Commercialisation specialist Jesse has specialist expertise in developing business and financial models, as innovative as the IP they must commercialise.

Jesse is a driving force in entrepreneur and startup ecosystem development. Her work has helped build a thriving startup community, committed to diversity, impact and collaboration, in the region of Te Tai Tokerau, New Zealand.

A skilled facilitator, MC and speaker, from her base in the East Midlands (UK), Jesse is building the Get Better Problems IP marketplace, alongside researching “How to Catalyse Game Changing Inventions (that could save the world).”

My ‘why’ is to create the best conditions for success for (super hero) Enviro-Tech, so it can get to work, saving the world.

Startup success seems almost impossible. To catalyse game changing IP, we should expand system boundaries, and build new bridges. I want to know - what sort of bridges - what new mechanisms, and interventions - should we build? This is the subject of my (to me, incredibly exci) independent research project.

I'm hugely interested in the Aotearoa New Zealand concept of “Te Arawhiti” (The Bridge). I strive to create spaces where the world of indigenous economic methodologies, and that of the western system, collaborate, and strengthen each other.

As Programme Manager of a regional startup ecosystem (NZ), 2018-2024, I led the growth of a new, regional innovation and enterprise ecosystem, working with founders, local and central Government, industry, investors and the community. The work builds capability and capacity, through investment training, workshops, and pitch nights.

As Director of Business Development, and co-founder, at Get Better Problems, I support a portfolio of ambitious, high-growth-potential SMEs and startups to significantly improve their business performance, become more profitable, and achieve international commercialisation of impact IP.