LIGHTBULB AI
Product Lead at Lightbulb AI, one of four successful applications out of thirty-six for Civtech 10.11 ScotGov’s AI for startups challenge.
We answered the challenge: ‘how can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?’
Skills
Project Management · B2B/B2C Software as a Service (SaaS) · UX Research · User Interviews · Co-design · Prototype Design · Sponsor Engagement · Requirements Gathering
I recruited and led a cross-functional project team of six including specialists in agentic AI, front-end and full-stack development and product and brand design. I wrote the application for the Civtech Challenge and the project was one of four selected for funding out of 36 applicants.
With the funding, I then delivered the research, organised a co-design sprint with the team to align on product mission and next steps, then developed a medium fidelity prototype for the MVP of the app based on the sprint outputs.
The research included 5 user interviews with diverse Scotland-based young entrepreneurs followed by 7 interviews with stakeholders in Scotland’s business support ecosystem including Scottish Enterprise, The City of Edinburgh Council (Business Gateway), South of Scotland Enterprise, Codebase Edinburgh and Edinburgh Innovations.