Entrepreneurship Boot Camp: 4 - 14 June 2013

Do you want to explore your potential around enterprise and entrepreneurship?  This programme of highly interactive workshops at Swansea University will be fun and informative.  The workshops are free to Swansea University, Swansea Metropolitan University and Gower College students and recent graduates (within last five years) based in Swansea or considering starting a business in Wales.  You must attend a minimum of six seminars to receive your Course Certificate.

Free buffet lunch provided, so please indicate any dietary requirements when booking.
Limited places so registration is on a first come first served basis!  Download the full programme here:  Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Programme - June 2013 ‌

Sign Up:  entrepreneurs@swansea.ac.uk

•     Name
•     Student Number
•     Place of study
•     Dates & times of attendance (individual seminars or the whole course)

Introduction

Graduates are being encouraged to start new businesses because of a number of factors:

• Evidence from the USA, in particular, of potential for spinning companies out of higher education based on the specialist knowledge, skills and techniques which graduates have
• An increasingly service-dominated economy
• Growth in the influence of IT and telecommunications; regional economic development policies.

Advice for Swansea University students:  If you are currently a student at Swansea University looking for advice on business start-up, you can contact Judith James, Manager of the Swansea Employability Academy, at employability@swansea.ac.uk.

The self-employment section of the Graduate Prospects website is an excellent starting point for more information, and you can find links to further resources on our entrepreneurship resources page.

Business start-up support from the Welsh Government

Big Ideas Wales, www.bigideaswales.com/ is a campaign to encourage young people to become entrepreneurial and to help those interested in starting a business to take their ideas forward.  It is managed by the Welsh Government's Youth Entrepreneurship Team.

The Welsh Government's business support website, www.business.wales.gov.uk:  This provides extensive information resources.  See the start-up section of their website, including further sources and contacts to help you start a business.

The Centre for Business, www.centreforbusiness.co.uk:  If you are currently in Further or Higher Education or if you graduated within the last 5 years and are thinking about starting a business, then you are eligible for help and advice through the Welsh Government's Graduate Start-Up Programme that is delivered by The Centre For Business.  This includes one-to-one mentoring, discretionary bursaries, taster workshops and business planning workshops.  See further information and contact details here.

Still a student?

To meet like-minded students, why not join the Swansea student entrepreneurs’ network, Konetics?  Email:  konetics@swansea-union.co.uk.  Follow Konetics on Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/sukonetics, www.facebook.com/sukonetics and stay up to date on all Konetics campus entrepreneurship news and events!