Skills for Start-ups
| Facilitator: | Bonnie Hacking |
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| Coordinator: | Moses Akazue |
| Location: | Western Infirmary Seminar Room 114 |
| Time: | 14:15-15:45, day 2 |
| RDF Domain: | B3 Professional and career development |
| D3 Engagement and impact |
This skill session is designed to equip attendees with the necessary information needed to successfully get a business off the ground. The session will have a panel made up of business mentors, investment agencies as well as IT start-up entrepreneurs. The session will begin with a short talk by the speaker on how to make ideas happen, followed by a discussion on how to get investment ready. Attendees will have the opportunity to think about and consider an idea of their own and use the expertise of others in the room to develop it as well as consider the first steps they’ll need to take to bring it to life.
Individuals are given an opportunity to think about and consider an idea of their own and use the expertise of others in the room to develop it and think about the first steps they’ll need to take to bring it to life
Content
- Getting an IT business (or any business) off the ground
- What about Intellectual Property?
- What funders are looking for and the importance of being investment ready
- Identifying sources of funding
- Members of panel provides further insight on what investors are looking for in a good proposal (from an investor’s perspective)
Schedule
- Making Ideas Happen – 15 minutes
- Getting Investment Ready – 15 minutes
- IT start-up entrepreneurs tell their story – 15 mins each
- Q&A discussion – 15 minutes
- YOUR Big Idea – 15 minutes
Members of Panel
- Investment agencies
- Business Mentors
- IT start-up entrepreneurs