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Applications are now open for Cultivate Thrive. This will commence spring 2023 and run every week on a Wednesday for 10 weeks, from 10am until 3.00pm. We will confirm receipt of applications via email. If you would like to apply for Cultivate Start in Autumn 2023, please use the same form.

Please go to the Programme Detail page for further information.

The below form is to help us understand more about your business and the stage that you are at in your journey. There are no right or wrong answers and we just ask that you are as honest as possible. The form does not allow you to save your answers and continue at a later date so please ensure you have all required information to hand ready for completing your application. If you have any questions you can use the contact us page on the website and we will respond as soon as possible.

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Name(required)

Company Name(required)

Company Website or Social Media(required)

Email(required)

Phone Number(required)

Please provide an overview of your business in no more than 200 words (please state START or THRIVE)(required)

Please answer the following questions with a ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘working on it’. We are happy for you to provide more detailed responses where you feel it is required.

1. Are you currently trading and if so, for how long?(required)

2. What particular challenges do you feel that you currently face?(required)

3. Market Space: To what extent have you identified your market space? (potential customers, partners, suppliers and competitors)? :(required)

4. Have you identified the regulatory requirements which relate to your product or technology within all markets in which you wish to operate?: (required)

5. Marketing strategy: Do you have a marketing strategy in place which identifies routes to market and associated challenges?:(required)

6. Technology Development: To what extent is your technology market-ready?: (required)

7. Intellectual Property: Have you researched, sought advice and implemented an IP strategy to appropriately protect your IP within all markets in which you operate?(required)

8. Product drivers: Have you identified the drivers behind your product or service, is it consumer driven, technology / innovation driven or a combination of both?(required)

9. Sustainability: Are you able to define and document the sustainability credentials of all of the components that make up your product or service?(required)

. Manufacturing and deployment: Is your manufacturing currently at a stage where it could be upscaled to meet increased volumes?: (required)

11. Business structure: What is your current business structure and legal form?: (required)

12. Funding and Investment: Do you feel that you know enough about the types of funding available to support business growth, and how to access growth funding?:(required)

12. Commercialisation Strategy: Do you have a commercialisation strategy in place?:(required)

13. Business Model: Do you currently work to a business plan?: (required)

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