Skills to evaluate start-ups maturity in Science Parks: a case study of co-creation between Brazil and Spain

This paperwork introduces an evaluation model to measure the level of maturity of start-ups companies. lt was developed based upon the experiences of the authors in a post­doctoral course made in collaboration between Ulbratech, a science park, in Brazil, and Science and Technology Park of Universitat Jaume I of Castellon (Espaitec), in Spain. This system proposes a range of skills, classified by knowledge, abilities, proficiency and attitudes that we consider very important for the development of both the entrepreneur, as its enterprise, starting from the experiences of both employees and, as well, some methodologies used in the Brazilian and Spanish markets. These skills generated a Start-up Maturity Model (SMM), which were grouped a set of 6 axes or dimensions: marketing, personnel, financial, innovational, management and complementary skills, which, to allow a better view of the evolutional maturity level, were divided into 6 stages. At the end of it, is possible to reach a clear view of the start-up development, from its beginning to the end of the project.