Entrepreneur characterisation and accelaration model

The economic health and development of a region is dependent on the creation of new business activity. This comes from sourcing and developing investable companies in areas of growing activity. Entrepreneurs, which have the greatest potential to develop into investable companies, can be found in three areas. A) Freelance, entrepreneurs who are, consultants and contractors with significant B) business experience, the business entrepreneurs, who develop "add on", "value added products and services and C) technology entrepreneurs, with detailed knowledge of leading-edge technologies who see potential for products and services.Each has particular needs, which must be addressed by incubator and technology park managers.The key activities involved in identifying and developing businesses are knowing where to find potential entrepreneurs, how to identify them, the stages of growth they go through, and sourcing of suitable training programs.