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Overview

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Duration/Frequency:

24 Hours

Mode of Training:

Face-to-Face (Classroom Teaching), E-learning (Synchronous and Asynchronous)

What You Will Learn

Creative Entrepreneur Launchpad is an invitation to reimagine what the future of creative work can become and to transform creative ideas into ventures that generate real commercial value.

Designed for designers, animators, filmmakers, musicians, content creators and media practitioners, this course empowers creatives to move beyond being skilled makers into becoming creative entrepreneurs and industry shapers. In a world where technology, AI and digital platforms are reshaping the creative landscape, the question is no longer whether opportunities exist, but how boldly we are prepared to design and capture them.

Whether you are already running freelance projects or just beginning to explore entrepreneurship, this course provides a guided and imaginative space to redefine your direction. At its core is our proven Lean Canvas model, adapted specifically for the creative sector. You will explore emerging trends, challenge assumptions and imagine new forms of creative value that can be translated into viable products or services.

You will also identify real problems worth solving, define clear value propositions and test whether your ideas can succeed in the real world. Gain awareness of funding opportunities, grants and support pathways available to creative entrepreneurs, as well as how AI and digital tools can strengthen ideation, prototyping, research and venture development.

Creative Entrepreneur Launchpad makes the pathway explicit: it enables creatives to become entrepreneurs, so that their artistic vision can evolve into purposeful ventures that create both cultural and commercial impact.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Apply our proven Lean Canvas model to shape and test creative venture ideas
Define a clear value proposition and differentiate your creative offering
Assess feasibility and viability of own ideas
Validate assumptions through feedback, research and rapid experimentation
Develop and articulate innovative product and service models for creative businesses.
Identify funding opportunities, grants and support pathways available to creative entrepreneurs
Translate creative strengths into structured venture concepts
Prototype and experiment using industry standard software and facilities
Apply insights from creative mentors and engage with a network of fellow entrepreneurs
Design a bold yet realistic pathway to launch own venture
Design a strategic vision for the future of your creative business with clarity and purpose

Topics to be covered

The Future of Creative Business - Reimagining the Creative Economy
Ideation & Concept Design – Designing Bold but Feasible Ideas
Validation & Real Feedback - Testing Assumptions
Minimum Viable Prototype Design & Prototyping - Turning Ideas into Tangible Experiments
Pitch, Funding Awareness & Next Steps - From Prototype to Possibility
Mentoring and Demo Day

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Import / Export Business and International Trade

Finance for Non-Finance Managers

Applied Generative AI Skills for Finance Teams (Classroom and Asynchronous e-learning)

Insights Discovery, the beginning of self-discovery