Accelerating-Innovation: Coaching for SMEs and Start-Ups

Acceleration-Innovation helps aerospace SMEs and start-ups face market challenges and strengthen their position in the supply chain through innovation. A personalized executive coaching service, the program is tailored to the specific needs of each company, enabling them to develop a more robust R&D strategy, as well as a business strategy that will enable them to seize new opportunities.

Program details

Acceleration-Innovation helps aerospace SMEs and start-ups meet market challenges and strengthen their position in the supply chain through innovation. A personalized executive coaching service, the program is tailored to the needs of each company, enabling them to develop a more robust R&D and innovation strategy, as well as a business strategy that will enable them to seize new opportunities.   This partnership between CRIAQ and NRC-IRAP was born from a desire to optimize the impact of support programs in the aerospace industry. As a result, Acceleration-Innovation is designed to meet company needs. This is reflected in its interactive and flexible approach, as well as in its participants! In fact, 100% of the entrepreneurs who have benefited from our support would recommend it to others. Want to find out more? Read their success stories.

General program objectives   

Provide flexible coaching services tailored to each Canadian SME in the aerospace sector to help them develop a more robust R&D and innovation strategy linked to a business strategy to help them seize market opportunities.

Specific objectives   

Identify new business opportunities likely to generate revenue, consolidate the company’s competitive position and enhance its assets, over 1, 3 and 5-year horizons, according to an action and funding plan. Stimulate innovation in products, services, processes, and methods, combined with renewed business models. Enable SMEs to benefit from CRIAQ’s network.   Implement an innovation strategy based on research partnerships and closer ties with IRAP’s industrial technology advisors. Encourage the development of skills and organizational capabilities in innovation management.

3-Step Methodology   

1. Introduction to the program and overview of financing options (including those offered by IRAP). 
2. Strategic thinking on technological and business opportunities.
3. Drawing up a short- and medium-term action and financing plan. 

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