Have you dedicated time this week to progressing a new idea? With a busy schedule, we know working on new ideas or innovations can get pushed to the bottom of the priority list, but have you considered how taking time out of your business to work on your business could have great benefits?
Explore how The Innovation Retreat could be the intensive, supportive and bespoke programme that helps you do just that ➡ https://www.mmu.ac.uk/business-services/innovation/retreat
This is a funded opportunity for a limited number of businesses.
Be quick! We only have spaces left on our final retreat next month (dates - 10th, 17th, 18th and 2th September)
The Innovation Retreat is a project to support businesses to develop an action plan for the launch of a current new product or service.
By enabling adoption of a lean innovation process, we will help you to:
- Support with a funding application
- Develop your value proposition.
- Identify the early market.
- Develop/plan Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi Prototypes.
- Develop a strategy for market testing.
- Understand the GM Ecosystem and the support you can access.
- Develop a network of 'innovation active' peers
This is delivered via 2 half-day workshops that sandwich a 2-day residential retreat in Saddleworth Hotel. The project is delivered and funded in partnership with the Growth Company, and is fully funded (no cost).
Places are very, very limited, if you are a GM-based SME and currently working on a new product then this could be what you need to accelerate your plans.
Eligibility:
*Greater Manchester SME
*Sector/Cluster: Net Zero, Digital & Creative, Health,/life Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing.
* Innovating in one of these tech families: AI, Data, Advanced Computing, Sustainable Advanced Materials or Diagnostics/Genomics.
We are actively recruiting, so if this is of interest to you or an organisation you know, get in touch to find out more.
Email Pete Smith to find out more - peter.smith@mmu.ac.uk
Or book in a teams / zoom meeting directly HERE.
