Events to support you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey
Exploratory Events
A range of events to help you explore entrepreneurship, develop entrepreneurial skills and unlock your potential.
Idea Development Events
Regular sessions to help you progress and validate your idea.
Accelerator Events
A series of events for Accelerator participants including opportunities to pitch in front of investors and other ecosystem partners.
Workshop Series
A weekly workshop programme providing emerging entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills required to launch and run a business.
Community Events
Opportunities to bring the entrepreneurial ecosystem together fostering connections, powering knowledge and igniting inspiration
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1Mar2021
The Why & The How of Your Research Workshop (Open to PhD students only)
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Commercialisation of research is becoming increasingly important and valued by universities, funding bodies and governments. This workshop will cover the value of research commercialisation and the different ways in which research can be commercialised.
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8Mar2021
Research Commercialisation as Impact Workshop (Open to PhD students only)
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Research impact has traditionally been measured by publication, but wider definitions are increasingly valued by essential stakeholders. This workshop will look at alternative routes to impact, with a particular focus on commercialisation as impact.
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15March2021
March Start Up Bootcamp
Do you have a business idea but need some help to figure out where to start? Run over two sessions, this workshop by Strathclyde Inspire will help you to start developing a business plan, think about ways to validate your idea, how to grow and teach you the basics of pitching.
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21April2021
April Start Up Bootcamp
Do you have a business idea but need some help to figure out where to start? Run over two sessions, this workshop by Strathclyde Inspire will help you to start developing a business plan, think about ways to validate your idea, how to grow and teach you the basics of pitching.
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19May2021
May Start Up Bootcamp
Do you have a business idea but need some help to figure out where to start? Run over two sessions, this workshop by Strathclyde Inspire will help you to start developing a business plan, think about ways to validate your idea, how to grow and teach you the basics of pitching.
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4March2021
Inspire Accelerator Monthly Meeting
Current Strathclyde Inspire Accelerator members meet with Start-Up Manager on a monthly basis to share updates and news. Sometimes attended by an external guest to provide guidance or discuss their experience as an entrepreneur and with raising funding.
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25March2021
Virtual Board
A monthly Virtual Board comprising of Strathclyde Inspire Supporters with a range of commercial and investment experiences. Clients, considered to be ready or very close to ready to actively seek investment, present their updates, plans and financials to the Board members and seek strategic guidance as they would from a Board with external or investor Directors.
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15Mar2021
Start-Up Finance Workshop
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. This workshop will provide emerging entrepreneurs with an overview of the various funding options available to start-up/spin-out companies in Scotland. This session will analyse different funding routes and will advise on which ones should be considered depending on the business development stage.
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24Mar2021
Preparing for Investment
Delivered by Stuart Mackenzie, Commercialisation Infrastructure Manager, who works within the University of Strathclyde, Investment Team. This is not a pitching opportunity, but an opportunity for founders to gain insight into what investors look for, when they want to invest in a company and how you can prepare your business to meet their requirements.
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1April2021
Negotiation Skills Workshop
Delivered by Stephen-Mark Williams, Executive Director, Energy Technology Partnership. Understand how inventors, investors and partners can work together (or otherwise!) to make a successful collaboration. Learn about the principles, strategies and skills of getting to a mutually valuable deal and how to use these skills in everyday business scenarios.
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TBCMay2020
Inspire100
As part of the University's Engage with Strathclyde Initiative, this May sees the launch of our new Inspire100 Event. Inspire100 is a network which connects emerging and experienced entrepreneurs through a series of events. This event provides a platform to meet and support Strathclyde business opportunities emerging from the students, alumni and research communities.