Develop your business innovation concept

BUSINESS OF CULTURE
SYDNEY INCUBATOR
— 2023 EDITION

Course · Mentoring · Cohort learning · Industry Pitch

June – Sept 2023 · Applications now closed

UPDATE 16/05: 2023 cohort announced – read more →

With support from the City of Sydney, the REMIX Co-founders will work intensively over 10 weeks with six organisations or individuals in the cultural and creative industries to develop their business innovation concepts.

Each week you’ll meet online with expert mentors and business advisors, guiding you through the REMIX Business of Culture course to develop sustainable income strategies that support creative practice. By the end, you’ll emerge with a strong creative concept with commercial viability, which you’ll introduce to potential government and business partners and investors at the Pitch Day.

Participating in the REMIX Incubator Program was an incredibly valuable experience for our startup, especially given our stage and industry. The program’s cohort is comprised of a diverse group of artists, industry leaders, and technologists. We received invaluable mentorship and the opportunity to quickly receive feedback from key stakeholders in both the industry and government. The program provided a significant leg up for our team and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
MARC GOLDENFEIN – CO-FOUNDER, ARTSPAY (2022 COHORT)

The Sydney Incubator is designed to support six cultural organisations or individual creatives based in the City of Sydney local government area.

To see the biggest impact, we’ll ask you to commit to approximately one day per week for 10 weeks. As part of the program, you’ll receive:

Structured Learning: 10-week guided course

Your expert mentor will guide you through the REMIX Business of Culture course: 10 in-depth online modules on how to develop a viable concept to build new revenue streams and audiences. The course features in-depth explanations of key topics, case studies from real-world innovation projects, access to 500+ inspirational REMIX talks and thought-provoking exercises.

Advice from experienced mentors & industry experts

Who you learn from matters; get advice from mentors who have solved similar issues many times before. As experienced hands-on creative entrepreneurs, the REMIX Co-founders will mentor you through the process of developing your innovation concept, business plan and pitch. You’ll also receive virtual advice surgeries with industry experts relevant to your particular needs, drawn from the global REMIX network.

Live Events: Orientation & Mid-point Workshops

Meet with your cohort peers to get inspiration, explore business modelling and explore new approaches to audiences and experience development. We’ll also introduce you to a range of consumer research and ideation tools to help sharpen the development of your innovation concept.

Pitch Day to potential partners & investors

Once you’ve refined your idea, get it in front of the right people. The Incubator culminates in the Pitch Day, where you present your concept to a hand-picked panel of potential government and business partners and investors.

Cohort of Peers

One of the most popular elements of the program is a chance to meet and compare notes with a network of peers tackling similar challenges. During the program there will be regular opportunities to socialise and share your experiences with fellow members of the cohort.

Free Resources (worth $324)

You’ll also get free access to REMIX__Reboot_ digital summit talks – 20+ creative entrepreneurs share their experiences and insights; plus 12 months’ subscription to the REMIX Premium Archive – 500+ talks from creative leaders worldwide.

PLUS! A further 20 participants who are not successful in their application to the incubator will be invited to undertake the REMIX Business of Culture course through self-guided online learning, as well as receiving 12 months’ access to the REMIX Premium Archive (worth $439).

Example topics you'll cover

Choosing whether to create or catch trends
Supporting innovation, inside and outside the organisation
Seeing what you do and possess through fresh eyes
How to interpret your mission for today’s users
How to use emotion and empathy to communicate

How to motivate others and navigate internal structures
Using proof-of-concepts to supercharge innovation
What bootstrapping means in practice to minimise costs
Growth-hacking strategies to amplify success
Nurturing personal armour when things get tough

Different models for making money: online, offline and hybrid
How to design smarter creative business models
Alternative sources of investment
What works (and what doesn’t) in a business plan
Crafting a narrative others can get behind

Created and Led by the REMIX Co-founders

This program is created and led by Simon Cronshaw and Peter Tullin, experienced creative entrepreneurs, Co-founders of REMIX Summits, and authors of Intelligent Naivety, the influential 2008 handbook for creative entrepreneurs that helped launch a new movement in the creative industries.

Peter and Simon know first-hand many of the highs and lows of bootstrapping creative tech startups and attracting venture capital investment. They have mentored hundreds of creative leaders, and worked with cultural organisations around the globe to develop innovation projects including ACMI X, Australia’s first coworking space in a cultural institution, Alchemy (a new program to connect creative entrepreneurs and experience providers with cultural institutions to support the development of new creative experiences and businesses), StartSpace (early stage entrepreneur hub at State Library Victoria), and a crowd-sourcing website for Tate.

The cultural and creative industries are changing rapidly, whilst the evolution of the experience economy and digital engagement are providing incredible new opportunities.

REMIX Summits is uniquely placed to distil and share the stories of innovators that are reshaping the creative industries. Our summits feature the leading innovators shaping the future of the creative industries with hundreds of attendees each year and summits in locations including London, Sydney and New York with partners including Google, Microsoft and Time Out. With speakers including the CEO of Burning Man and creative entrepreneurs such as the founders of Meow Wolf, Secret Cinema, Punchdrunk, Glastonbury and TeamLab we are in a unique position to understand the trends that are reshaping the cultural and creative industries.

This year, we’re particularly keen to hear from applicants who are imagining:

1) innovative creative experiences, whether in-person or hybrid. Perhaps it’s a new use of technology like projection or VR; or perhaps it’s reimagining what it means to engage with a theatre, museum or other arts activity; or maybe even new locations for creative experiences, like empty offices or retail stores.

2) innovations offering new or improved digital access to culture. This may be new aggregation models, new creative platforms, gamification, creator economy, hybrid online/offline experiences, new digital content, or new distribution channels. It may involve a way of harnessing the power of social media, or use new technologies such as VR or mixed reality. Whatever the innovation, we should be able to digitally access it from anywhere in the world.

3) new entrepreneurial models to support the creative sector. This could include new models for creative retail, new approaches to funding, new networks for creatives, or new way of supporting content production. Whatever the innovation, it aims to improve how the creative sector functions, creates or sustains itself and must have a strong entrepreneurial concept at its heart.

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Develop your business innovation concept

BUSINESS OF CULTURE
SYDNEY INCUBATOR
— 2023 EDITION

Course · Mentoring · Cohort learning · Industry Pitch

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Develop your business innovation concept

BUSINESS OF CULTURESYDNEY INCUBATOR— 2023 EDITION

Course · Mentoring · Cohort learning · Industry Pitch

BUSINESS OF CULTURE
SYDNEY INCUBATOR
— 2023 EDITION