Manara Programs
Turn employee ideas into new ventures.
Build an employee-led innovation pipeline: discover opportunities, validate demand and develop testable products. Stage gates and internal sponsors guide decisions on internal products, spin-offs or further development.
Structure
From challenge to decision
- 01Challenge
- 02Ideas
- 03Screen
- 04Validate
- 05Prototype
- 06Test
- 07Decision
| Example gate | Evidence required | Sponsor decision |
|---|---|---|
| Gate 1 · Screen | Problem fit with an owned challenge | Sponsor confirms ideas to progress |
| Gate 2 · Validate | Customer / user evidence and business case | Fund a prototype or stop |
| Gate 3 · Test | Tested prototype and readiness review | PoC / pilot, pivot, or stop |
Illustrative gate structure — tailored to each organization.
What we do
Workstreams and activities
Challenge definition
Translate business priorities into clear, owned challenge statements.
Employee idea intake
Campaign design, submission criteria and transparent screening.
Innovation academy
Practical learning on discovery, validation and prototyping for internal teams.
Mentoring & venture coaching
Clinics and expert feedback help employees test assumptions and develop venture cases.
Selection & gated validation
Stage gates with defined evidence requirements at every step.
Business sponsor involvement
Sponsors engaged at the decisions that matter, not just the final showcase.
Technical readiness & venture pathways
Requirements, UX, architecture and testing reviews inform internal-product, spin-off or further-development decisions.
Typical outputs
What your program leaves behind.
- Employee idea campaign
- Challenge briefs
- Screening criteria
- Gate evidence templates
- Validated venture cases
- Prototype reviews
- Venture technical-readiness reports
- Sponsor decision packs
- Program report
Best for
- Corporate strategy teams
- People & HR leaders
- Internal R&D and innovation units
- Government-backed enterprises
2024–2025
Intrapreneurship Program
Five new ventures created by the organization’s employees, supported through hands-on technical-readiness reviews, workshops and coaching.
- New employee-created ventures
- 5
- New employee-created ventures
- Technical workshops
- 8
- Technical workshops
- Coaching sessions
- 25
- Coaching sessions
- Venture technical-readiness reviews / reports
- 5
- Venture technical-readiness reviews / reports
Intrapreneurship Program: measurable technical progress
Excerpts from the five venture technical-readiness reviews and reports show employee teams’ progress in the Intrapreneurship Program. Scores are out of 5; architecture and UX baselines begin at their first assessed review. Historical results from this program, not guaranteed outcomes for future cohorts.
2.25 → 4.0 / 5
3.2 → 3.6 / 5
2.0 → 3.5 / 5
Other services
Accelerators & Incubators
Source and select promising teams; guide them through customer discovery, business-model validation, mentorship, GTM and investor readiness.
Technical Acceleration & AI Prototyping
A technical track for accelerators, university incubators and corporate programs — requirements, AI prototypes, testing and readiness reviews.
Corporate Open Innovation & PoCs
Connect challenge-matched international and regional startups with internal stakeholders to assess fit and structure corporate PoCs.
Venture Building & Commercialization
Work with teams from opportunity validation through MVP definition, go-to-market strategy, financial readiness and pitch preparation.
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