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The ICURe Explorer
Hello and welcome to my first ever blog series! In January 2025, I joined an accelerator programme called ICURe Explore (funded by Innovate UK) to begin commercialising clinical AI research from the University of Bristol. Over the next 12-weeks I will be travelling the world to explore market opportunities for our research. This will be my first venture as an entrepreneur and I’m excited (and nervous!) to be stepping out of the lab and into the world of business.
As part of the programme, I will be speaking to over 100 companies and individuals across the fields of digital health, AI and any new markets that I may encounter along the way. I will be visiting companies and attending conferences and trade-shows around the world, trying to learn the world of business as I go. In this blog series, I will be sharing weekly updates of my progress – sharing my successes, failures, and everything in between. I’ll also share personal insights and practical tips as I navigate meetings, conferences, market exploration, and self-development on this entrepreneurial journey, I’d love for you to join me!
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Building Systems That Work
Another week, another city (or 3) and another blog post! This week has been another whirlwind, I’ve been in Milan, Amsterdam and Oxford to continue my market exploration journey. For those that have been reading from the start, you may remember that as part of the 12-week ICURe programme I have been challenged with having…
Dubai Debrief – Arab Health 2025
Hello from Dubai! This week on the ICURe programme I set off to one of the most anticipated healthtech events the year, Arab Health 2025! I’m writing this blog post from the balcony of my hotel in downtown Dubai, looking out over the Burj khalifa, the world’s tallest building. It definitely beats the view from…
Meaningful Conversations 101
The training wheels well and truly came off this week as I officially began my ICURe market exploration journey. It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole week since bootcamp in Southampton and I never imagined having a more productive and busy January in my entire life! This week, I started to put the training…
Bootcamp Begins (Part 2)
I survived bootcamp! For anyone worried about where the ‘Bootcamp (Part 2)’ blog update was last week – fear not, I did make it to the end. I took the weekend to get my reflections down on paper so apologies for the slightly later post than planned. The second half of bootcamp was just as…
Bootcamp Begins (Part 1)
This week my ICURe journey well and truly started, with a whirlwind trip to Southampton for bootcamp. After weeks of research and sorting out all of the ICURe-related administration it was finally time to pack my bags and head off to the first event of the programme, bootcamp at the lovely Chilworth Manor in Southampton….
What is ICURe Explore?
Welcome to my first blog post! Before I dive into what I’ve been up to on week 1, I’m going to give a quick overview of what ICURe explore actually is and what I’ll be doing over the next 12 weeks as an entrepreneurial lead. ICURe, stands for “Innovation-to-Commercialisation of University Research” and is the…