Have an idea for a creative enterprise? Or perhaps you already have a product or service but need help to develop it into a viable business. Make 2023 your year.
The Helpmann Academy Creative Innovator Program is an exciting opportunity that will help you turn your idea for a product or service into a profitable creative enterprise.
And we’re thrilled to announce that applications are now open for 2023.
Creative Innovator is open to individual creatives or small groups with either an existing project or a burgeoning creative business idea. You’ll receive training and support in a creative, nurturing environment and have the chance to pitch for up to $20,000 cash funding at the end of the six-month program.
Flinders University graduates Connor Reidy, Ren Williams, Aarod Vawser and Melissa Pullinger are the CRAM Collective. At the program finale in 2022, they received $20,000 in seed funding, plus an ongoing mentorship from State Theatre Company South Australia and an incubator space at Flinders University’s New Venture Institute, after an esteemed panel of judges deemed their professional pitch the most impressive.
“This program has really opened our eyes to the world of creative business. We learnt our creative skills at university, but the business side of things doesn’t come naturally to us. We have come a long way over the past six months and have a much stronger understanding of what is required to continue to run our business successfully, and what a self-sustainable future for CRAM looks like.”
Aarod Vawser
CRAM Collective, Co-Founder
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
At the end of this program, you’ll have:
- An increased capacity to thrive in the world
- Confidence in your own ability to create and sustain a creative business
- A network of supportive creative and corporate connections from across a broad range of sectors
- A comprehensive plan that will support your enterprise moving beyond the program
- A developed understanding of your target market and innovative ways to reach them
- A developed brand and professional pitch
- An in-depth understanding of the varying aspects of building and growing a small business
KEY DATES
Applications open Monday 20 February 2023
Applications close Sunday 19 March 2023 at 11:59pm ACDT
For activity between April and September 2023
BEFORE YOU APPLY
Please read the Creative Innovator Program 2023 – Information For Applicants fact sheet in the side bar.
For more information:
Contact Helpmann Academy (08) 7089 0720 / info@helpmannacademy.com.au
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Image: Creative Innovator Program Class of 2022. Images supplied.