HATCH 2023 is the UNE SMART Region Incubator’s free program, providing tailored support and everything you need to know to grow your brilliant idea into a viable start-up business. Over a 6-workshop program, HATCH 2023 participants will use Lean Canvas principles to move through ideation to commercialisation and give you the confidence to get your business, product or service off and running.

• Your individual business idea will be tested

• The path to market identified

• Points of difference amongst your competitors articulated

• Mentoring and community network connections made

Who the program is for?

HATCH 2023 is for anyone with an idea and curious about how to get it to market. Maybe you are:

• A small business owner interested in strategic development or digital innovation

• A school student with a startup idea

• A parent wanting to work on a project together with your teenager

• An academic interested in commercialisation of your research

• A member of our community wanting to upskill or change careers

Is there a cost?

No. It is free for you! HATCH 2023 is funded by the NSW Government under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund and delivered in association with Armidale Regional Council.

The project was jointly funded by the Australian and NSW Government’s Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund in association with Armidale Regional Council.