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#INNOVATION READINESS KTH Innovation created a visual framework to guide the progression of ideas from early concepts to market-ready innovations across six dimensions: customer, technology, business model, IP, team, and funding. It includes defined readiness levels, milestone criteria, and a resource library.
#SERVICE_DESIGN An open, curated collection of practical methods, templates, tutorials, and enhanced tools for navigating complex design challenges. It offers resources like Journey Maps and Stakeholder Maps to support human-centred service innovation.
#BUSINESS_DEVELOPMENT #GROWTH Startuptools.ai is an AI-powered platform that helps entrepreneurs and innovators convert ideas into fully structured business plans in minutes. From ideation to execution, the tool includes an AI "Startup Navigator" offering tailored suggestions, automated content generation, and exportable templates, with both freemium and subscription-based options.
#COLLABORATION. FigJam is an intuitive, browser-based digital whiteboard developed by Figma that enables teams to brainstorm, diagram, and ideate together in real time. It features interactive tools such as sticky notes, timers, dot voting, live audio/chat, and a range of templates for workshops, mapping, and planning—start with a free plan.
#MARKETING #CONTENT_CREATION. A cussword for some, an absolute essential to others. Canva’s free poster and social media templates help small teams quickly design on-brand visuals for campaigns, events and guerrilla-style print materials, with little effort.
#CUSTOMER_EXPERIENCE #DESIGNTHINKING. Ready-made customer journey map templates in Miro that teams can use to visualise touchpoints, pain points and opportunities in digital products.
#PROJECT_MANAGEMENT #COLLABORATION. Trello is one of the leading project management tools out there, used by media giants and one-person businesses. Here is a collection of Trello project templates for sprints, content calendars and product roadmaps, ideal for lightweight coordination in creative studios.
#MARKETING #PROJECT_MANAGEMENT HubSpot provides a variety of free strategic marketing templates to help small businesses to push their growth. You can even filter the templates based on your need.