Lean Startup Bootcamp
17/11/2026
– 18/11/2026
Validate your project’s market potential
A hands-on Lean Startup bootcamp to validate the market potential of agri-food science and technology projects and identify opportunities for knowledge transfer and spin-off creation.
Objective
To validate the market potential of agri-food research projects through a practical, tailored methodology that helps identify commercialisation opportunities, test market needs and define the next steps towards technology transfer and exploitation.
Eligibility requirements
Participating teams
For academic staff and researchers at universities and research centres in Catalonia- At least 2 people per team, ideally combining:
- Entrepreneurial profile: early-career or postdoctoral researcher.
- Scientific/technical profile: senior researcher or principal investigator (PI).
Project
- Innovative technology or project in the agri-food sector with commercial potential.
- Early TRL: technology under development or not yet market-validated.
- One specific project: each team will work on a single technology or project.
Commitment
- Attendance at both intensive sessions, with active involvement throughout the training.
Areas of work
- 01 · Science Lean Canvas: Lean Startup for researchers
Programme and team introductions, and application of the Science Lean Canvas. Formulating and prioritising each project’s hypotheses. - 02 · Segmentation and problem interviews
Validating customers and needs: segmentation and design of problem interviews to identify who the customer is and what problems and needs they have. - 03 · Value proposition and validation
Defining the value proposition, designing a scientific minimum viable product (MVP), and conducting solution interviews and market experiments to validate the proposal. - 04 · Feasibility and market
Validating economic feasibility and estimating market size.
Pracrical information
- Venue: StartUB! Lab Campus Torribera, Prat de la Riba 171, La Masia 2nd floor, Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
- Schedule: Session 1, Tue 17 November, 09:00 to 17:00 / Session 2, Wed 18 November, 09:00 to 14:00.
- Format: In person
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