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.
What’s in it for you?
HATCH 2023 will take participants from ideation to commercialisation, potentially getting a product to market within 6 weeks. Participants will take from the program:
6 learning sessions
Mentoring from startup Founder and entrepreneurship educator, Crystal McGregor
Connections into the startup network
Completion of the Lean Canvas framework
Tools to help build a successful startup
Confidence to pitch your idea to customers and investors
When are the HATCH 2023 sessions?
The HATCH 2023 program will be held on the following dates:
Your Lean Canvas - Tuesday 8th August 2023
Customers and their problems - Tuesday 29th August 2023
Your solution + unique value proposition + channels to market - Tuesday 12th September 2023
Financials + Metrics - Tuesday 10th October 2023
Unfair Advantage + Pitch Practice - Tuesday 31st October 2023
Pitch Event - Tuesday 21st November 2023
Who is the facilitator?
Crystal McGregor is an entrepreneur, with a love of innovation and humans. Based in regional NSW, Crystal is the Program Lead for Tech Ready Women, as well as a mentor, advisor and non-executive Director for multiple startups. She has raised investment capital, secured over $4Mil in grants and is an inventor, with an Australian Innovation Patent.
This event is proudly funded by the NSW Government under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund and delivered in association with Armidale Regional Council.