StartUp Sussex

06/04/2020

Watch the magical moment when we announced this years winner!

Live announcement of this year's StartUp Sussex winner for entrepreneur and Startup of the year at the University of Sussex, James Bowyer and Reviso.ai. The ...

19/03/2020

Pitching to investors can be scary, our StartUp Sussex competitors know this from experience!😰

CNBC has produced an interesting video to help you build confidence and communicate your passion, watch it here:

Startup investors Alicia Syrett, founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital, and Alex Kenjeev, president of O’Leary Ventures, share their best advice for entrepre...

16/03/2020

Happy Monday everyone!☀️

If you're looking for a reading list to inspire your business ideas, Inc. Magazine has you covered: http://ow.ly/sBng50yIAvJ 📖📖

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12/03/2020

If you need any more help with business plans there's lots of handy guides online💻

Here's one example from Startups.co.uk for small business ideas, start-ups and entrepreneurs which gives useful advice on the research stage of your proposal💡

Read it here: http://ow.ly/4tA250ywemQ

10/03/2020

Our Phase 2 students are working hard with their Sussex Innovation Centre mentors on areas such as research, investment and marketing💻📣

Startups Magazine has a great article on marketing your startup, read it here: http://ow.ly/D1ei50yCon2

05/03/2020

We had such a great time at last week's workshop with the inspirational Books That Matter 📖

Molly Masters is a previous winner of the StartUp Sussex prize and has gone on to do amazing things in the Feminist book sphere, empowering women with her book subscription service♀️✊

Here she is explaining where Books That Matter began...

03/03/2020

Happy Tuesday everyone!☀️

In StartUp Sussex we're all about supporting young entrepreneurs through the good, bad and ugly of starting your own business 🌱

Inc. Magazine has released an interesting interview with two millennial founders and their perspective of doing just that. Watch it here:

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27/02/2020

StartUp Sussex and the Social Impact Prize are all about supporting your business ideas🌱

If the type of support you need is funding, Forbes has a helpful breakdown of opportunities for startups here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2019/12/22/startup-financing-key-options/

No matter how great your new business idea is, without proper financing, you won’t be able to start it. We present five key ways to get startup funding.

24/02/2020

Happy Monday everyone!☀️

As Phase 2 of StartUp Sussex is all about building your business plan, here's a step-by-step guide from Donut - Start-up and SME resources 💡

Get inspired: https://www.startupdonut.co.uk/business-planning/write-a-business-plan/essential-guide-to-writing-a-business-plan

Why you need a business plan and how to write your…

20/02/2020

Do you have an idea that could make a great game?🎮💻

Entrepreneur highlights how to become a successful entrepreneur in one of the most on trend industries right now:

The doors are open for more people to monetize enthusiasm surrounding this $150 billion industry.

18/02/2020

Calling all StartUp entrepreneurs!📣

TED Talks has an interesting talk on how you can make your business succeed in the Startup sector.

You can watch it here:

Bill Gross has founded a lot of start-ups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data fro...

14/02/2020

Happy Friday everyone!☀️

We're talking all things 'business plan' in Phase 2 so here's a handy guide courtesy of

Have a read here: http://ow.ly/sxdw50ykqbV

Your business plan is how investors and potential partners see that you know everything you can about your industry.