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Innovation Made Simple Resources

Practical resources to help you look at your idea differently and clarify what deserves attention next.

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Iris

Nothing Disclosed Accidentally™

Protect early stage conversations and share your idea safely.

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The first step in protecting your intellectual property.

Innovation Lens™

See your innovation from a different perspective.

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27 simple checkpoints reveal what is clear and what needs more thought.

Innovation Web™

How ready are you to take your innovation forward?​

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Map your strengths and where support could help most.

Innovation Clock™

A Smarter Approach to Protecting Early-Stage Innovation.

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Why Filing a Patent Only Starts the Clock

Innovation Map™

Turn your thinking into a clear starting point.

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Map your priorities and
focus on what moves your
idea forward.

Crowdfunding Navigator™

Validate demand before serious investment.

 

A short guide to help you test demand and raise early support.

Funding The Journey™

Find a way of working that fits your project.

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Explore how fees, funding, risk and reward balance as your project develops.

Know Your Numbers™

Before entering the Den would a Dragon invest?

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Discover when you will recover your investment and create real profit.

Plan The Pathway™

Bring your thinking and numbers together.

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Turn your map into a clear plan you can understand and share.

Partnership Balance™

How balanced is your
proposal?

 

Compare what each side brings, takes on and gets back.

Collaborate With Clarity™

Turn a balanced proposal
into clear terms.

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Build the key terms around roles, IP, responsibilities and reward.

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A practical guide for people who make things happen.

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in³ Blog

Thought-provoking insights

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Exploring the three key themes of
Inspire | Invent | Innovate

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Steve Blanks, specialist in design for manufacture.

I transform concepts into market-ready products.

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