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We provide opportunities for our students to engage with entrepreneurship via extra-curricular activities. Learn more about our competitions and the process of creating a successful start-up and enhancing your network.


Social Entrepreneurship Workshop

In November each year, the Entrepreneurship Hub holds the Social Entrepreneurship Workshop, offering SBM students an opportunity to build their entrepreneurial competencies with the support of expert facilitators and industry-leading experts.

The 2024 Social Entrepreneurship Workshop is now open for applications!

This workshop is open to all SBM undergraduates & postgraduate students, and is for you if you:

  1. want to test and improve your entrepreneurial skills without a solid idea OR
  2. are thinking of participating in an entrepreneurship competition (e.g., Mayor's Entrepreneur Programme, Ignite etc.)

What you will learn: Essentials to start a social venture. Specifically,                     

  1. Coming up with a commercially valid idea
  2. Validating your idea: learn how to speak to potential customers in the right way to validate your market.
  3. Building an MVP: Learn techniques for wireframing, user story mapping and getting your idea set up as quickly as possible.

 This workshop will be held on campus, and will be a lot of fun! You will walk away with product management methodologies and techniques for getting your business idea off the ground. We will be joined by mentors from the industry who will help to validate your ideas and get your idea off the ground.

Prize: We will have a finale at the end of the workshop, first prize £500, second prize £350, third prize £150 worth of vouchers to help start your project.

When: Wednesday 6th November 2024, 9am - 7pm (lunch and snacks will be provided)

Where: TBC

How to apply:

Each applicant to complete the application form at Apply Here by 5pm on the 23rd of October 2024. For any questions, please email the ent-hub@qmul.ac.uk. Successful applicants will be emailed by the 2nd November, 2024

As usual, places for this exciting workshop are limited, so please apply early!

 

Competitions

Competing in enterprise challenges is a great way to meet like-minded people, find inspiration, and develop your entrepreneurial knowledge and skill in a fun way. These are invaluable experiences that can help your personal and professional growth.

 

Mayor’s Entrepreneur Programme: Alexa and Adam's experience

Photo of Alexa and Adam in front of their company, Hugg's, logo “After receiving positive comments from Dr Joanne Zhang about our business idea, which was developed out of a group assignment for our Strategic Entrepreneurship module, Adam and I decided to enter the Mayor’s Entrepreneur Competition. Signing up for the competition and attending the online sessions helped us to further develop our business idea. This helped us to advance to the semi-finals. As semi-finalists we attended sessions to get additional training and tips on pitching our idea. Although we did not advance as finalists in the competition, making the semi-final was a huge accomplishment for both of us!"

Alexa Cooper and Adam Bystron, Mayor’s Entrepreneur Programme semi-finalists, 2022

Funding

SBM resource pack

Did you know that London has more than 100 start-up incubators and accelerators?

Depending on where you are in your start-up journey, there are many resources which provide vital support and advice. We have curated the top 30 resources that can help you take your start-up from idea to launch, and beyond.

Download the FREE SBM Entrepreneurship Resource Pack [PDF 796KB] to get started!

Incubators in London
Incubators in London

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