Duration: 1 day (9.30 – 4.00)
Maximum number of participants: 20
Cost: £250 per person
This workshop suits academic and support staff with little or no enterprise experience looking to acquire new skills or intermediates looking to improve. The workshop is highly practical in nature and leaves participants with a set of skills they can immediately use to become more entrepreneurial in their practice. The nature of our workshops means that we can train people with a wide range of abilities in mixed groups. CONTENT The day is divided into four sections with regular breaks for drinks, refreshments and lunch. Enterprise in a Higher Education Context · Policy drivers and the role of HE · The commercialisation continuum · Key players (colleagues, funders, students, business, community) · Policies and procedures · Reconciling multiple demands · Where to go for help Essential Skills · How to avoid working for free · What could I sell? · Who might buy? · Promoting my product or service · Developing new products and services Working with Entrepreneurial Students · Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research · Continuing Professional Education and Development · Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs · Student enterprise societies · Support structures · Social enterprise External engagement · Bidding for capital and revenue funding · Commercialisation of Research Centres· Working with public sector investors
· Working with private sector investors
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Reading List:
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What do you do first? Developing a business idea, testing your idea, protecting intellectual property and insurance....
How to keep business records? What exactly is cash flow and how do you go about fundraising for business?
How to carry our market research, promotional campaigns and get your product sold!
