Promoting Entrepreneurship
Promoting Entrepreneurship: lessons learnt from research
Promoting Entrepreneurship is the platform that connects researchers, entrepreneurs, innovation managers and investors to discuss and explore how entrepreneurship research can drive successful high-quality business ventures and innovation.
We bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, successful founders, and innovation managers to explore evidence-based insights, best practices and lessons learnt from research in all the different areas of venture creation: from ideation to acquisition and corporate entrepreneurship.
Be part of the next Promoting Entrepreneurship!
Each year, we explore a new theme in entrepreneurship, blending research, founder experience, and ecosystem insights.
Join us in Barcelona, April 2026.
Connecting research to founders and institutions
Fostering evidence-based startups and innovation
Promoting Entrepreneurship, organized by the EEI and led by Georg Chondrakis, unites EEI’s researchers, top university professors, entrepreneurs, and investors, to discuss how data and knowledge fosters the creation of quality, sustainable and impact-driven startups.
2025: Incubators and Accelerators
We discussed the real impact of incubators as support programs on the survival, innovation, and financial growth of early-stage startups.
2024: Corporate Entrepreneurship
Exploring the latest findings on corporate entrepreneurship to foster startup-corporate relations and corporate innovation.
2023: Ideation, financing & scaleup
The launching edition of Promoting Entrepreneurship covered the stages of venture creation: from ideation, to scaling up, and to financing.
At Promoting Entrepreneurship so far
Editions
Contacts
Speakers
Attendees
Some of the speakers of past editions
Jan Brinckmann (Esade), Itziar Blasco (Barcelona Activa), José Manuel Juan (Gandolaap), and Marta Antúnez (Wayra)
April Franco (University of Toronto), Marta Antúnez (Wayra Barcelona), Anthony Vallance-Owen (We Venture Capital), Dimo Ringov (Esade), Katharine D’Amico (Esade)
Co-Founder Chartboost & Flori Ventures and Chartboost.
Research plays a crucial role in entrepreneurship
By focusing on how evidence and entrepreneurship research plays a critical role in the startup's success we empower decision-makers to make well-informed decisions leading to better chances for success.
At Promoting Entrepreneurship, We bring together researchers, successful founders, entrepreneurs, and managers to discuss lessons learnt from research on entrepreneurship and discuss evidence-based insights and best practices to promote high-growth, high-quality ventures.
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This activity is a part of the PID2021-128460NA-I00 project, funded by AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and ERDF “A way of shaping Europe”