Business Incubator - Priming Toolkit

BUSINESS INCUBATOR

PRIMING TOOLKIT

Toolkit Instructions The Purpose of this toolkit is to familiarize you with business incubators and to stimulate your creative imagination in thinking of them.

After the introduction, this toolkit will contain 3 sections: Physical Space, Emotional Atmosphere & Incubator Activities. Each section will have initial and/or final exercises for you to complete.

Following the priming kit please think of the game’s sections loosely and if possible research the subject of business incubators further.

BUSINESS...

INCUBATOR?

BUSINESS INCUBATOR

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INNOVATION ~BUSINESSES IN UAE~

EXAMPLES

The Hub is one of Dubai’s largest community of entrepreneurs, creatives and techies. We are a co-working space and community located in Dubai’s renowned Downtown district. The Hub Dubai offers a vibrant coworking space, workshops, events, networking and innovation labs.

The Cribb is where creative and ambitious people get together to connect, collaborate and create. It is your work space, fan-base, mentor network and knowledge center all rolled into one.

AstroLabs Dubai is the region’s premier coworking space for digital technology startups to find their home. We had our official public launch on October 26th, 2015 and already have a ton of amazing startup entrepreneurs on board.

Afkar.me is an initiative by Intigral, MENA’s leading digital hub. Afkar.me will support the growth of the region’s digital sector by sourcing, incubating and developing innovative business ideas from startups and entrepreneurs both in the region, and globally. Unlike anything currently available in the market, Afkar.me is the first full spectrum incubator developed in MENA that gives entrepreneurs everything they require to take their ideas from conception, to market and to revenue.

PHYSICAL SPACE

Rate Physical Spaces There are 16 images of various collaborative work spaces. Attached on the adjacent page are a bunch of stickers (that are numbered 1 to 16). Rate and mark with a sticker each collaborative space.

(Feel free to add comments and notes in the lines underneath each picture)

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Question l Describe your own space by stitching your favourite elements from the previous pictures. Feel free to add your own comments. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERE

Circle, Highlight or Underline Words Ahead are 5 pages containing a total of 75 words clearly mark 15 words that would describe the ideal collaborative space

ACTIVITIES

Focus & Answer!

Following this page there will be 12 pages containg 20 images. Pay attention to each image and try to focus on the collaborative processes occuring in the image. After the images you will be asked to create 3 lists.

Question l From the previously included images create and describe your 5 own unique activities that would occur in a collaborative space.

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Question ll From the previously included images create and describe your 5 own unique workshops that would occur in a collaborative space.

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Question lll From the previously included images create and describe your 5 own unique events that would occur in a collaborative space.

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