Academia

• Imperial’s I-Corps programme (3/15/2018) - Imperial’s I-Corps programme gets scientists to develop potential applications of their work The I-Corps programme, now widely adopted in the US, has made slow progress in the UK. But there is a more drastic alternative.  Next up: Learning with and … Continue reading →
• No institutional support for startups and scaleups (1/17/2018) - No institutional support for startups and scaleups The CEO of the Art Fund complains that there is no support system for one of the oldest of functions – museum curators; neither is there in the newest of fields – the … Continue reading →
• ‘GovTech’ launches world-first programmes (12/6/2017) - ‘World-First’ Programmes in GovTech Entrepreneurship GovTech and CivTech are latecomers to the UK’s entrepreneurial extravanganza, though like others of the more recent programmes, also aimed at attacking big issues in specific fields. GovTech seeks to bring entrepreneurial solutions to the problems … Continue reading →
• A learning programme for leaders (11/23/2017) - Boosting Resilience: a 2-year learning programme for leaders – in the arts The startup and scaleup world has seen a dramatic explosion, but there has been little or no support for the development of entrepreneurs and leaders of innovation. This … Continue reading →
• Organising your venture’s supporters (9/21/2017) - Organising your venture’s supporters Priscila Bala of Octopus Venture Capital, (formerly Mentor Director at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute) has emphasised the value of advisers, and suggested how to set up and make good use of them. Savvy enterprise start-ups understand the … Continue reading →

Collaboration

• No institutional support for startups and scaleups (1/17/2018) - No institutional support for startups and scaleups The CEO of the Art Fund complains that there is no support system for one of the oldest of functions – museum curators; neither is there in the newest of fields – the … Continue reading →
• The Future of Work is arriving (1/15/2018) - The Future of Work is arriving All sorts of programmes are in the wind designed to facilitate startups and scaleups in particular. PwC and Swiftscale have just completed a 12 week accelerator programme entitled The Future of Work – for a … Continue reading →
• Building ‘local’ eco-systems to support innovation (12/18/2017) - Building ‘local’ eco-systems to support innovation Nesta’s recent report The State of Small Business highlights networks – among key levers of influence, as does the recent report from the Scaleup Institute. Hubs, like Scotland’s CivTech programme can be supported by … Continue reading →
• ‘GovTech’ launches world-first programmes (12/6/2017) - ‘World-First’ Programmes in GovTech Entrepreneurship GovTech and CivTech are latecomers to the UK’s entrepreneurial extravanganza, though like others of the more recent programmes, also aimed at attacking big issues in specific fields. GovTech seeks to bring entrepreneurial solutions to the problems … Continue reading →
• A learning programme for leaders (11/23/2017) - Boosting Resilience: a 2-year learning programme for leaders – in the arts The startup and scaleup world has seen a dramatic explosion, but there has been little or no support for the development of entrepreneurs and leaders of innovation. This … Continue reading →