Validate- An Intensive Ideation and Startup Bootcamp
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Validate- An Intensive Ideation and Startup Bootcamp
Outline:
The programme will focus on developing students’ enterprise skills and supporting them to create their own ventures in the creative industries. The programme will be delivered as an intensive one day ‘business bootcamp’ at Ilia State University. The programme will guide students through the business start-up journey and equip them with practical skills and tools in business planning, ideation and pitching.
Date and Time:
10:00 to 17:30 on January 23rd
Audience:
University students with an idea for a business or an interest in pursuing an entrepreneurial career path within the creative industries.
Objectives:
- Developing students’ knowledge of business start-up in a creative industry context;
- Providing students with the skills to launch a business in the creative industries;
- Raising awareness of Creative Spark and of the value of enterprising skills more broadly.
- Bootcamp will be delivered by Professor Gurpreet Jagpal, Director of the Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, UWE Bristol
In order to attend the Bootcamp, please register beforehand (follow the link - https://forms.gle/QHu8Usy9nzKNy4ML8 )
Deadline: July 20th , 23:59
Facilitator Profile
Professor Gurpreet Jagpal
Professor and Director of the Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
DBA: Higher Education Management (Candidate), MBA: Master of Business Administration, MSc: Real Estate Management, BA (Hons), MBTI Certified Practitioner, ILM Certificate
Gurpreet is the Professor and Director of the Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, which is a pioneer in enterprise education, established to transform the futures of young people and support the next generation of entrepreneurs thereby creating a more successful economy.
Prior to this, he was Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation at London South Bank University (LSBU, and CEO of South Bank University Enterprises Ltd (SBUEL) where his main responsibilities include the strategic and day-to-day operations for London South Bank University’s (LSBU) research and enterprise activities.
An inspirational, transformational and visionary Director, with over a decade of experience, spanning a number of higher education institutions, Gurpreet has successfully established, executed and fostered the growth of a number of enterprise and business outreach centers strengthening their links with local industry.
His expertise span the areas of: research support; knowledge transfer; enterprise skills; entrepreneurship; innovation; life coaching; management consulting; mentoring; project management; commercial property and business development. Gurpreet also runs his own residential property business specializing in buy-to-lets and project-managing renovations.