Find your direction
Take stock of experience, strengths and ambitions. Explore where they meet a real customer need.
A new chapter, built at Work inc
Turn experience
into enterprise.
A six-month pathway for people ready to explore life beyond their corporate role, surrounded by founders, practical expertise and possibility.
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE WAREHOUSES · LAVENDER BAY
6 monthsTO EXPLORE, TEST & BUILD
Up to 50PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST INTAKE
1 February 2027PLANNED START
Experience has a future
A career change can be a beginning.
People leaving a corporate role bring years of judgement, relationships and hard-won skills. With the right setting and practical support, that experience can become the foundation for something of their own.
Work inc is developing a six-month programme to help them explore an idea, test its commercial potential and make a considered next move.
Where good ideas come to grow
Build in the company
of people building.
Work inc is a creative coworking community in the heritage warehouses beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in North Sydney’s Lavender Bay.
Here, the working day happens around founders, independent businesses and people solving real commercial problems. The programme is designed to bring participants into that environment, with direct access to industry expertise and mentoring.
The six-month journey
From “what next?”
to a considered next move.
A practical sequence, with room to question assumptions, change direction and build confidence through doing.
Test the opportunity
Talk to potential customers, understand the market and challenge the assumptions behind an idea.
Build the offer
Shape a clear proposition, pricing and a workable business model. Create the tools to explain and deliver it.
Take it to market
Practise selling and presenting. Build a digital presence and, where ready, test a first offer with customers.
Learn and refine
Use feedback, costs and early evidence to improve the offer, rethink the model or explore another direction.
Choose your next move
Bring the evidence together in a practical plan: launch, keep testing, pivot or pursue a different path.
Proposed programme structure. The final timetable and delivery format will be confirmed before enrolment.
Skills put to work
Learn it.
Use it.
Build on it.
Learn directly from real people with practical experience. Gain access to experts who can help you apply these skills to your own business.
Mindset coach
Build confidence, resilience and the mindset to navigate the shift from employee to business owner.
Sales leader and trainer
Learn how to find customers, lead sales conversations and present your offer with confidence.
AI strategist
Put AI to practical use from day one, building tools and workflows around your business idea.
Finance coach
Understand cash flow, costs and pricing to assess whether your business idea is commercially viable.
Website and e-commerce experts
Learn from people who have scaled businesses to build a website or online store that supports your offer.
Business coaches
Work through decisions, challenge assumptions and turn your ideas into a practical plan for the next stage.
Specialist sessions and mentoring are proposed elements of the programme. Contributors, availability and scope are still being confirmed.
Something tangible to take forward
A supported playground for your next chapter.
Discover whether entrepreneurship is right for you in a place where you can explore, test and learn with support around you. Gain the expertise, guidance and clarity everyone deserves before taking the plunge, so you can start with a stronger foundation and give your business the best chance to succeed.
- Customer research and evidence about the opportunity
- A clearer offer and a practical business plan
- Tools and skills to present, sell and operate
- Early market testing or initial trading, where ready
- A grounded decision about what comes next
An invitation to banks & employers
Invest in what
comes next.
When roles change, employers have an opportunity to support the person beyond the role. Funding a place offers a practical pathway for people who want to explore enterprise as their next chapter.
Work inc is progressing the programme independently. We invite banks and employers to fund places for their people and help turn experience into new possibility.
Let’s shape the right support.
- Explore who the programme could suit
- Discuss the number of places to fund
- Agree scope, delivery and funding arrangements
Kristy Valentine · Chair, Work inc
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Joining the list is an expression of interest, not enrolment or a guaranteed place.
A few useful details
Before we talk.
Who is the programme designed for?
People moving on from a corporate role who want to explore starting or building a business. Suitability and the selection process will be agreed before the first intake.
Does it depend on bank funding?
No. Work inc is progressing the programme independently and inviting banks and employers to fund places. Funding terms and place allocations have not yet been finalised.
Does everyone need to launch a business?
No. Participants will be encouraged to test their ideas and make evidence-informed decisions. A launch, customers, revenue or investment are not guaranteed outcomes.
Can I join the list?
Yes. Leave your email above to receive programme updates. Participant enrolment, fees, eligibility and the final delivery details will be confirmed separately.