ResumenDesde su fundación, la Universidad EAN es pionera en ofrecer educación enfocada a fortalecer competencias emprendedoras. Por este motivo, es siempre un desafío diseñar programas enfocados en potenciar emprendedores. Este artículo enmarca el acompañamiento emprendedor dentro de unas tendencias globales y necesarias en el ecosistema colombiano, tales como: el pensamiento en diseño aplicado en los negocios, el emprendimiento ágil, los programas de aceleración, y la innovación a partir de la investigación. Lo anterior, se ha convertido en buenas prácticas para la incubación de empresas desde las universidades (Bhatli, 2014). De esta forma, se analiza la evolución, procesos y resultados de los programas de acompañamiento desarrollados en la Universidad EAN: Modelo IN3 -Incuba-Innova-Integra-, el Punto de Atención al Emprendedor (PAE) y su Fondo de Capital Semilla; y finalmente, el programa actual llamado EAN Impacta. Palabras claveEmprendimiento, incubación empresarial, unidades de emprendimiento, modelos de atención emprendedora, Universidad EAN. Rev. esc.adm.neg. No. 81Julio-Diciembre Bogotá, pp.12-25

Universities play a fundamental role in promoting entrepreneurship and directly contributing to the economic development of the country. This chapter presents the case of EAN University, an institution that from its foundation has focused on entrepreneurship as its mission. Over time the university has taken concrete actions to develop its three mission areas: training, research and social outreach. At EAN University, the entrepreneur training model is mandatory for all programs, making it part of the student's core education. In addition, the university promotes and creates a culture of entrepreneurship in its community through permanent business incubation and acceleration services, which are available to all students and graduates. EAN's accompaniment model begins with a diagnostic which determines the stage the company is in: preincubation, incubation or acceleration. The university's effort is focus on directing and accompanying companies in the preincubation and incubation stages.

Indigenous communities in Colombia have been characterized by an economy of subsistence, influenced by the nomadic population that has allowed them to take advantage of the abundance of the environment in which they live and by the cultural context of these communities. The authors document a project initiative to co-create a sustainable entrepreneurship model for indigenous communities, to identify sustainable income alternatives adjusted to the culture and living conditions of indigenous people. First experiences of this project took place in La Fraguita Community in the Department of Caquetá at the south of Colombia, where a social entrepreneurship incubation process was deployed, identifying different productive activities, selecting grounded organic chili pepper as a pilot for the implementation of a culture-based and local product income alternative, with added value provided by the community.

The violence that hits Colombia for more than 50 years forced many people, families, and communities to leave their original territories and seek refuge in the principal cities, especially in Bogotá, where displaced people from various regions of the country arrived. Victims of this situation, the Wounaan-Nonam community, were relocated in the periphery of Bogotá, under challenging conditions, some without the necessary infrastructure to live with a minimum quality of life standards, and in a completely different context and culture than the one they were used to live. This research seeks to help artisan women for developing production processes around Wérregue products. As a result, this community will improve their productivity, structure their organization, define marketing strategies, and promote their sustainability and growth while protecting and respect their cultural essence and heritage to generate higher and sustainable income for the artisans.

Universities play a fundamental role in promoting entrepreneurship and directly contributing to the economic development of the country. This chapter presents the case of EAN University, an institution that from its foundation has focused on entrepreneurship as its mission. Over time the university has taken concrete actions to develop its three mission areas: training, research and social outreach. At EAN University, the entrepreneur training model is mandatory for all programs, making it part of the student's core education. In addition, the university promotes and creates a culture of entrepreneurship in its community through permanent business incubation and acceleration services, which are available to all students and graduates. EAN's accompaniment model begins with a diagnostic which determines the stage the company is in: preincubation, incubation or acceleration. The university's effort is focus on directing and accompanying companies in the preincubation and incubation stages.