New ideas (products, services)
You can build your business by developing new ideas into services or products. You should consider if you need to protect your new idea, how to finance development and how to measure and monitor progress.
Top content within New ideas (products, services)
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Innovation support service
The Innovation Support Service is a free, impartial innovation advisory service available to all businesses in Scotland needing advice and guidance on innovation projects / activities.
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Commercialisation opportunities for existing or start-up businesses
Grow your business by licensing intellectual property from Scottish Enterprise's portfolio and developing an innovative product or service.
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Innovation events
Scottish Enterprise's Winning Through Innovation programme can help you bring your innovative new products, service or business model to market.
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Innovation Protection Support (IPS) Scotland
Get support and advice to help you protect your ideas, products and brands and develop innovative businesses and products.
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Entrepreneurship Development Programme
The Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) is a week long, high level, intensive executive education course. It is held onsite at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.
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Design innovation - Creating Cultures of Innovation Programme
The Creating Cultures of Innovation Programme is an action research project that explores the use of design thinking to improve the effective use of skills in the workforce. It can lead to enhanced performance, innovation and improved productivity in businesses.
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Advanced materials innovation service
Scottish Enterprise's Material Innovation Service can help you identify how advanced materials could benefit your business and help you to adopt the technology.
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Product development support
The Institute for Product Design & Manufacture can help you take your ideas and turn them into commercially successful products and processes.
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Technology Strategy Board innovation support
The Technology Strategy Board helps support business, industry, research and learning organisations to collaborate on innovative projects.
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New Markets Knowledge Series
Scottish Enterprise can help you grow your business by expanding your customer base and exploiting gaps in market.
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Work with universities and research institutes
Interface is a free matchmaking service connecting businesses to world class expertise, knowledge and research facilities.
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Innovation support for Scottish businesses (Encompass)
Encompass helps Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify the barriers to innovation in business and suggests ways to overcome them.