Uplift your startup and innovation skills through these hands on and highly practical workshops!
Master lean innovation skills and advanced startup techniques.
Practice the methods that enable innovators to start up faster and cheaper, validate your ideas and increase the impact of your projects through a range of workshops on offer at the Canberra Innovation Network.
Idea to Impact
Idea to Impact is a workshop program for innovators looking to take their ambitious ideas and projects to the next level.
Over 5 workshops, we will challenge participants to make progress with potential customers and stakeholders. We will show you some practical tools that other entrepreneurs have successfully used to get you moving quicker, no matter what stage you’re at, whether you just have an idea or you’re looking add innovation skills to your project.
Submit your expression of interest below for the next round in 2025.
Advanced Startup Workshops
The Advanced Startup Workshops are for entrepreneurs and startup founders in any stage, who are looking to advance their skill sets in order to grow. This is a series of two workshops which can be attended on their own, or as a package.
Selling to Grow will help you find customers and make sales! Spend an afternoon learning practical methods to find customers and make sales.
Raising Capital & Negotiating Terms is a full day of intensive, practical learning on how to find investors and how to negotiate the right deal.
Founders Collective
Founders Collective is a facilitated group for startup founders who are out of the ideation phase, navigating the challenges of finding early customers ad bringing their product to market.
This series of short afternoon events connect like-minded founders as they face similar challenges working on their projects. Sessions will include peer-to-peer sharing of insights, goal setting, accountability and problem solving. Other sessions will focus on important themes like finding and delivering on early sales, clarifying value proposition, navigating challenges and getting your product to market.
Chat with our Growth Team, or complete expression of interest to see if this is the right fit for you
The Founders Collective is a great forum in which to connect with people who are grappling with a set of challenges similar to your own.
Idea to Impact
I cannot believe how one workshop could have such a positive impact on the pitches of all participants! Very hands-on and practical – a must for anyone getting their idea into the marketplace! The skills taught have broad application for pitching your idea to a range of audiences.