Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: The legalities of running a small business
One of the hardest parts about launching a startup is understanding the legal elements needed to grow a business. However, it is one of the key considerations for the early phases of any startup journey.
Join this webinar to better understand the concept of companies – what are they, how do they work, what do you need to think about to get set up, and of contracts – what do you need to know and how can you hack your way through without spending thousands on lawyers. We will also cover Intellectual Property (IP), what are the different IP rights and how you can protect your IP and your business.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: How to go from lightbulb moment to business launch
The purpose of this webinar is to share with you some extremely practical techniques you can use to test your business ideas, without breaking the bank, so you can decide whether such ideas are worth pursuing or parking for now.
This webinar could save you thousands of hours, millions of £££ and bucket loads of wasted energy. Your future self will thank you for attending.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: Building a sales strategy
Every business must have a dependable, repeatable sales strategy to bring in new business. Building a sales strategy is therefore a vital part of any business’s expansion efforts, and often involves creating a process that can then be repeated by wider members of a team. Building a sales strategy often means taking a clinical look at where to find customers, whilst also learning to maximise existing sales processes that are already in place.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: The design to manufacture journey
Experience and data tells us that developing a physical product (one that requires manufacturing) can be tougher than developing a software or service product: diverse skills and experience are required, there is a dependency upon third party relationships and significant investment is needed up front. This session will give you a heads-up on how to approach navigating the design to manufacture journey and will equip you with useful hints and tips to maximise your chances of success.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: Creating a business plan
The webinar will cover writing a business plan from scratch. What you need to know, and the easy way to approach it.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: Personal branding
Explore the importance of personal branding and learn how to develop and maintain a strong social media presence. Take control of your future and learn to leverage the power of the ultimate business search tool, a platform that boasts 332+ million users and brings 80% of network opportunities.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: Why you must disrupt in business
The most successful startup businesses in the last decade all have one thing in common – they disrupted their markets. They did things so differently that they created a huge impact on their customers, sector and the world. Join this webinar and discover how you can do the same and start thinking about how you can positively disrupt and succeed in your business.
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#IdeasMeanBusiness: Be inspired to innovate
Do you have an idea but don’t know how to bring it to life? Join Mark Martin from UKBLACKTECH, to find out how to be innovative, how to brainstorm ideas, and how to discover your motivation.
We will also be exploring how to start a tech business as a non tech founder and without experience.
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Just announced - Women in Innovation Programme partnership with Founders4Schools
A chance for Women in Innovation to inspire students up and down the country using the Founders4Schools digital platform.
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Innovate UK & HVMC Funded UK Composites Market Study Restarts
KTN, Innovate UK and HVMC restart market study on the UK Composites sector – please send responses by 31st October 2020 (note extended closing date).