Building a Thriving Startup Ecosystem in Tajikistan
Empower newcomers in Tajikistan's startup scene with resources like Entrepreneurship Day, TEDx events, and training programs offered by organizations such as AIESEC and IAESTE. Stay updated through various platforms like ENT Economic News, KNP/YEC, and TajikInvest for a collaborative and educational journey.
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IT TAKES A CITY TO RAISE A STARTUP. PLOT OUT YOUR LOCAL ECOSYSTEM BELOW TO HELP NEWCOMERS. Source: http://fi.co/canvas Startup Ecosystem Canvas from the Founder Institute
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM CANVAS It takes a city to raise a startup. Plot out your local ecosystem below to help newcomers. Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies. 1. IDEA 1. Inspire 2. Educate 3. Validate EVANGELISTS Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. Team Formation: Resources & events for teaming up. a. Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build. Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events. Training & Feedback: Skill & idea development programs. Skill & Idea development. 2. LAUNCH-STAGE Public organizations that facilitate local economic development. GOVERNMENT 1. Start Establish: Law firms & banks that specialize in helping startups. 2. Develop Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups. 3. Launch Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs. Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces. Prepare for Seed: Incubators & advanced mentorship. Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment. Local Universities: Major business or technical universities 3. GROWTH-STAGE TALENT Local Employers: Major technical employers with a large workforce 1. Recognition Investor Networking: Connect professional investors with founders. 1. Funding 3. Growth Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. Angels / Micro-VCs: Seed-stage investors. Seed-stage investors Major Media: Mainstream local business press. Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants. Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond. SUCCESS STORIES Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity. Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas at http://fi.co/canvas This worksheet is intended for printing on legal paper. This work was developed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
1. IDEA 1.1 INSPIRE a. Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters, Startup Digest) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. ENT Economic News of Tajikistan (FB Group) KNP/YEC Young Entrepreneurs Club (FB Page) NABWT National Association of Businesswomen of Tajikistan (FB Page) NASMB National Association of Small and Medium Business (FB Page) TajikInvest (FB Group) Technopark IT Business Incubator (FB Page) Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events. (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Entrepreneurship Day Farakh (NABWT) GEW Global Entrepreneurship Week Tajikistan TedX
1.2 EDUCATE Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspirate, like 1 Million Cups, Startup Grind, Startup Founder 101, etc). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. AIESEC IAESTE Junior Achievement SIFE YEC meetings Training & Feedback: Skill & idea development programs. Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Social Entrepreneurship Technopark events
1.3 VALIDATE Team Formation: Resources & events for teaming up. (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching, like CoFoundersLab, FounderDating, and entrepreneur networking groups and events, find a cofounder XXX ) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build. (i.e. hackathons and other builder- focused events and resources) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Eurasia Mobile Challenge (Beeline) Hackathon (EFCA Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia/World Bank)
2. LAUNCH-STAGE 2.1 START Establish: Law firms & banks that specialize in helping startups. List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. FINCA Imon International Spitamen Bank Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces(note: official office space goes in 3.1.a. Infrastructure). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Technopark Universities??
2.2 DEVELOP Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups. List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Prepare for Seed: Incubators & advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources for startup TEAMS, Startup Next, etc) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. NABWT Incubator??? Technopark Incubator
2.3 LAUNCH Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs. (Techstars-style programs that provide funding) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment. (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. GEW Technopark Pitch Event
3. GROWTH-STAGE 3.1 RECOGNITION Investor Networking: Connect professional investors with founders. (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors vs. angels, venture capital associations, ) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Major Media: Mainstream local business press. (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion local businesses, major local or regional publications with a business section). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Abdullo Media http://www.abdullo-media.tj/ Asia + VIP Magazine (Asia +) Business and Politics ?? Elita Magazine Ideas Magazine https://www.facebook.com/magazine.ideas?fref=ts Radio Vatan Vecherka http://vecherka.tj/
3.2 FUNDING Angels / Micro-VCs: Seed-stage investors. Seed-stage investors List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond. List resources here in alphabetical order, with links.
3.3 GROWTH Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale) List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links.
EVANGELISTS Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies. Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies. (i.e. Local leaders who have taken a leadership position, speak at a lot of startup events, mentor all the programs, etc.) List people here in alphabetical order, with links. Ilhom Aliyev Pulod Amirbekov Sherali Djurabaev Peter Fabian Dilshod Juraev Manizha Khaitova Daniel Zaretsky
GOVERNMENT Public organizations that facilitate local economic development. List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Mayor s Office of Dushanbe Regional Governments Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Goskominvest TajInvest Ministry of Education Ministry of Innovation and New Technologies President s Office Council on Science and Innovation National Coordination Council on Innovative Development National Coordination Council on Development of Intellectual Property National Center for Patents and Information.
TALENT Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent. Local Universities (universities with prominent technical or business programs). List resources here in alphabetical order, with links. Tajik State University of Commerce Technological University of Tajikistan Tajik Technical University Khojand State University Moscow State University Dushanbe branch Russian Tajik Slavonic University Institute of Service and Entrepreneurship Tajik State University Presidential Lyceum Homatov School Local Employers (Major technical employers with large local offices) List employers here in alphabetical order, with links. Babylon Beeline Huawei Megafon Saturn TARENA ??
SUCCESS STORIES SUCCESSFUL HOMEGROWN COMPANIES THAT HAVE RAISED SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING, EMPLOY A LARGE WORKFORCE, OR HAVE ACHIEVED LIQUIDITY. List companies here in alphabetical order, with links. Dunyo I Nav http://dunyoinav.tj/ Hayot https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008230658518&sk=about NAQSH ?? https://www.facebook.com/NAQSH- %D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B 5-%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE- 507307286075433/timeline/ Promotion Reklama.tj http://rg.tj/ Shedevr Somon.TJ Total Advertising Group Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.
