1. TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
SUPPORTING SME BUSINESS INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
URBAN BUSINESS LAB
MK DATA HUB
CITYLABS.ORG.UK

2. A practical, hands-on and highly interactive programme for entrepreneurs seeking to innovate
URBAN BUSINESS LAB
Learn how to apply lean startup techniques and design thinking to business development
Gain a holistic understanding of digital entrepreneurship
Suitable for entrepreneurs and business leaders with a wide range of backgrounds
Take advantage of data-led business canvas modelling
Benefit from a 1-1 Mentor programme
½ Day Programme Introduction Workshop
Day 1 : key concepts, lean tools and a practical innovation plan
Day 2: (month later) progress report, review and refine

3. Creating New Innovation
URBAN BUSINESS LAB
Understand the needs (often unspoken needs) of your target customers
Choosing which customers to engage with, and techniques to engage them
Defining a problem statement that your customers agree with, and want solved​
Ideating ways in which you can solve your customers’ problems – bringing them along with you on the journey​
Constructing prototypes and testing customer acceptance
Learning how to iterate your work
Making customer development a natural part of your new product thinking process​
Reduce the risk of failure!
½ Day Programme Introduction Workshop
Day 1 : key concepts, lean tools and a practical innovation plan
Day 2: (month later) progress report, review and refine

4. Programme outline URBAN BUSINESS LAB Tools & case study
Business Canvass
Lean start up
Customer Development
Timetable
Submit application, including pre-work
Two 1 day courses (5 Dec & 17 Jan)
Mentoring and technical expertise
Potential Grant
½ Day Programme Introduction Workshop
Day 1 : key concepts, lean tools and a practical innovation plan
Day 2: (month later) progress report, review and refine

5. TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE
Expertise and Resources to help you realise the potential of your digital innovation
TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE
Introduction to the power of Data Science in innovation
Use of the MK Data Hub as a development environment
Technical analysis of your business innovation with development support
Tutoring and Hot desking
Planning, progressing, problem solving, prototyping
½ Day Programme Introduction Workshop
Group Workshops for dynamic evaluation and tech support
1-1 support, tutoring, testing, analysing, implementing

6. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
A Grant Programme to help you develop your digital innovation into a new product or service
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Up to £5000 grant towards additional resources needed to develop your innovation
Can be used for capital or revenue expenditure
Match funding required from your organisation
Simple application process
Open to all participants of Urban Business Lab or Tech Evaluation programmes

7. Data curation and development infrastructure with private cloud
MK DATA HUB
Supported access to this powerful infrastructure
Ability to develop data powered applications and services
Access to open data sets for development and application delivery
Simple application process
Open to all participants of Urban Business Lab or Tech Evaluation programmes

8. TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
CITYLABS.ORG.UK
URBAN BUSINESS LAB
TECH EVALUATION & PROTOTYPE
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
MK DATA HUB