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How to use the BiD Network?

The BiD Network consists of 3 areas

  • Invest
  • Present your business
  • Support

The Network is a meeting place for SME entrepreneurs, investors, experts and organisations. They can ask for advice or financial support, compete in the BiD Challenge or coach a participating entrepreneur and share information, business plans, news and discussions.

Invest

  1. Register as a Member - Become member of the BiD Network, contribute to it and interact with other members. Click here
  2. Complete your Profile - Pull down the menu above and select "edit my profile" on the left side. Upload your pictures, add keywords, your address, and interests so other members can find you. After completing your profile use "Similar" to find people, plans, organisations, news and events, relevant to you.
  3. Find People - Pull down the menu and check the meet column to find people, organisations, funds and plans. Type a name or a keyword and find people or organisation who share your interests. You can connect friends, experts or other 'people you know' to your personal profile.
  4. Discuss in Forums - You can discuss topics with the whole community or in a closed groups of friends. Also, you can add comments or questions to news articles, persons and plans.

Present your business

  1. Add a Business Plan - Write a Business plan and make it visible in the Network to find business partners, investors, finance or the expertise you need to start-up your business. Or submit your business plan to the BiD Challenge and win prize money and coaching.
  2. Find BiD Plans - Search for business plans by typing the keywords or countries you are interested in. All plans have a business summary page, most of them also have a details page, photos and documents. Also, all plans have context information like region, sector and the kind of support they need. Use this context to find Similar plans, news, persons or other information.

Support

  1. Search for information - News, Events, Publications, Pioneers and more.
  2. Share information yourself - Use the online form to submit information that is relevant to other BiD Network members.
  3. Newsletter - Subscribe to the monthly BiD Network Newsletter and receive interesting items from the Share section in your email inbox.