Eirini Efthymiadou, Business Startup Coach and Trainer

About

I help new and aspiring entrepreneurs achieve their goals, so that they create value for themselves and others. I do so by providing business coaching and mentoring services, one-to-one advice and group training, in an inspiring and organised way. I offer my services to either interested individuals or organisations supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. I focus on my local ecosystem but I'm also available to work remotely with individuals or organisations from other countries. I have more than 25 years of experience as a Business & Innovation Management consultant. I have assisted numerous businesses of various sizes, as well as public and intermediary organisations, from various European Countries, including Greece and the UK.

Experience

i4G PRO

Jan 2020 – Present

Thessaloniki, Greece

Business Development Specialist

I offer business coaching and mentoring, one-to-one advice as well as group training, to business startups and new entrepreneurs, focusing on the following aspects of business development: - Customer development process. - Design and implementation of business model, aiming at profitability with minimisation of risks. - Funding sources (in collaboration with funding experts). - Specific business issues, such as Intellectual Property (copyright, trade marks, patents) and Business Information/ Desk Research.

Business and Intellectual Property Centre at the British Library

Oct 2012 – Dec 2019

London, UK

Service Liaison Manager - Innovating for Growth Programme

I contributed to the delivery of the Library's "Innovating for Growth" Programme to help local small businesses achieve growth and success. I acted as a point of liaison between the programme, the core services offered in the Business & IP Centre of the Library and access to the collections to ensure that businesses are able to make the best use of these resources. I assisted more than 450 small businesses that participated in the programme, by offering training, one-to-one advice and research assistance on Business Information & Intellectual Property (IP). I also delivered relevant group training to business startups that make general use of the services of the Centre.

i4G S.A.

Jul 2007 – Sep 2012

Thessaloniki, Greece

Director of Innovation Management

I provided management consulting services for the development and management of business incubators and other innovation support actions to organisations of the public and private sector, mainly through participation to relevant National or EU programmes.

INTELIN S.A.

Sep 2004 – Apr 2008

Thessaloniki, Greece

Managing Director

I provided management consulting services on entrepreneurship and innovation management to organisations of the public and private sector.

EUROCONSULTANTS S.A.

Jan 1994 – Aug 2004

Thessaloniki, Greece

Senior Consultants

I worked as a Management Consultant and Project Manager in Technology & Innovation Management as well as Quality Management projects, collaborating with numerous intermediary organisations from Greece and EU, and also many Greek SMEs.

Chemical and Process Engineering Research Institute

Mar 1993 – Dec 1993

Thessaloniki, Greece

Research Associate

I participated in specific technical consulting projects for data acquisition and process control in the Chemical Industry. I specifically worked on mathematical modelling, simulation and control of polymer reactors and the development of respective software for industrial polymerisation processes.

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Sep 1989 – Dec 1992

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Research Associate

I worked with the Advanced Process Control Group, a technical consulting group developed within the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). I specifically worked on the following projects: - Application of statistical process control for the improvement of process quality and process productivity. - Solution of quality related problems of industrial processes, offering technical consulting to ICI and Hickson - Hickson Chemicals.

Education

University of Birmingham

Oct 1986 – Dec 1989

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering

University of Birmingham

Sep 1985 – Sep 1986

Master of Science (MSc), Biochemical Engineering

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Sep 1978 – Mar 1984

Diploma, Chemical Engineering

Eirini Efthymiadou

Business Startup Coach and Trainer

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