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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 - 12-18 November

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Aston University is supporting Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 - a practical week which enables individuals to learn more about the wealth of support that is available to entrepreneurs in the UK. Global Entrepreneurship Week helps to connect people, share ideas and explore issues in order to drive the next generation of business owners.

Pass it on

This year’s theme is ‘Pass it on’ passing on the practical help and support needed by early start-ups and individuals who are considering taking the plunge.

At Aston we work hard to make sure our students develop the technical, professional and transferable skills they need to be successful entrepreneurs.

Hundreds of our students and graduates have set up their own successful businesses. Meet some of Aston's entrepreneurs

If you are an entrepreneurial student or graduate you can join the Aston Entrepreneurs Network on LinkedIn to make new connections.

Find out what's on at Aston during Global Entrepreneurship Week:

Digital business lessons:

Webinar Recording

(Please note: During the webinar there was a small technological issue with the slides, however you can manually move through the slides yourself by clicking the arrows on the top right hand side of the screen)

Birmingham and the West Midlands is one of the most creative places in the UK. Birmingham has more digital businesses than London’s Shoreditch led by companies such as Rare, Codemasters and Maverick TV, fast becoming a leading centre in the digital and IT industries.

The digital sector employs over 64,000 people in the city and is home to 21 per cent of the UK’s games workforce, with the West Midlands creative industries turning over more than £7billion in 2009 alone.

Birmingham has more, yet receives less recognition than other areas, how can our digital entrepreneurs change this?

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From inspiration to application – making that idea work

Thank you to those that attended the event 

This session will be run by the founders of Think Share Create, Aston MBA Simon Hague and Ian Harrison who will be bringing their platform off the web into a real space. Think Share Create is an Online Ideas Incubator; a fast-growing, diverse community of people, turning ideas into real-life ventures. The outcome of which is the potential development of viable business, charitable or social pace.

This event is for people who are any combination of smart, curious, savvy, creative, practical, bored, motivated, connected, playful, serious and inspired!

It will expand your thought and generate ideas that you could choose to pursue and introduce you to potential collaborative partners.

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Social Entrepreneurship

Thank you to those who attended

Are you a student, recent graduate or member of staff at Aston University with the passion to put into practice an idea that will create positive social impact?   

Aston has partnered with UnLtd, a charity with a long history of supporting social/community enterprises. Together we can work with you to develop your plans, offer you access to a range of specialist advisers, and financial support of varying sizes. 

Lauren Croll, Development Manager (HEI Social Enterprise Programme) will be presenting some examples of previous case studies, alongside staff and students from Aston who have benefitted from the programme in the past.

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Skills for Enterprise

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event 

Aston has a fantastic record for supporting graduates in starting their own business, based on our world leading research into entrepreneurship.

Hear from Aston’s Professor of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Mark Hart (author of a recent report on youth entrepreneurship for RBS) and BBC’s The Apprentice Finalist, Nick Holzherr on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. 

Then join us as we launch BSEEN, a programme of practical support to students and graduates looking to start a new venture.

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Check back on Friday for pictures from the events taken during the week.

Employable Graduates; Exploitable Research