THE IMAGINATION INCENTIVE

WHAT IS THE IMAGINATION INCENTIVE

We want to encourage entrepreneurial people to join Bottled Imagination. Giving people the opportunity to pursue their ideas is important to us.

Not everyone has the financial capability or time to be able to do so, which means thousands of ideas never see the light of day

A few times a year we offer staff members a small financial package to be able to test their idea. We will offer full support, training and anything else needed for them to be able to see whether their idea is one worth pursuing for them.

We are now expanding The Imagination Incentive out to the public!
If you have an idea but not the financial means to test your idea, you can apply for the imagination incentive below.

Deadline for 2024 applications is June 30th.

Apply here

HOW IT WORKS

YOU PITCH YOUR IDEA

You pitch your idea to us and we will provide feedback on whether it is worth pursuing and the potential routes of doing so

01

PLAN

You provide a plan on how you are going to test this concept, which channels you are going to use and where is the spend going to go (We help you)

02

INVEST

We give you some money to test your business idea

03

GO FOR IT

You go away and test the concept

04

FAQs

How do I apply?

The link to apply is here and is carried out on a Google forms link.

Who is this for?

This is for people who have ideas but don’t have the financial means to test their ideas before committing to setting up a business

This is for 1st gen business owners. It’s not for those who already have successful businesses. It’s not for those that are looking at setting up a business within an already established business of a company they work at or a company that their parents already run. 

How will the winner be chosen

A shortlist will be chosen from all the applicants based on the strength of their idea, enthusiasm to succeed and motivations behind wanting to setup a business. Each person on the shortlist will have a 30 minute video call to talk about themselves and their idea and then finally a winner of the Imagination Incentive will be chosen from that shortlist. 

Who owns the idea?

You, we will give you some money to test the idea or invest in the idea at an early stage to help get you off the ground. We already have a business, this is to help you set up your own.

When is the deadline?

The deadline is the end of June 2024 for all entries. People on the shortlist will be notified in early July and the winner will be announced at the end of July.