Spark
A one-day program for scientists and engineers on identifying high potential ideas for commercialisation from their research
Spark
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Spotting Opportunities
Do you aspire to bring a world-changing technology to market? Are you looking to understand what makes for a good idea? Or do you want to know if the idea you have is a promising opportunity? Then this is a program designed just for you.
Spotting commercially promising opportunities is difficult, otherwise everyone would be doing it. Equally, understanding the value of an idea is very hard without past commercial experience to benchmark against. Over this one day program, we introduce the tools we use to analyse the world, and how we help founders to identify and validate exciting opportunities for innovation.
Topics Covered
Understanding Entrepreneurship
• Who is right for the journey?
• How much experience do you need to get started?
• How easy is it to learn?
Spotting Opportunities
• Where does inspiration for ideas come from?
• What makes a good opportunity?
Building Evidence Based Businesses
• What's a good approach to build success?
• Developing lean business processes
• How do we understand our customers?
Launching Your Idea
• What is needed to launch new ideas?
• Who do you need to bring on board?
• How can you secure the resources needed?
Testimonials
Spark provided great introduction to technology driven entrepreneurship. We examined who are entrepreneurs, how to generate ideas and how to spot commercial opportunities. Everyone who is interested in bringing their own research to the end user should absolutely attend this course.
Dr Uros Zupanic,
CSO, biotIP Ltd
The Spark program was extremely engaging and highly informative. The Spin Up speakers knew their audience, kept a dynamic pace, and pitched everything at the right level. This was by far the best skills program I've attended, and I'll definitely be attending more in the future.
Emily Meads,
Deep Tech Analyst, Speed Invest
I found the workshop really helpful. It presented a broad range of considerations that need to be taken into account when starting a spin-out company. Many of the ideas and concepts presented were new to me and I would not have otherwise been aware of them. It has certainly peaked my interest in starting a spin-out and I'm now keen to further explore the idea.
Dr Laurie Needham,
Biomechanics Research Associate
Alumni Spotlight
Alumni 1
"Spark and Spin Up Science kickstarted my entrepreneurial journey and helped me realise that the quickest route to translate academic knowledge into applications is through start-ups.
My company, Rhizocore Ltd, will be incorporating [...] in the next few months. We are developing new propagation techniques for soil organisms that form symbioses with plants to increase growth rates and boost the carbon sequestration potential of plants."
Dr Toby Parkes,
Founder Rhizocore