Free hands-on workshop on Innovation in ECSA'18

 Are you a researcher wanting to exploit your ICT research results and have you considered them as a spin-off, patent or licence? Are you an ICT start-up looking to bring a new idea or process to market? Have you been working hard on developing new ground-breaking technologies and disruptive services, but when it comes to exploit them, are unsure on how to proceed? Then, this introductory workshops organized in the context of MERLIN is your first step to commercialization. Our aim is to

 Help today's researchers create tomorrow's enterprises

 and we will help you. 

In MERLIN we will organize 45 practical workshops covering the following state-of the art innovation and entrepreneurship methodologies: Lean Startup; Business Model Canvas; Customer Discovery; Entrepreneurial Mindset; Interpreting the Customer; User Experience; Lean Hardware; Spin-off vs Startup. But also webinars and meet-ups with potential customers, partners and investors. 

During this workshop, you will:

• Understanding of the core basis of the Lean Startup Methodology
• Understanding the importance of agile development
• Ability to design low-risk market experiments

About MERLIN project 

 MERLIN (Methodologies for Researcher Led Innovations) will support market-oriented researchers, SMEs and startups across Europe, to consider the full potential of their research and to shape ideas and outputs into innovations to be ready for market validation and commercialisation, by using modern needs-first, market-led methodologies. 

MERLIN offers a range of dynamic workshops and relevant training to guide researchers and businesses on the journey to commercialisation. The programme, consisting on 8 workshops, will equip participants with knowledge, skills and network to generate market-led business models to unlock potential and accelerate this journey. MERLIN will organize 2 meetups with potential partners, customers and investors by the end of each year, to help participants grow. Moreover, selected participants will be invited to participate in Startup Europe events. 

MERLIN has been funded in the context of the Innovation Radar inititative of the European Commission, under the Digital Single Market strategy.