Driving entrepreneurship in the social sciences

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1. Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) Entrepreneurship for All…ASPECT Tony Walker, Deputy Director
2. Masood Entrepreneurship Centre Highlights of ASPECT for MEC: • ASPECT • Working with other partners • Shared experience benefits • Developing my own skills • The SUCCESS programme • Working with our nascent entrepreneurs • The future and sustainability
3. Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 MY ACADEMIC RESEARCH To A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (SPIN OUT) Prof Ricardo Climent The University of Manchester A JOURNEY FROM SUCCESS 2020 ASPECT
4. Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 NOVARS Research Centre Started in 2007 Distractfold BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Cut and Splice 2017 echoes.xyz sonicmaps.org + Coupland Hub LOCATIVE-AUDIO ICS SPIN-OUTS
5. My Research Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 ASPECT JOURNEY TO COVER:
6. My Research Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 VIRTUAL REAL vs. Link to the above research Sample VIDEO Maiko Matsuoka
7. ASPECT (JOURNEY) Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 Academic colleagues on a mission TTOs Support Aspect staff support Training NGOs, Health, Policy, Social Tech Networking IQ Charity IP, etc Pitch Training VC Pitch pre- MVP March 2020 November 2020 Internship Julio Mtz Ferrer FUNDING for Market Validation A lot of Interviews! Hiring a consultancy firm
8. CHALLENGES (from the Academic Stand point) Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020 •Pivoting around traction/ validation/ customer’s needs •Business skills •Market Validation vs. Product design •The ‘Social’ aspect •Clash with my academic research culture
9. Keep•It•Human Company Name: Keep•It•Human Founder: Ricardo Climent Type of Company: Social Enterprise Contact Details: The University of Manchester NOVARS Research Centre United Kingdom ricardo.climent@manchester.ac.uk +44 (0)161 2753246 Ver 1.0 - Sept 2020
10. We add music (and fun!) to the philanthropic experience to connect gamers with the ownership of social challenges CONCEPT KiH is a Game Ecosystem for Digital Altruism Link to 1 min Video
11. MICROPAYMENTS TRENDS •Gaming micropayments in popular games have been used for fundraising during COVID; i.e.: $1 million raised by game Sky: Children of Light (a Studio In Santa Monica ) raised for pandemic relief “Days of Healing” - purchase a special flower - NGO Doctors Without Borders “Days of Nature” - Purchase Earth-capes - Planted 40,576 trees in the Amazonian and Australian forests damaged by wildfires. Fortnite (Epic Games) + Ant Forest Free to play
12. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES •We provide creative management to the full cycle of the Philanthropic Experience As a Game Ecosystem for Digital Altruism Efficiency and simplicity of feedback Prediction of future needs (Sustainability of infrastructure) Access to Younger donors (gamified experience) Digital Twins
13. PRE-MVP (Maputo Skate campaign) - Commissioned by Ars Electronica (SoundCampus Metaverse) THE PRODUCT
14. THANK YOU Digitally reembodied but… still human