Innovative start-ups – almost 300 new, highly innovative businesses – employ over 1200 highly trained personnel and generate an overall turnover of approximately 65 million euro.
Their success comes as a result of the support and mentoring provided by Italian incubators to young researchers striving to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.

These businesses, a third of which have a growth rate exceeding 50%, are the Italian promise that the economic crisis can be overcome by developing Italy’s most precious assets: numerous young people with both talent and the desire to demonstrate their skills.

The conference, “Innovative start-ups: an opportunity for economic and employment growth in Italy”, was held at AREA Science Park and organized by AIR (Italian Research Association) with the collaboration of Innov'Azione and the support of the Regional Research Body Coordination Team.
The conference aimed to call the attention of young researchers to possible employment opportunities and in particular send a message to a political class that does not seem to acknowledge the changes underway in an ever shrinking world, where competition is based on ideas and innovation skills.

T
he data presented are proof of the still largely unexpressed potential that young Italian researchers represent for this country.

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