YES Incubator
YES Incubator is the first and only ICT Business Incubator in Macedonia. It is located in Skopje in the student's dormitory complex Stiv Naumov just nearby the Faculty for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Faculty for Forestry and Agriculture and the Veterinary Institute.
The Youth Entrepreneurial Service (YES) seeks to strengthen the local innovation system in Macedonia by stimulating to practical entrepreneurship among the youth by offering complementary activities that will ease the start-up of new ventures.
The goal of YES Foundation is attracting young ICT people, training and coaching them in business skills, connecting them with the right business partners so that they can compete on the global market and make the ICT a leading industry in Macedonia. YES Foundation has two synergetic components, ICT Business Incubator and entrepreneurial trainings.
Space and Resources
The services that YES Foundation is going to offer will be the services of the ICT Incubator and the entrepreneurial trainings.
Pre-incubation services
- Two desk-top computers in the central part of the building aimed for external parties that would like to join the Incubator but do not have a clear business idea
- Free consulting for the business idea creation
- Free assistance and materials for business plan creation
Incubation services
- Well-equipped office space at affordable rents lower than the commercial one
- The cost for the rent includes: electricity, heating, Internet, insurance and security
- Free use of the common space: kitchen and conference rooms
- Free parking space
- Free consulting services for all aspects of establishing and running a business
- Matchmaking
- Promoting the tenants
YES Incubator has 600m² spaces with 21 offices, two conference rooms, computer lab, kitchen, parking and inner yard. All offices are equipped with modern furniture and internet and telephone connections.
ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAININGS
The YES Foundation is offering trainings for stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit and learning the ICT people of business and soft skills. In terms of that, the Foundation is going to offer widely recognized trainings such as:
EBC*L (www.ebcl.com)
SkillSoft (www.skillsoft.com)
EBC*L (European Business Competence License) is European certificate for business knowledge for non-business students and profiles of people.
YES Foundation is the first certified examination and training center in Skopje. The management of the Foundation is certified trainers and also YES has signed contracts with external parties that will conduct the trainings.
Skillsoft is US distance learning tool for business, IT and desktop modules. YES Foundation is sub-distributer of these courses for Skopje. It has more than 5000 modules.
MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES
- Consulting services such as: Marketing, Management, HR, Finance, Exporting
- Training and examination for EBC*L (www.ebcl.com)
- Matchmaking
- Networking
- Participation on local and regional ICT conferences (www.seeita.org; www.microsoft.com.mk/Vizija/)
LINKS TO MOST IMPORTANT WEBSITES