GAP BLITZ Program

Delivered by CSIRO’s Lindfield Collaboration Hub and facilitated by Joanne Jacobs and Gavin Heaton from Disruptors Co, Gap Blitz is an intensive specialised coaching program for early stage startups that runs for 12 weeks.

The program aims to close the gap in startup business performance and prepare founders for growth through highly targeted insights, coaching and program support. 

Starting with an in-person deep dive into your business – looking at your product, your customers, your culture, your goals – followed by 11 weekly sessions with experts and business coaches, and a showcase event to conclude the program. By the end you will have a clear plan for tackling the challenges identified and a supportive network of peers to boot.

The program is for early stage startups working in the areas of engineering, science or technology. You may have been through an accelerator or incubation program previously, but have hit some blockages on your path to growth.

The program commences 19 February with an online orientation session (4:30pm – 6pm). The immersion section of the program kicks off 20 Feb 2024 with a full day in-person workshop from 9:15am – 5pm at CSIRO Lindfield (36 Bradfield Rd, West Lindfield, NSW).

Please click on the “APPLY NOW” button above.

Applications close at 23:59 AEDT Monday 5th February 2024.

• Online kick off and orientation: Mon 19 Feb 4:30pm – 6pm
• In person immersion workshop at CSIRO Lindfield: Tues 20 Feb 9:15am – 4:30pm
• Online Coaching sessions (60 min once a fortnight): you will be able to schedule at a time that works for you (managed through TidyCal) which commences the week of the 26 February and continues each fortnight until the week commencing 22 April.
• Online cohort based learning (2 hrs once a fortnight): these will be scheduled on Tuesdays from 11am – 1pm commencing 28 February and concluding 30 April. 
• Showcase will be in person at CSIRO Lindfield on Tuesday 7 May from 10am – 4pm.

Gap Blitz is a free program supported by CSIRO – Australian’ national science agency.

This program will be delivered in a hybrid mode with a variety of online and in-person sessions in Sydney.

The program commences with an online orientation session 19 February (4:30 – 6pm), then moves to an in-person workshop 20 February (9:15am – 4:30pm CSIRO Lindfield, NSW), continues with weekly online sessions, and concludes with an in-person showcase event Tuesday 7th May at CSIRO Lindfield (36 Bradfield Rd, West Lindfield, NSW).

The CSIRO Lindfield Collaboration Hub is a facility housed at CSIRO Lindfield (NSW), and a program that supports early stage deep tech startups to commercialise their hardware devices through the provision of specialist labs, office space, workshop and makerspaces.

The Hub is located in the CSIRO campus at 36 Bradfield Rd, West Lindfield, NSW.

The Lindfield Collaboration Hub has been supported by Investment NSW through the Boosting Business Innovation Program since 2017.

Program participants retain all their intellectual property.

CSIRO Lindfield Collaboration Hub does not take any equity.

As with many workshop programs, you get out of it what you put in to it. If you actively participate in the full program, you will come away with:

• knowledge of where the gaps lay in your business
• understanding of what steps to take to address these gaps
• a roadmap for implementation.

Unlike traditional startup accelerator or incubator programs which tend to deliver a ‘once size fits all’ approach, Gap Blitz adopts a customised methodology in analysing the gaps in your business. It is designed to get to the heart of your challenges, through deep diving into what makes your startup tick, and what is keeping your startup stuck.

Please contact CSIRO Lindfield Collaboration Hub Program Manager, Leah Lucas leah.lucas@csiro.au