Application to Run 3 of the Get Spinoff/Startup Ready! program

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Thank you for applying to the Ready! program! It will equip you with key skills for starting a business:

In 9 half-day workshops + test & investor pitching spread over the next semester ...
... you will be trained and coached hands-on by successful entrepreneurs, experienced business(wo)men, and transfer professionals ...
... to apply ready-to-use tools to your own project and research, and turn it into products and services of your startup or spinoff ...
as one of the 16 participants that will be selected.

In STEP 1 of this application, you share basic demographics in just 2 minutes. IT IS SAFE TO SUBMIT your application after STEP 1. The system will automatically email you a link to finalize/ update your application later.

In STEP 2, you get to tell us why we should select you and your project for Ready! You can come back and edit your responses at any moment before the final deadline

For more information, please see https://transfer.cvut.cz/ready/ or contact barbora.leblancova@cvut.cz

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STEP 1: APPLY WITH BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS

Your name and surname: *

In what University and faculty are you currently active: *

Specify your current role (e.g., Bc, Ma, PhD student, postdoc, researcher, head of a team, etc.):
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Where have you heard about Ready! ? *

If you have filled all demographics above, feel free to scroll to the very bottom, SUBMIT your application - and come back to complete STEP 2 of your application later.

STEP 2: SHARE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR PROJECT/IDEA

Context: To benefit the most from the practicality of the Ready! program, we want you to enter Ready! with a business idea/ project. Your project may be based on research or technology developed in your team. During the program, you will gain practical, hands-on skills and immediately apply them to your business idea/ project. You may change or pivot your business idea during the program.

QUESTION 1: Please briefly describe:
-- what problem you are solving
-- your business idea
-- the research, technology, innovation behind your idea

QUESTION 2: The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) measures technical maturity of innovations. Please estimate the TRL of your idea/project (see the TRL scale provided), and describe it in words.
TRL 1–3: Early research → Is the idea scientifically valid?
TRL 4–6: Development → Can it work outside the lab?
TRL 7–9: Deployment → Does it work reliably in the real world?

Basic principle

Proven system

Clear selection

Technology Readiness Levels - TRL (table generated by an LLM)

QUESTION 3: How does your future product look like (hardware, software, service etc.), and what are its main features creating value for the customers?

QUESTION 4: Who are your potential customers and end users? What is your estimate of the market size, and how is the market solving this need now?

QUESTION 5: The Customer Readiness Level (CRL) measures how ready customers/market are for your product. Please estimate the CRL of your project (see the CRL scale provided) and describe it in words.

CRL 1–3 → Exploration → Do customers really have this need?

CRL 4–6 → Validation → Do customers see clear value in the solution?

CRL 7–9 → Adoption → Are customers willing to buy and scale?

Hypothesis

Scalable sales

Clear selection

Customer Readiness Levels - CRL (table generated by an LLM)

QUESTION 6: Who else is involved in your innovation - a co-founder, (head of your) research team, external/industry partner, etc.? *

QUESTION 7: Ready! is a ČVUT investment in you, and we need you to take it seriously: How much FTE (full-time equivalent, 0-100%) are you committed to give to your innovation in the 4 Ready! months (Oct-Jan)? *

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QUESTION 8: Create a short video (no more than 2 minutes) that introduces you and your idea along the following questions (creating the video is not compulsory but VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED):

• Who are you, and what is your product?

• What problem are you solving, and why does it matter?

• What is your next milestone, and how fast do you want to reach it?

Please share a link to your short video below (e.g., a link to a private YouTube, a Google Drive file, link to a file in a sharing platform - MAKE SURE barbora.leblancova@cvut.cz, barbora.leblanc@gmail.com have access), or email your video to barbora.leblancova@cvut.cz.

DATA PROTECTION AGREEMENTS: Data Protection and Privacy (GDPR) *

GDPR: I confirm that I have read and understood the Data Protection and Privacy Notice (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZjGokJK1YgDW6DFQF_vOZT5XmGO3A8v/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105103773354864126255&rtpof=true&sd=true)

NDA: I undertake to comply with and be bound by the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzFbO9C80UP45fDpL6YTh-VkVTV2Ebuh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105103773354864126255&rtpof=true&sd=truehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzFbO9C80UP45fDpL6YTh-VkVTV2Ebuh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105103773354864126255&rtpof=true&sd=true)

PHOTOS: I consent to the taking and use of my photographs and videos in connection with the „Ready: Get Ready for your Start-up / Spin-off program“ and its related events, for the purposes of informing about and promoting the program, its activities and participants.(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ln79l99wM17fYQeo4hLS3e0qckUNj93i/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105103773354864126255&rtpof=true&sd=true)

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