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Join investment and business expert Tim McSweeney on January 24th 2024, from 11 am – 1 pm in Newcastle. Discover the art of designing a creative business as a system built with intent. Tim’s 20+ years of commercial innovation and investment experience will guide you to review and refine your business model with a critical, strategic lens.

About the workshop:

This workshop will help creative founders understand their business as more than a product or service, but a system that can be designed.

Investment and commercial innovation expert Tim McSweeney will expose and demystify the underlying systems that empower any business. Attendees will explore ways to:

  • Better articulate their commercial ambitions
  • Understand market drivers and customer needs
  • Refine commercial models to better create and capture value
  • Assess strategic options for scale and growth

This workshop will help founders to transform creative products or services into sustainable creative enterprises.

About workshop leader Tim McSweeney:

Tim sits at the heart of commercial innovation; working at the intersection of large multinational corporations, innovative ventures, investors and policy-makers. With Creative UK, Tim is an advisor and mentor for the BFI-funded Creative Enterprise programme and the lead business mentor for the Create Growth Programme in the South East.

Eligibility:

Spaces are limited to just 8 company founders, and we encourage you to apply early to secure your place.

Attendee’s must:

  • Be a founder of a creative business
  • Be based or registered in either Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside or Sunderland

About North East Create Growth Programme:

This workshop is part of the North East Create Growth Programme which is funded by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and aims to support creative businesses in planning for growth and exploring and securing commercial investment opportunities.

The Create Growth Programme is delivered in partnership between Creative UK and North of Tyne Authority and is part of wider set of activity initiatives for North East based creative businesses in the North East. Find out more about other opportunities here.

Apply:

The course is completely free to attend if you meet the eligibility and are accepted. The deadline for applications is Monday 22nd January 2024.

To apply for a place, please complete the application form below: