Business Accelerator - One Day Intensive May 2026

One-day intensive mini-accelerator to challenge your ideas, work with like-minded founders and unlock your next stage of business growth.

Join a cohort of business peers for a full day of intensive work on unlocking the next stage of growth for your business. Facilitated by the CBR Innovation Network's Growth Team, you'll work with business peers to evaluate and refine growth opportunities. You'll challenge your plans and apply new entrepreneurial methods to your business with the aim of accelerating your growth.

Participants will gain value through:

• Intensive work on your business
• Practical methods and tools
• Peer-to-peer advice
• Unique content from the startup world that augments your existing business skills
• Networks and relationships built through the accelerator
• Immerse yourself in the same collaborative environment that is frequented by founders of high growth startups, their mentors and venture investors, to work on your business growth.

"This is my second time participating in the Business Accelerator program, and it was absolutely worth coming back. When you're running a small business, things can change quickly, and often! Taking the time to step back, refocus, and tap into the industry knowledge and experience of the CBRIN team is incredibly valuable.

Highly recommend this program to any business owner looking to gain clarity, direction, and practical insights." - Malisa, Simply SecOps

"The event is a great setting to get you thinking about your business, your goals, your impact and your future." - CC, Mojo Dojo

"We were able to quickly achieve mutual trust and respect enabling us to pose and resolve problems together. Teaching new methods to established business operators runs the risk of rejection. It is a credit to the organisers that participants really did gain new knowledge and perspectives including me! It was also terrific fun!" - Harold Dimpel, Rocket Remit

"Taking time away from my desk to concentrate on strategy has been something I've been meaning to do for years... but it inevitably never happens. Thank you, CBRIN, for forcing me to step away from the day-to-day to think about the big picture for two whole days. I've left the workshop with a plethora of future business plans and an exciting new To Do list." - Maddie Sinclair, Catch the Sun Communications

"Prepare to be challenged, and to be grateful for it!" - Ken Taylor, Silvertone UAV

"The Accelerator made me uncomfortable ... in a very good way. It was great to have dedicated time to think about my business, and to debate my business with other participants. Learning about other participants' businesses was equally valuable, with so many lessons learnt to glean." - Dr Michael Nelson, Smarterknowledge