(Видавництво «Редакція «УП», 2016) Makowiec, Marek
The article concerns the issues on science-business cooperation, It often leads to establishing innovative technological start-ups. The definition of start-up was described, the results of the latest research on start-up environment in Poland were presented and some examples of innovative start-ups were shown. The notion of functioning and development of these entities was briefly presented as well as aspects concerning characteristic features of a start-up business enterprise.