VHTP Ideas’ workshop has been created with an aim to help the authors of business ideas to clearly define their idea offering consultative and infrastructural support. Objective of the Ideas’ workshop: To provide support in evaluating and developing the business idea, market research and analysis, as well as creating resources for starting a business; To ensure environment, where it would be possible to evaluate the vitality of the business idea before actual foundation of the company and joining the Business Incubator.

Dāvis Štegmanis, Intelligence Media Group Ltd., client of the VHTP Ideas’ workshop and later of Business Incubator: „When starting entrepreneurship representatives of the Intelligence Media Group Ltd. were without any experience, financial assets, contacts, and real premises for beginning of operation. Then by chance we heard that all these things can be obtained via support of the Ideas’ workshop, besides only a try to launch our business idea was a request from us. The Ideas’ workshop gave an opportunity to start activity at equipped office premises together with great support team which helps to solve several issues related to entrepreneurship start-up. Experience obtained in the Ideas’ workshop helped us to understand whether we will be able to compete in business.”

When to go to pre-incubator? 

• I have an idea I believe in
• I am not sure where to begin
• I lack knowledge in entrepreneurship and its planning
• I have to understand what I am short of and what I am looking for (e.g., partners, capital or clients)

Who can claim for joining the business incubator?

• Physical entity with a business idea that is planned to be implemented within the region of BI’s activity (in Northern Kurzeme)
• Legal entity:
  • Businessperson whose business activity does not exceed 2 years on the moment of application
  • Businessperson corresponds to the status of small and medium enterprise
  • Businessperson is not insolvent and does not have tax debts
  • Businessperson implements or will implement ones idea within the region of the Business Incubator’s activity

Prior fields of activity

• Information technology
• Environmental technology
• Telecommunications
• Electronics
• Mechanical engineering
• Industrial automation
• Computer-aided design
• Space technology

NB! Ideas’ workshop can support business ideas in all fields, except manufacturing of agricultural products, fish industry and aquaculture, coal industry, naval architecture, financial mediation, trade, commercial services, transportation, production of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and gambling.

Services of the Ideas’ workshop (free of charge)

• Office premises with Internet access
• Places of work – office furniture, computer engineering
• Access to office equipment
• Access to conference rooms
• Mentoring services
• Consultations on the business idea’s analysis, attraction of partners and clients etc.

How to join the Ideas’ workshop?

To start an activity in the VHTP Ideas’ workshop you need to contact the specialists of VHTP Business Incubator and arrange a meeting in order to discuss the business idea and plans of its realization.

In case of additional questions, please contact the specialists of Business Incubator!