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Business plan coaching with Qi3
The winner of the 2002 Joint Research Councils Business Plan Competition is Critical Pharmaceuticals Ltd from the University of Nottingham. Science and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury awarded the prize of £25,000 which will be used for further development.
Qi3’s role within the competition was both as mentor and coach; we supported the development of contestants’ business [...]
Optics firm ZEEKO continues to flourish
In the period of 1999 – 2001, we provided management, sales and marketing support to a spin out company in its development stage. This spin out company was a young ZEEKO. Thus we are pleased to hear of the recent run of success they are experiencing.
ZEEKO marked the opening of the Optatec 2002 Show in [...]
Qi3 supports £4m Rainbow Seed Fund
Qi3 supports £4m Rainbow Seed Fund (2002-09-03)
Qi3’s Jonathan Gold has been appointed as Operations Manager for the new Rainbow Seed Fund, working with the Fund Managers, MIDVEN Ltd.
The Rainbow Seed Fund was formerly launched by Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister, in May 2002 and is now open for business. It was established with £4 million, [...]
Repositioning of a technology leader
In September 2001 Danfysik A/S of Denmark purchased the beamline business from Oxford Instruments, creating a new subsidiary, Oxford Danfysik. Following this purchase Oxford Danfysik wanted to reposition itself as part of the Danfysik Group. In terms of product strategy they also wanted to be seen as a deliverer of beamline components and assemblies as [...]
A Positive Approach to New Product Development
Are your time and resources being spent efficiently and effectively during New Product Development (NPD)?
A successful NPD strategy will consist of three interlinked paths: Technical Development, Market Assessment, and Intellectual Property (IP) Protection. These three paths should be managed through a staged evaluation process: where progression occurs once the assigned activities for all three paths, [...]
