First Thursday at SETsquared Bath Innovation Centre

Join us for our monthly networking event at the SETsquared Bath Innovation Centre. Each month we bring you insights on entrepreneurship, funding, new tech, how to grow a business and look at what’s happening in our community. Shoutouts about events and news also welcome.

Grab a pastry from 8.30am and network with Bath’s innovative business community, we start the session from 9.00am.

First Thursday - 2 October: FrankenStartup: A Light-hearted Game of Ideas, Creativity and Chaos

FrankenStartup is a playful group game for people who love ideas — and don’t take themselves too seriously.

You’ll be teamed up with a few others (don’t worry, we make that part easy) and given four simple prompts: a problem to solve, a person you’re solving it for, a type of product, and a fun or slightly ridiculous pitch constraint. That’s it. Your team then has around 30 minutes to come up with a startup idea based on those prompts.

You don’t need to be a founder, coder or pitch expert — in fact, the more variety in each team, the better. It’s about seeing where your imagination takes you, having a laugh, and working together to shape a wild idea into something (semi) coherent.

At the end, each team shares their idea in a quick 60-second pitch. No slides, no pressure — just tell the story of your FrankenStartup, however you like. We’ve seen people sing, mime, use props, or just explain the idea with a big grin and a lot of enthusiasm.

So why are we doing this? Because sometimes, the best conversations happen when we’re busy making things together. FrankenStartup is a chance to meet new people in a creative, supportive environment — to share a few laughs, spark some ideas, and maybe surprise yourself in the process.

If you’re curious, creative, or just up for doing something a bit different with your Thursday morning, come along. We promise you won’t be put on the spot — and you might even come away with a few new friends, fresh thinking, and a startup idea you’ll be talking about for days.

Host or Publisher Research and Innovation Services, University of Bath