The Commercialisation Ready Program offers training in commercialisation skills
and business development to existing and start-up business managers and
employees to increase the commercial success of innovative products, processes
and services, and enable them to expand their business into the national and
global market.
The successful tenderer will be contracted to provide and deliver program
content over four rounds of the Program to a total of 60 to 80 Tasmanian Small
Medium Enterprise (SME) businesses. Each round of the program will include at
least one revision day and a graduation day delivered over a maximum of a three
month period. Assessment of participants' work and coaching of promising
clients are integral components of the program. At the Department's
discretion, the Program rounds may be held in Hobart, Devonport or Launceston
between May 2004 and June 2005 (a minium of two rounds will be held in Hobart).