- 3 Year project
- Support to young people aged 16-30 years
- The programme takes people out of the comfort zone
- They will be challenged
- Making new contacts
- Potential customers
Provide you with fundamental skills-
- Developing ideas
- Market research
- Brand creation
- Where to sell
- Financials
- IP/Patents/Copyright
- Choosing the right legal structure
- Business planning
- Managing customers
- Running the business (Day to day)
- How to network
- How to pitch
Plan vs reality-
(Duesday - Helping with monthly expenses)
"Plans are nothing; Planning is everything"
- 'All design phenomena should be rooted in research' - research your target audience and the information around that.
- 'Surrounded by data, hungry for insights'
- 'Practice safe design; use a concept'
- 'When the strategy gains the edge: design'
- 'Losing the fear of being wrong: measuring'
"You don't know until you try"
- Attend good quality events
- Invest in networking
- Invest in work experience
- Choose a small company/ start-up
- Preparation is everything: interview
"Weaknesses can also be seen as strengths, only if talked about in the right way"