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Provision of Master Class Design and Coaching/Mentoring for the participants of the BUCANIER Project. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is idea generation. This subject along with Entrepreneurial creativity is a key element to this project and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset Book. It is anticipated that some participants on the project will come to the project without any idea of the product or service that they wish to bring to market. The purpose of this subject is to examine the process for generating, developing, assessing and communicating ideas with the objective of creating commercial opportunities. It is about creating the environment and the thought processes to assist the participants to create that germ of an idea. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team The subject of the video seminar is Entrepreneurial Creativity and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset Book. Entrepreneurial Creativity develops the participant's ability to translate new ideas into practical outcomes, to think differently, to ‘break the mould’ and to see trends that others may miss. It is about taking the germ of a concept and developing it into something that is tangible and possible. Entrepreneurial Creativity and Ideation are not linear processes; they are integral to one another. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. This subject looks at the product or service idea and how it relates to the market. Each market is made up of categories of solutions where each category has its own competition, rules of engagement, growth rates and business practices. This module deals with describing an idea by identifying the market space and category in which it fits to validate the market opportunity. In essence this is about market research and asks the question, ‘does the product have the legs to get into the market place and make a profit?’. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Design thinking and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset. Design thinking is all about the creative structures that govern the process for creating and designing new products / services, design thinking is all about how to screen ideas so that the right opportunity is selected, and develops the participant's ability to pick commercial winners. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is design processes and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER workbook. This is about the actual process of designing new products, techniques such as CAD/CAM, the ability to design a brand, design compliance such as certification or compliance to legislation, how to consider the manufacturing process and designing packaging. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Product/Service Development and Technology Transfer and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER mindset. This aspect structures the process for collaborative research, development and innovation and looks at the potential for the identification of research findings as applied commercial solutions. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Testing and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset. Testing is a process that is essential to ensure that a quality product makes it to the market place. Testing for legal and compliance reasons is of vital importance and ensures that the requirements are in place to take a quality and legally compliant product to the market place. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Innovation Management and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER workbook. Innovation Management explores the environmental changes such as technology and markets as important drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship. It also considers the strategy, internal structure, processes, resources and core competencies which a company needs to deploy in maintaining its competitive advantage. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is New Venture Capital and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset. New Venture Capital identifies the financial requirements of the knowledge based venture over the development cycle, the costs and benefits of different types of business financing, strategies for attracting venture capital, valuations and exit mechanisms. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Risk Management and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER Innovation Mindset. Risk Management provides an insight into the tools used to identify, assess and quantify risk for a commercial idea and demonstrates how to develop strategies to minimise, monitor and control both market and financial risk. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Intellectual Property and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER workbook. Intellectual Property looks at the various types of intellectual property, the process for attaining intellectual property rights and the ways in which intellectual property can be managed and strategically used by a new venture. Framework of specialists and mentors to work on the project alongside the core project team. The subject of the video seminar is Commercialisation and will be tied closely to the BUCANIER workbook. Commercialisation looks at the routes to market for an organisation developing a new product or service.