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Entrepreneurship workshops

Join us to get some real world inspiration from startup leaders and experienced practitioners you can relate to. Our programme of immersive training and live panel events will help you to develop your enterprise and employability skills and entrepreneurial thinking.

We are excited to be moving back to the campus to see each other and work together face-to-face.  Like everyone else, we will be feeling our way and offering blended support with a mixture of live and online chats and training.

Wherever you are working from, you will be able to access 1-2-1 business support, workshops, competitions, funding opportunities and more, for free, online and sometimes in person. You can attend as many or as few sessions as you like.

All workshops are free to students, graduates and staff. Make sure you book early as spaces are limited.

Any questions?

Contact beepurple@brighton.ac.uk

Nail your pitch

Neema Amin, growth strategist for early-stage startups and founder of Escape Strategist, will teach you how to talk about your startup or business idea in an engaging and market-focused way. This is essential when describing your business to your customer as well as when you are networking, pitching to funders, or participating in competitions or assessments.

This workshop is suitable for anyone who has an idea for a startup or is already running an early-stage business and needs practice and expert advice on pitching. It is also perfect for anyone who needs to sharpen their pitching skills to enter the Plus X residency competition and the Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition, or who is required to pitch as part of an academic assessment.

Wednesday 9 February, from 1:00pm - 2:00pm held virtually via Zoom

Book your place for Wednesday 9 February, 1:00 - 2:00

Find funding for your startup

In this informative panel event, you will find out about the different funding opportunities you can tap into as a startup. You will hear from experts who specialise in enabling startups to access a range of funding opportunities, including:

  • Jes Bailey, founder of Crowdfund360: a crowdfunding expert.
  • Let’s Do Business Finance (LDBF): who will discuss the Start Up Loan Scheme.
  • Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) in Jubilee Library: will show you GrantFinder, a comprehensive database covering local, national and international sources of funding for businesses and social enterprises.

This workshop is suitable for anyone who is in need of funding to launch their startup or grow their business, or who is unfamiliar with the different funding opportunities available to startups.

Wednesday 9 February, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm held virtually via Zoom

Book your place for Wednesday 9 February, 5:30 - 7:30

The digital marketing and SEO clinic

Katherine George, a social media expert at Oh So Social Marketing, and Mark Tomkins, a branding and website expert at Aubergine, will be sharing essential digital marketing tips for building your community, brand, and sales. They’ll also show you how to use SEO to make your business discoverable online.

This workshop is of interest to any student or graduate who needs to build a community and be more discoverable online: including freelancers in any discipline, or anyone planning to start up a business, project or social enterprise.

Wednesday 2 March, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm held virtually via Zoom

Book your place for Wednesday 2 March

The ethically minded startup: Panel event 

A cross section of East Sussex freelancers and social entrepreneurs share their experiences and tips on running your business in an ethically minded, sustainable or socially responsible way. Joining us:

  • Pete Barr – Soapstone and Enayball
  • Shiv Misra - Co-Founder of Roots and Hoots
  • Kerry Watkins – Social for Good

This workshop is suitable for any student or undergraduate considering starting up an ethical and sustainably minded business, freelance career or project.

Wednesday 23 March, from 5:30pm – 7:30pm held virtually via Zoom

Book your place for Wednesday 23 March

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