Championing UK entrepreneurs
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In June 2015, Entrepreneurial Spark announced the launch of Entrepreneurial Spark – Powered by Viridian. In its first expansion beyond its native UK, the business accelerator partnered with Viridian to open a string of centres across India. These Hatcheries are not only helping to support a growing culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country, but through the expert support and business advice being offered to young entrepreneurs on board the programme, startups are given the tools they need to scale their business and create thousands of jobs. Entrepreneurial Spark – Powered by Viridian builds people who build businesses, and that has a huge positive knock-on effect in terms of innovation, job creation and economic growth. Don’t take our word for it though, here’s what our entrepreneurs think...
“I’ve found the programme immensely helpful and the support I’ve received from the Enablers has been great.” Bhargav Joshi, Breefynews
“The support we’re getting has made this exciting journey a lot easier, making sure we’re prepared and ready for the future.” Mahendra Sharma, Matrubharti
GIFT CITY AHMEDABAD MUMBAI & PUNE HYDERABAD
BANGALORE
“It’s been a great learning experience for me. The programme is enabling me to focus, plan and to recognise where I was going wrong – and how to fix it.” Vivek Sancheti, Doctstub
“There is a growing entrepreneurial spirit in India, with a young, large and skilled population making the country uniquely placed to foster new business creation. The vision is to create India’s most successful accelerator and be the ‘go to’ for entrepreneurs.” Jim Duffy, Chief Executive Optimist, Entrepreneurial Spark @GoDo_Today
DELHI
“The infrastructure is great, very flexible and accommodating. We’ve also benefited from the support of the other entrepreneurs, tapping in to their networks has been really useful.” Sahil & Rushabh Shah, Bhukkads