Entrepreneurship essentials for PhD students (SPERO Applied)
24 April 2019–26 April 2019, 9:30 am–12:30 am
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This free programme for UCL PhD students will help you explore new ways of using your research to develop a career outside of traditional academic pathways.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Innovation and Enterprise
Location
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UCL BaseKX103c Camley StreetLondonN1C 4PF
Overview
This three-day workshop will provide a practical introduction to entrepreneurship. You'll learn about business language and entrepreneurial thinking, and be encouraged to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.
What to expect
During the workshop, you'll:
- learn about key concepts for early stage enterprise creation
- apply conceptual models/frameworks during short activities
- present your thinking and reflect on your work during the activities
The topics covered each day include:
- Day 1 - idea exploration and creation
- Day 2 - prototyping, testing and network-building
- Day 3 - sales, marketing and raising finance
Who it's for
This programme is open to UCL PhD students from any discipline who are curious about entrepreneurship and have had little-to-no previous business experience.
You don't need to be an aspiring entrepreneur or already have a business idea.
What you'll learn
Topics covered by the course include:
- opportunity evaluation
- the anatomy of creating a business
- prototyping and testing ideas
- profiling and understanding customers
- intellectual property and protecting ideas
- sales, marketing and brand design
- building teams and networks
- raising funding and finance
- what investors look for in an early stage business
- preparing a pitch