Supporting Sydney's top 100 creative talents
04 June 2010
CIIC news
NSW
The Creative Industries Innovation Centre is supporting Creative Sydney’s 10 x 10 Project, where ten industry leaders choose the ten best emerging creative talents, resulting in Sydney's hottest 100.
The industry leaders include Liane Rossler of Dinosaur Designs, author and entrepreneur Ross Dawson, and animation and motion graphics studio Sixty40, just to name a few.
The 100 selected will receive tailored business support, delivered by the CIIC, in addition to being featured on a dedicated micro-site, hosted by www.theloop.com.au - a new creative industries portfolio website.
The nominees will be unveiled at the Creative Sydney launch on June 4th 2010 at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art.
CIIC Director, Lisa Colley, said that supporting 10 x 10 would enable the CIIC to achieve its vision of supporting the next generation of creative leaders.
“We believe that today’s emerging creative practitioners are tomorrow’s creative leaders, and by offering access to professional business support and advice, the Creative Industries Innovation Centre can help them to make that critical step-change,” she said.
“Creative start-ups and entrepreneurs need different assistance compared to established companies, which is why we’re offering tailored support packages.
“We hope that in a year’s time we will hear some great stories from this group of 100 companies about how they have progressed as a result of the 10 x 10,” Ms Colley said.
An outline of the CIIC services that will be provided to the 10 x 10 participants is below:
Creative start-ups and entrepreneurs
• Access to market validation and commercialisation ‘know how’ programs, education and engagement with CIIC Business Advisers about how to develop a business plan, pitching strategies and investment.
• ATP Innovations (CIIC partner) will provide a 2-hour one-on-one session to each company, assisting with the development of a commercialisation strategy for each idea.
• The best project will be selected from the group and offered three months accommodation in the National Innovation Centre at ATP Innovations – including use of a workstation, meeting rooms, office support and infrastructure, and network access, together with guidance, advice and mentoring from the executive team at ATP Innovations a partner of CIIC.
High-growth potential creative entrepreneurs and creative industry businesses
• The participants receive an opportunity to apply for this exclusive program, open only to companies and entrepreneurs with a high-growth potential idea or business.
• The program takes the form of a brainstorming session where participants workshop business ideas in collaboration with our program partners Ernst & Young (growth strategy), Freehills (IP law), IBM Development Lab (technology) and Westpac (finance).
Creative industry companies with a turnover exceeding $1 million
• The participants receive a Business Review from a CIIC Business Adviser, a complete diagnostic of the business, taking in all aspects - HR, marketing, finance and strategy, outlining pathways for growth, strengths and weaknesses.
• After the review, companies have access to additional government funding through the Enterprise Connect Tailored Advisory Service (TAS).
Find out more about CIIC services.
The Creative Industries Innovation Centre is part of the Australian Government's Enterprise Connect program and is hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney.