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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10Nov2021
Idea Generation
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. The aim of this interactive workshop is to stimulate innovative thinking and explore how ideas can be turned into viable business opportunities. Participants will work in small groups and will be asked to brainstorm solutions to provided problems.
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22Nov2021
November 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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20Dec2021
December 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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3Nov2021
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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25Nov2021
November Virtual Board
A mock Board comprising of members of the Strathclyde Inspire Supporter network with investment experience. Clients, considered to be ready or very close to ready to actively seek investment, present their updates, plans and financials to the Board members. Please note must be a registered member of the Inspire Community and actively engaged to attend, and this event is invite only.
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26Oct2021
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, the different ways in which research can be commercialised, and more.
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28Oct2021
Pitching
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Crafting a strong pitch is an essential component of the entrepreneurial journey. A well-structured and delivered pitch can help emerging entrepreneurs to engage effectively with a variety of key audiences, from customers to investors.
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9Nov2021
Communicating your Research (Open to PhD students only)
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Communicating the value of your research outside your field is an essential skill. In this interactive workshop, we will consider how the audience, environment and tools available in different settings guide and impact how you communicate, with a particular focus on commercially relevant scenarios.
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10Nov2021
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.
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23Nov2021
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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25Nov2021
Stakeholder Management
This workshop will be delivered by Converge and hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Key to the success of a start-up is a deep understanding of the stakeholders who can have a direct or indirect impact on the entrepreneurial journey. This interactive workshop will help participants identify and prioritise the stakeholders that should be considered when starting a business.
Community events
The following events are invite only, please email inspire@strath.ac.uk to register interest.
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10Nov2021
Strathclyde Inspire 100
Our next Inspire 100 event takes place in November during Global Entrepreneurship Week. You will hear from a range of Strathclyde-led businesses, all pitching to win cash prizes. We have a minimum of £20k worth of prizes up for grabs for participating start-ups and spin-outs.