She did a start up course providing her with the basic business know-how, was assigned a mentor and received grants towards starting up and developing a website.
To build on self-organised teams, researchers are connected with entrepreneurs and appropriate mentors to create powerful networks with access to industry and business know-how.
Gaining access to the best people and business know-how are real stumbling blocks on the path to start-up success, but it's access to capital that causes the most problems.
One hoped-for element of the policy of encouraging foreign-owned firms is the inward transfer of technology and business know-how including to locally controlled firms.