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ICUK platinn
Innovate with leading experts
A programme based on Swiss knowhow, individual guidance from one of more than 50 leading experts from all over the Czech Republic, and emphasis on the introduction of changes designed to make your company grow. Platinn will help you identify the bottlenecks in your business, find opportunities for innovation, and make changes leading to development and growth in your company.
Is Platinn just what your company needs?
- For future-oriented companies
- Ambition to innovate and grow
- Place of business in the Usti Region
- +2 years in the market
- +10 employees
Pavel Kováč
manažer programu
kovac@icuk.cz
How Platinn can help you
Finance
We’ll help you with your financing strategy, product pricing, and efficient cashflow management.
Business development
We’ll focus on strategic management, sales growth, international expansion, marketing, customer service, and product innovation.
Internal processes
We’ll optimize your internal processes, from HR and logistics all the way to agile development, company culture, leadership, successorship, and communication.
Collaboration
We’ll concentrate on creating strategic partnerships with companies, universities, and other organizations. We facilitate collaboration and technology transfer.
Choose from our experts
Tomáš Avrat
Specializace
- tvorba a řízení značky
- řízení portfolia značek
- marketing (taktický i strategický)
Zkušenosti
- 20 let se věnuje marketingu a značkám
- působil v manažerských pozicích jak v mezinárodních firmách, tak i komunikačních agenturách
regional marketing manager
South Moravian Innovation Centre
Markéta Borovcová
Specializace
- strategický partnering
- příprava mezinárodních výzkumných a vývojových projektů
- mezinárodní financování výzkumu
Zkušenosti
- 7 let zkušeností jako projektová manažerka a konzultantka programů Evropské komise
- FF ZČU
international product specialist
South Moravian Innovation Centre
Richard Brulík
Specializace
- mezinárodní B2B obchodní strategie
- firemní a obchodní procesy
- strategické řízení
- ICT
Zkušenosti
- 10 let budování globální obchodní sítě a prodejního týmu
- člen top managementu malé (25 zaměstnanců) ale i střední společnosti (250 zaměstnanců)
- PEF MENDELU v Brně
VP of global sales
Kentico Software
Martin Cígler
Specializace
- vývoj a distribuce software
- ERP informační systémy
- fúze a akvizice
Zkušenosti
- 28 let budování vlastní firmy (lídr v ČR a SR)
- vede mezinárodní skupinu IT firem
- IT osobnost roku ČR 2007
- VUT v Brně
chairman of the board
Solitea, a.s.
Radka Formanová
Specializace
- KPI – jak nastartovat růst firmy
- finanční management, business plán a controlling
- firemní procesy – interní zákazník a dodavatel
Zkušenosti
- 20 let ve finančním řízení firem – stavebnictví, strojírenství
- Vlastní developerské projekty a ekonomické studie
- VUT Brno
- PEF MENDELU v Brně
CFO
VUES Brno
Are you ready?
There are dozens of experts available to you from a wide variety of fields. The first 40 hours of collaboration with an expert (the first phase of Platinn) is free of charge. The second phase is always cofinanced by the company and can total a maximum of 80 hours.
Want to talk?
Can Platinn help your company? Not sure you meet the requirements? Facing a particular problem? Or are you ready to go for it?
Contact programme manager Petr Freimann at
Innovation Vouchers
of the Usti Region
A grant programme for companies from the Usti Region ready to collaborate with a research organization to find their innovative product solutions, services, or manufacturing processes.
Are there vouchers for your company?
- Place of business in the Usti Region
- At least one employee
- A partner for innovation development from the ranks of our research organizations (see list here)
Up to 200 000 CZK
70% of eligible project costs
Pavel Kováč
programme manager
kovac@icuk.cz
How can a voucher help?
- You receive a grant of up to 199,000 CZK, up to 70% of eligible costs
- It allows you to purchase knowhow and implement necessary innovations almost immediately and with minimum expenses
- You acquire a partner from the ranks of research organizations not only for your project but also for long-term collaboration
Thanks to Innovation Vouchers, our company was able to innovate a special cosmetics line for sensitive skin. We teamed up with a laboratory at Tomas Bata University in Zlín for analysis of specific bioactive substances in plant extracts intended for the innovated cosmetics. We used the results of the analysis not only for innovation but also in professional promotion of the entire cosmetics line to our customers, which has allowed us to set our products apart from the competition.
For applicant submission and administration, you need
- Call for Applications 2019
- Innovation Vouchers of the Usti Region 2019 Policies
- Application Form 2019 (use if link to electronic application is not working)
- Statutory Declaration of Nondelinquency 2019
- Statutory Declaration – de minimis 2019
- Sample provision of knowhow offer 2019
- Form for applicant projects supported by the Usti Region in 2016–18
- Sample grant agreement 2019
- Final report form 2019
The application process for 2019 is currently closed.
Do you want to talk about it?
Can Innovation Vouchers help your company? Not sure you meet the requirements? Looking for a partner in a research organization?
Contact programme manager Miroslav Cingl at
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