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The My IdeRefinery ™ platform, currently being developed in the context of the Idea Refinery Kymenlaakso project, provides an avenue for innovators to receive support from experts and partners in the further development of their innovations. The platform seeks to bring services promoting innovation under one roof and to help early-stage innovators to develop their ideas. Due to the significant early-stage difficulties innovators often face, this platform attempts to make the advancement of innovations easier for everybody. The platform makes it easier to assess one’s ideas, both independently and under the guidance of experts. The platform also helps experts to assess and enhance their services, as well as acquire new clients. The platform reflects the vision of the Foundation for Finnish Inventions on the development of early-stage innovation and the furtherance of new innovative business in Finland.
The experts on innovation and business offering their guidance on the development of innovations include startup angels and patent attorneys, as well as the organizations that they represent, such as universities, development companies, regional innovation networks, and finance companies.
The platform will partly utilize currently existing tools of the Foundation for Finnish Inventions which offer support especially on early-stage development and business-related matters. These tools include, among others, Lean Canvas, which aids in visualizing and developing one’s business, especially the honing of a business model in the initial phase of building a company, and 10 P Marketing Mix, which helps in the commercialization aspect of the innovation business. After logging in to the platform, users can save the documents and projects they have created into their own workspace. The platform also encourages the partners who collaborate with the innovators to bring their own tools to the platform and to participate in its development. The final shape of the platform is the outcome of these collaborative efforts. The platform also facilitates networking with other actors, which further advances innovation in Finland while generating more business.
The platform also serves as an excellent way to collect data, which also furthers the development of innovations. The collected data can be utilized, for instance, to assess the usefulness of various tools and services. The data can also be used to identify needs for new services and to respond to previously unnoticed market demands.
The security of the users is of paramount importance on this platform. Users log in using their bank credentials. Strong customer identification is a precondition for using the platform. The experts involved are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, which prohibits them from sharing information on the platform with outsiders or using it for matters unrelated to the purposes of the service.
The My IdeFerinery ™ platform seeks to advance and promote research, development, and innovative activity in Finland by developing ideas and services and encourages everybody to participate in this societally important work.