Coventry

Friday 25 November 2011 08:00 - 10:00

The Windmill Village Hotel Birmingham Road Allesley Coventry West Midlands

CV5 9AL £10.00 per person

The societies biggest event to date, join us for a host of technological and entrepreneurial speakers and workshops...

We take 20 students on an intensive two day challenge across the region to find coventry's newest apprentices...

Come along to our Enterprise and fun day to launch Enterprise Week and support children in need. You will be able to buy produce from local businesses as well as have a fun day out with your family. Help us celebrate Coventry's enterprise and diversity.

Where: Broad Horizons Enterprise Centre, 161 Broad St, Folshill, Coventry, CV6 5BN

Contact: Maria Marshalsea 07583810797 mariamarshalsea@hotmail.com

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/528869392 Do you have any burning questions to ask about your business? Well this session is your chance to get your questions answered live! We have a range experts ranging from sales, marketing, finance and tax to help answer your questions via text and verbally.

Square One/Ground Floor, The Hub.

Staff and students are invited to drop-in. Whether it is turning a hobby, or your own set of skills and knowledge into a sustainable business or developing an idea for a product, find out what is involved in starting a business, at this practical support event. From free mentoring to funding opportunities, information on intellectual property or sales /marketing advice come and talk to our team of staff, business experts and young entrepreneurs.

Square One, The Hub.

Pitch your innovative product or business idea to the panel for a chance to win up to £500 and a business support package to help you turn your idea into reality. To register for a pitch, email BGrocott@cad.coventry.ac.uk

ICE Building (report to Reception).

A creative activity to enable you to generate lots of ideas quickly and help identify feasibility and idea development. A visual way of thinking about Business, Design and Enterprise, prizes for the most creative ideas. All students and graduates welcome.

Student Union Meeting Room 2, First Floor, The Hub. Topics include identifying/exploiting opportunities in the global market and the role of business incubation an play to assist entrepreneurs, including a project in Abuja, Nigeria.

20 students will have the opportunity to take part in an intensive two day challenge across the City, only 4 students will win £100 in cash plus entry into the Midlands Apprentice Final. Opportunity to test and develop entrepreneurship skills. For more information visit http://www.studentsinbusiness.org/apprentice.php

Ideas Competition, running all week – Idea on the back of a Beer Mat – open to Coventry University students only – Beer mat entry forms available from around the campus and can be collected from and completed entries submitted to the Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship, First Floor, The Hub. Opportunity to win £50 - £250 for an innovative or enterprising idea. Closing date Thursday, 17 Nov 11 (12:00)

An enterprise challenge day where teams of students from each of the 6 colleges within the school will compete to come up with a product idea, plan, design, market, cost and pitch it ina final presentation developing a host of enterprise skills along the way.

Education challenge