St. Petersburg Entrepreneur’s Club is a Member of International Association of  Entrepreneurs' Clubs      

 

 

International Association of  Entrepreneurs' Clubs was formed in 2006 and united

5 Clubs representing Central region of Russia, North-West, Siberia, Ukraine.

 

 

In 2007 Clubs more Entrepreneur’s Clubs joined Association.

 

Currently Association operates in 8 cities, representing three countries: Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia

 

Russia: St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk-Dimitrovograd,

Ukraine: Kiev, Donetsk, Kharkov

Bielorussia: Molodechno

 

Nowadays Association is a network of:

 

•         250 members

•         More than 50 businesses

•         8 Internet portals

•         8 electronic infoletters

•         1 newspaper

•         More than 30 000 subscribers

 

 

Goals of Association

•         To unite entrepreneur’s Clubs in Russia and CIS

•         To support small business

•         To unite businessmen with active position

•         To join clubs’ resources

•         To facilitate business development of its members

•         To facilitate free knowledge and information exchange

•         To apply new approaches in business

 

Non-governmental Establishment

St. Petersburg Entrepreneur’s Club

 

St. Petersburg Entrepreneur’s Club, the oldest Club in Association  was founded in 2002 

President – Sergei Sidorenko 

 

Club mission is unity and partnership of people with active position in life and pure thoughts for creation and its development their own business for well-being and prosperity of the society

 

Club slogan – Mind the Goal

 

 

Club Format

•         Free weekly meetings of people with active life position

•         Support of starting companies

•         Support of youth business initiatives

•         Support of healthy business ideas

•         Contact exchange

•         Ideas and resources exchange

•         Group consultations  - “brainstorms”

•         Unique business projects

•         Educational projects for entrepreneurs

•         International projects

•         Investment opportunities

 

Regular Club network meetings take place on a weekly basis  

on Wednesdays, 18.00-20.00

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Club departments

•         Internet

•          Projects

•          PR

•          Busines Development

•          International

•          Youth Club

 

Club Board  Council

 

Sergei  Sidorenko – Club President

Stanislav Kramnik -  Internet Department Leader

Juliana Bortsova  - NGO and Fundraising Department Leader

Denis Markov – Youth Club leader

Olga Galik – Project Leader

Roman Dolmatov – Business Development Leader

Alexei Ignatkovich – PR and Promotion Leader

Paulina Gousseva – Head of International Development

 

 

Internet

Leader: Stanislav Kramnik

Goals:

•         Free and easy communication between Club members by means of Forum opportunities

•         Joint resource and information base for all Clubs of Association in different

    cities (2007)

•         Joint resource base for International opportunities for Club members (2007)

 

 

Youth Club

Leader:  Denis Markov

Fabric of ideas of young people

Opportunities to study and business practice

Support by experienced businessmen

Results:

Young people open companies and develop their businesses. For instance, the first Club business project was the organization of popular “Vatrushka” sledge rent for sledging down the natural and artificial hills.  Company goals and mission:

To help children, youth and their parents to get quality out-door activities: through fun to personal development

 

 

 

Youth Club: TOP-100 project

Meeting on a regular basis with some of “Top 100 businessmen of st. Petersburg” according to “Delovoi Petersburg” newspaper rating.

 

Denis Kotov – the owner of the biggest bookstore chain “Bukvoed” in St. Petersburg

 

Meeting with governmental officials on small business city policy issues. 

Sergei Fedorov

The Head of City Administration on Small Business

 

 

 

PR department

Leader: Alexey Ignatkovich

Goal: to promote St. Petersburg Entrepreneur’ Club among business community

Results:  Club meetings are announced and featured in major business city editions “Delovoi Petersburg”, “Delovaya nedelya”  (33 000 copies weekly).

Regular publications about Club events are reviewed in newspapers, internet-editions and in  TV news and programs.

Press events:

Press-conference

“Image of St. Petersburg in Souvenir and Gifts”

The idea is show the variety of souvenirs reflecting image of the city: starting from “soil” and “air” of    St. Petersburg and finishing with VIP gifts to country presidents.

 

“Business Take-off” e companies to improve sales results.

Example: press-trip to Vuoksa Islands (promotion of a company on active tourism aimed at increasing its sales results).

 

 

 

 

International Department

Leader: Paulina Gousseva

Goal: is to establish fruitful cooperation between the Club and International organizations in St. Petersburg and worldwide.

Development of Club international opportunities.

Linking Club business Community to the business community of other countries

Realization of International projects with Entrepreneurial organizations from other countries.

 

Current International Projects:

 

 

International Consulting

Senior experts from Netherlands PUM organization come to consult small companies in St. Petersburg from the Club starting from September 2006

 

International Seminars

Inviting to St. Petersburg International Business-gurus and business-trainers for seminars.

The first seminar on Guerilla Marketing in St. Petersburg  will be held in April 2007.

Alexander Levitas

business trainer and business consultant from Israel

 

International Business Study

President of  Center of Civil Initiatives -  Sharon Tenisson  was the Club guest in 2005.

Result:

members of the Club became participants of CCI study tours to the USA afterwards in 2006 and 2007.

 

 

 

English Language Courses

 

Language Studio was invited in July 2006.

Result: a group of 6 Club members started to   learn English on a permanent basis.

Next project: English communication Club.

 

Business exchange programs

November 10-12, 2007. First International business programme to Finland and Sweden.

Business meetings with Scandinavian entrepreneurs.

 

Club projects:

Investment Forum

Takes Place twice a year on a permanent basis since November 2006. . Currently the are very few business-grounds where ideas and capital meet for small business.

Helps to link healthy business ideas and financial recourses.

Club provides business-consultants to evaluate ideas and turn them into business plan to introduce to potential investors. Investment Forum project is especially valuable to young people of 25-30 years.

 

Successful and Young

Program of  support and development of youth entrepreneurship and initiatives.

Informal Meetings (фото)

• New Year Ball in the Palace 2004
• Entrepreneurs’ Day  Celebration

sushi master class and party, May 2006

• Kiosaki business-games days-out
• 4th Club Anniversary Celebration

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