The majority of resources on the Launch League website are published under open licence. “Open licence” means that the content has been developed for others to use. (And we really want you to use it!)
The open licence content on this website has been developed under the Creative Commons CC 4.0. This means that you can edit, adapt, rebrand and resell to partners. When you use the content, however, you do need to “attribute” the original authors of the content, and ensure that this does not appear to be an endorsement or sponsorship.
In other words, when you use the Launch League content, you should let all stakeholders (entrepreneurs, partners,
funders) know that the content was originally developed by the UK-South Africa Tech Hub and Viridian, through the Launch League initiative.
However, you must do this in a way that the attribution isn’t confused for an endorsement or sponsorship of your programme or organisation by the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, Viridian or Launch League.
To make this easy for you, you’ll see that in each of the main resources, there’s some text that attributes the original authors – so you can just leave this in!
If you’d like more information on how to use open licence content, or what the appropriate attribution is, please contact us.
In this video, we explain the concept of the Launch League open licence resources- you are free to share, copy, adapt and sell these resources with some conditions which are explained in the video.
There’s a lot of content here for you and your hub, and it can be difficult to know where to start. We’d like to help you make the most of our toolkits and resources, so let us know how we can contact you to assist.
The Launch League Idea-stage Programme toolkit, developed by the UK-South Africa Tech Hub and Viridian, consists of all the open licence resources you need to run an idea-stage programme for the entrepreneurs in your community. The programme is designed to help entrepreneurs understand the different parts of their business and how these hang together as a viable business model.
Facilitators looking for new tools to add to their existing idea-stage programme or workshop offerings.
Leaders at hubs or skills organisations who are looking for a new programme to pitch to their partners and funders.
Anyone at a hub who’d like to understand how to more effectively guide entrepreneurs in developing their ideas into business models.
Start by taking a look at the toolkit map, the Launch League Canvas and the Hub’s Guide to Idea-stage Programme Facilitation to understand what is in the toolkit and how to use it.
There are five key learning modules in this programme toolkit that relate to each section of the Canvas. In each module you’ll find a slide deck template, two worksheets, and a meetup exercise.
We’ve created even more resources to help you plan and run an idea-stage programme.