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Explore entrepreneurship, learn new skills and refine existing ones, with our introductory sessions and practical workshops.
Entrepreneurship is about more than starting a business.
Entrepreneurial skills can help you succeed in your academia studies and career - whether you work for an organisation or run your own business, side hustle, not-for-profit, social enterprise, or other entrepreneurial project.
Developing entrepreneurial skills can help you:
- take calculated risks
- identify real-world problems
- create innovative solutions
- learn from your experiences (including failures)
- communicate your vision to a wide range of audiences
Introductory sessions
To attend these 2-hour introductory session you don't need any experience or a startup idea.
SPERO Discover: Entrepreneurship for researchers
Next running: Monday, 2 February, 12pm to 2pm
How to fund your project: bootstrapping, grants, VCs, angels and beyond
Next running: Wednesday, 4 February, 4:45pm to 6:45pm
How to gain entrepreneurship skills and mindset
Next running: Thursday, 5 February, 4pm to 6pm
How to come up with a startup idea that solves a real problem
Next running: Tuesday, 10 February, 4pm to 6pm
How to create low-budget digital marketing strategies for your venture or project
Next running: Wednesday, 12 February, 4:45pm to 6:45pm
How to create a side hustle that will succeed
Next running: Tuesday, 24 February, 4pm to 6pm
How to run successful projects using AI: Research, strategy, and execution
Next running: Thursday, 26 February, 4pm to 6pm
How to build confidence and wellbeing habits that drive success
Next running: Thursday, 12 March, 4pm to 6pm
Workshops
To attend these workshops you don't need any experience or a startup idea. As these are practical sessions, you'll get the most out of them if you come with an idea or project you're working on.
Build a financial model from scratch (and actually understand it)
Next running: Tuesday, 3 March, 3:30pm to 6pm
Create a product prototype or service demo using AI tools
Next running: Thursday, 5 March, 3pm to 6pm
Turn your skills into income: Create your offer, set prices and master outreach
Next running: Wednesday, 11 March, 3pm to 6pm
Create an impactful pitch deck and practise public speaking
Next running: Wednesday, 18 March, 3pm to 6:30pm
Build and launch a website or app: Step-by-step guide with AI tools
Next running: Thursday, 19 March, 3pm to 6pm
Create your social media sales engine: Content, strategy and conversion
Next running: Wednesday, 25 March, 3pm to 6pm
Pitching practice
Practise your pitch, get constructive feedback, and develop your skills, confidence and story at our regular open mic sessions.
Open mic pitch session at BaseKX
Next running: Thursday, 12 February, 3pm to 6pm
