I2N Validator

I2N’s Validator program is designed to provide research, corporate and mixed teams guided experience to quickly and cost-effectively determine pathways to market for an idea or invention. Over the course of 10 weeks, with 6 face-to-face workshops, teams will experience hands-on learning to validate a fit between their technology and a significant problem.

I2N Validator will see your team test assumptions about an idea or innovation by acquiring insights from real customers. You will participate in peer learning through team presentations and be provided with feedback under the guidance of expert facilitators and mentors. Gain strategies and access to tools for validating a sustainable business model by:

Learn essential skills

Modelled on the highly regarded Lean LaunchPad program developed by Steve Blank at Stanford, Validator will see teams:

Develop entrepreneurial capacity and critical enterprise skills
Test and collect evidence for multiple business model hypotheses
'Get out of the building' to talk to potential customers and partners and to gain valuable insights
Identify and validate a potential pathway to market for your innovation
Present your customer discovery findings and key learnings without giving away the 'secret sauce'

Who should attend

Corporate teams developing new products and services
Research teams testing market opportunities for recent discoveries and new inventions
Pre-startup teams keen to practice lean startup principles
Mixed industry-research teams priming themselves for ongoing collaboration

Places are limited! Apply here. Full program info found here.

Cost

$9,900 per team, payable prior to commencement of the workshop.

Teams that include at least one University of Newcastle staff or student receive complimentary access to the program.

Teams that do not include any University of Newcastle staff or students, but include University of Newcastle alumni receive a 75% discount.

Important dates

Expressions of interest close: 11:59PM, Sunday 8 March 2020.

Offers made: by 5PM, Tuesday 10 March 2020.

Six full-day face-to-face workshops will take place in Newcastle on:

Thursday 26 March
Friday 27 March
Thursday 9 April
Thursday 30 April
Thursday 14 May
Thursday 28 May

Event Information

Date: This event was held on Sunday 8 March 2020
Location: I2N Hub Hunter Street, 376 Hunter Street, Newcastle

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