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LEAD - a business incubator

LEAD, Sweden's best business incubator, offers entrepreneurs who have innovative and scalable ideas with high growth potential an efficient process to safely and quickly develop the ideas in to strong growth companies.

LEAD works with innovators and entrepreneurs, from both academia and business, over a three-year period. A major focus is on marketing and to achieve a number of success factors. The work focuses on individual advice from experienced coaches with many years of experience in the development of companies and organizations.

Read more on LEADs webpage.

Interview with Catharina Sandberg

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From LiU-research to LEAD-business

Many researchers and students have ideas that can grow into companies of benefit to society.But how do you determine whether an idea is good?A tip from the business incubator LEAD is to dare to talk about it early, and to assess interest.

News

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LiU alumni help the industry save energy – and money

He left a high-paid job in the gas and oil industry in India for a master’s programme at LiU. Sajid Athikkay does not regret his U-turn. He now runs a company in Linköping that helps industries track and save energy.
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Innovative semiconductor research from LiU to Silicon Valley

LiU alumnus and doctoral student Ivan Martinovic swapped Swedish winter for a warmer climate and headed for Silicon Valley.  He represents the LEAD company Polar Light Technologies in Berkeley SkyDeck’s sought-after accelerator programme.
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The birth of an invention at LiU: “Something magical happened”

He came to LiU with a dream of revolutionising the textile industry. During his economics studies, Sam Issa met up with LiU researchers and their collaboration resulted in an invention – a smart thread that enables garments to change size.

Contact us

Contact

Stefan Asplund
+46 708-45 78 60
stefan.asplund@lead.se

Magnus Krogh
+46 764 - 06 04 05
magnus.krogh@lead.se

Address

Phone: +46 11 12 58 50

Laxholmstorget 3
SE-602 21 Norrköping

Address

Phone +46 13 21 01 10

Teknikringen 7
583 30 Linköping
Sweden

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