Entrepreneurs Networking Evening
Students and industry professionals from across Leeds visited Old Broadcasting House on Wednesday 10th March for an Entrepreneurs networking session. New and potential start-ups were given the chance to meet like minded people along with professionals that can help to guide them through the difficult process of starting and maintaining a new business.
The evening started with a brief introduction from project manager, Stephen Griffiths, who explained of the support Business Start-Up can offer and the outline for the evening’s events.
Successful business folk from the Leeds Entrepreneurs Club stopped by to talk to the budding entrepreneurs, describing their insightful and inspiring roads to success. The Entrepreneurs Club provide investors and entrepreneurs with new and exciting business ideas and contacts, sourcing hard to find equity finance for a broad range of companies by matching their needs to the financial resources of private equity investors for the benefit of both.
One of the guest speakers on the night was Norman Molyneux, an original founder of corporate ventures company, Acceleris. Norman qualified as an accountant in 1981 and since then he has worked as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and held various board level positions in manufacturing companies. Norman’s vast experience and honesty about his mistakes made this a very enjoyable presentation that moved into an interactive networking session.
A frantic exchange of ideas, advice and contact details allowed potential start-ups to get some answers and get pointed in the right direction for actions that can be taken to directly help their business.
Overall, the event at Old Broadcasting House had a combination of useful activities and presentations that succeeded in the aim to inspire and assist the young entrepreneurs of Yorkshire.
Business Start-up
Help and support for students and graduates
Having a successful business can allow you to be your own boss and make your own decisions, it lets you be creative and make a future out of something you love.
Have you got what it takes? Are you motivated and willing to take risks? Are you prepared to listen to advice and act upon it? With these qualities and skills and our help you could join the 100 + successful businesses we have helped create.
Business Start-up is a government funded project which aims to raise awareness of entrepreneurship and provide practical support services to students and graduates who are considering self employment as a future career.
To find out more about our support and how we can help you and your business check out the Start Up Kit sections of our website or contact us.
The Business Concept Competition 2010
SkillPods Ltd a new business start up, jointly owned by Leeds Met graduates Danny Gazit and Michael Alexander, won the £2000 prize money on offer in the 2010 Leeds Met Business Concept Competition.
Danny and Michael were awarded the prize ahead of stiff competition from four other finalists. Applicants had to submit a 1500 word application form and then pitch their idea to a panel of judges.
For more details please click here.
Leeds Enterprise Network
The inaugural event run by the newly formed Leeds Enterprise Network which took place on the evening of Thursday 22nd October 2009 proved to be both exciting and innovative and an invaluable networking opportunity for young entrepreneurs from across the city.
For more information click here.
