About The Psychology Business Incubator

 

The Psychology Business Incubator is a community and platform for those who want to start or grow psychology-based businesses (or are just curious about doing that), so that members can meet up, find partners, learn new skills, and access a range of professional support and advice. It is a mutually supportive community, where members can help each other in multiple ways, but also access the external and professional support they need to succeed.

 

The aims of the Incubator are to:

• Foster psychology entrepreneurship and innovation

• Encourage development of psychology-based startups and new companies

• Support the growth of established psychology-based business

• Provide access to professional and tech expertise

• Educate around sources of finance and investment

• Give opportunities to meet potential investors

• Provide access to markets and opportunities to showcase services

• Increase the likelihood of sustainable business success

 

There are different categories of membership dependent on where people are on their business development journey. Membership is free till the end of 2025 to encourage the growth of the community. The larger the community, the greater the opportunity we all have to grow and succeed in business. A larger community makes us attractive to sponsors and investors, and potential customers and clients!

 

Students, including both undergraduates and postgrads, are encouraged to join as they are the future psychology entrepreneurs and growth creators. It's anticipated that most members will be psychologists or have an academic background in psychology (including psychology students), but you don't have to be a psychologist to run a psychology-based business. So non-psychologists are very welcome if their business (or potential business) is related to psychology. Examples include psychotherapy and other psychological therapies, mental health and wellbeing businesses, and Occupational Health consultancies with a psychological or mental health element.

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Please check out our Join page if you would like to apply for membership.

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About the Founder, Alan Bradshaw

 

Alan is a business psychologist who specialises in the fields of stress management, workplace wellbeing and mental health at work. He's a serial psychology entrepreneur, have developed and grown several, successful psychology-based businesses over the past 30 years. He's also a business partner of one of the UK's largest Occupational Health Consultancies. Alan's had many major, corporate clients in both the public and private sectors, including easyJet, BAE Systems, the Health and Safety Executive, Minstry of Defence and DWP. He's provided training and consultancy services to organisations in many sectors such as: education (esp universities and colleges), local government, defence, utilities, petrochemicals, biosciences, telecomms, leisure, NHS, national government, tech, environment and SMEs.

 

Now, Alan has decided to focus mainly on supporting others who wish to develop and grow, and he currently supports a number of aspiring psychology entrepreneurs and business owners in the workplace wellbeing space. Alan is also a director and Deputy Chair of William Simpsons, a social care charity providing long-term and respite care to 70 adults with a mental health diagnosis linked to substance misuse. Alan chairs the Care Committee and provides a strategic lead on the board for managing risks to wellbeing in residents and staff.

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You can connect with Alan through his LinkedIn page. If you'd like to enquire about the Psychology Business Incubator, please email Alan directly.

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