

Do you want funding for your business idea? Apply to Draft Program in North Savo

Draft Program® is a business idea program, that helps you build a company that looks like you and develop as a launcher of successful products and services. You can get...

Join the Bootcamp!

Bootcamp is meant for anyone who has an early business idea and would like to work on it. Sign up by May 6th!...

Spark Finland spring call

Spark Finland call for this spring will open 1.-31.5.2024. There are two online info sessions, Tue 7.5 at 14:00 – 14:45 and Mon 20.5 at 14:00 – 14:45....

Draft North Savo

The application for the next round is now open! Apply by 23.4....

A record number of applicants in North-Savo Draft in January – The program promoted a wide range of business ideas from different backgrounds

Five teams were funded in the Draft business idea program in the January round. There was a total of 34 teams who applied. With the Draft program we promote the...

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Partnerships

Monikanavapalvelut
Savon Yrittäjät
Paju Consulting
OP Pohjois-Savo
KPY Novapolis
Savon Media
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Business Center North-Savo

1. Business idea

Individuals or initial teams

Designing and structuring the business idea

Example situation:

Liisa has an initial business idea for a smartphone application. He is directed to attend Havuja Bootcamp to find out the market potential of the idea and the competitors, and practice project planning and how to put together a business idea and sell it. Liisa builds a preliminary business concept.

Objectives:

  • Structuring and clarifying the business idea
  • Defining the market need, value proposition, and customer segments
  • Presenting the business idea, competencies, and the team
  • Assessing key areas for development and preparing preliminary financial estimates

2. Business concept

Teams

Business planning and product and service development

Example situation:

Jere and his team have developed a new vegan product. They participate in the 1st round of the Draft and individual team coaching. The team builds a pitchdeck and a business plan. In the meetings, financial calculations and surveys of premises and product development opportunities are made, and the best cooperation networks are mapped out from the necessary analyses.

Objectives:

  • Conducting a freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis and reviewing intellectual property rights (IPR)
  • Building a product prototype or concept and leveraging networks
  • Clarifying commercialization steps, as well as preparing a pitch and business plan
  • Compiling financial estimates, profitability, and funding plans

3. Start-up company

Approximately 0-3 years old

Starting a business

Example situation:

A health technology company participates in team meetings, where financing, product development, standardization, market analyses, production implementation, contract matters and intangible rights are discussed according to the customer’s needs. The company participates in the second round of the Draft.

Objectives:

  • Formal establishment of the company
  • Planning development projects and providing funding guidance
  • Advising on product and service development
  • Managing intellectual property rights and contractual matters in collaboration with partners
  • Building a sales and marketing plan and leveraging networks

4. Growth-Oriented Companys

Companies

Company growth and internationalization

Example situation:

A company in the metal industry has come up with a new technological solution of its own, which it wants to develop, and thereby seeks new growth. 

Personal meetings for discussing financing, research and development investments, piloting, building a prototype, certifications, customer and market surveys, contacts and cluster cooperation. Consider possibly establishing a new spinoff company based on the invention.

Goals:

  • Managing intellectual property rights and contractual matters in collaboration with partners
  • Business coaching, strategy review, and funding guidance
  • Establishing connections with research and development environments to enhance product and service development
  • Assembling projects within networks that benefit the company