Pathfinder Early-Stage Growth Workshop 3 – Experimentation & Validation

The third Early‑Stage Growth workshop focuses on Experimentation & Validation, with leaders sharing insights on testing strategies.

The 2026 BEDA Pathfinder Early-Stage Growth Workshop series is a structured immersion of 4 x one hour workshops designed to help early-stage businesses strengthen their strategic foundations, prioritise growth opportunities, and build the capability needed to scale with confidence.

This new workshop series features inspiring local industry business leaders whose role is to share real examples of how they have navigated strategic approaches and challenges.

The third workshop in this Early-Stage Growth series has a particular focus on Experimentation & Validation. Our highly successful industry leaders featuring on this panel will be sharing insights around experiments and strategic testing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

This workshop involves:

· A practical, evidence-based session where businesses design and test growth experiments to validate customer needs and refine their value proposition.

This workshop is ideal for:

Participants who are owners/MDs of businesses with $500k-$1.5M revenue and 5-20 staff across sectors including manufacturing, professional services, retail, hospitality, and tech. They are past the survival stage but hitting growth ceilings. These businesses need strategic frameworks, not startup advice.

PRESENTERS:

This Panel Session will be facilitated by Dr Sam Bucolo (Spark Consultants), with our industry leader panellists to be announced soon.

About Panel Facilitator Dr Sam Bucolo (Spark Consultants):

Dr Sam Bucolo is an experienced business advisor and innovation leader with over 30 years supporting SMEs to strengthen competitiveness, unlock growth opportunities, and build the capability needed to scale. His career spans senior roles across industry, government, academia, and the not-for-profit sector, giving him a unique ability to translate strategy into practical execution. Sam has held Professorial and University Leadership roles at UTS and QUT, establishing major research centres and cross-industry innovation programs. As Chair of the Australian Design Council, he leads national efforts to embed design-led innovation across business and government.

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