Power Her Up

Designed to provide a strong foundation of success for women entrepreneurs.

A group of women waving with the text 'Power Her Up'.

The new and improved Power Her Up programme will run over 10-weeks with a series of workshops to help women entrepreneurs on their entrepreneurial journey. We’ll guide you through the process of launching and growing your business or social enterprise, including support for potential spinouts. Our goal is to give you the best chance to succeed at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey.

Power Her Up welcomes all students, recent graduates and staff members from the University of Edinburgh who identify as women, including trans and intersex women. Power Her Up is designed to tackle the significant startup support and funding gap that women entrepreneurs face.

Our team of experts will guide you through the process of launching and growing your business or social enterprise. We’ll provide access to a wealth of resources, strategies and support to give you the best chance of success at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey. This cohort will have access to one-to-one business advice, peer support and feedback from other women on a similar journey, networking opportunities with women entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs and further support beyond the programme.

All sessions are delivered in-person and it is expected that you attend all sessions within the programme, however, we understand that life happens, so while we encourage participants to join all 10 sessions, don’t worry if you can’t make it to one – our team will catch you up.

The programme will run: Wednesday 8th January – 26th March

  • Power Her Up social and introduction – Wednesday 8th January
  • Blueprint to success (and failure) – Wednesday 15th January
  • Navigating the lean startup world – Wednesday 22nd January
  • Intellectual Property (optional) - Tuesday 28th January 
  • Competitor analysis and overcoming setbacks – Wednesday 29th January
  • Brand and digital presence – Wednesday 5th February
  • Money smart – Wednesday 12th February
  • Foundations and funding – Wednesday 26th February
  • Elevate your network – Wednesday 5th March
  • Pitch perfect – Wednesday 12th March
  • Pitch-off – Wednesday 26th March

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive a digital badge that enables you to share verifiable learning and professional achievements.


 

Who is this programme for?

This programme is ideal for those who have completed the Startup Basics or PhD Max programmes, those who have conducted market research and customer validation and you either have a preliminary design of your MVP or are currently developing one. Perfect for those who have just started the process of turning their idea into a business or early-stage founders.

For current students, recent graduates and staff from the University of Edinburgh who identify as women, including trans and intersex women.

We highly encourage STEM innovators developing real-world solutions to join our programme. 

Applying

Limited spaces available to the full programme but with two open networking sessions. Apply for the 10-week programme by Friday 3rd January at 10am.

Exploring women’s entrepreneurship

Interested in the programme but would like to know more or perhaps you can’t commit to this 10-week programme, then why not try our open networking sessions? In this two-hour session you’ll be introduced to the Power Her Up community, go through a Lego Serious Play session, hear from a female founder and get a chance to learn more about the Power Her Up application and programme.

You can attend this session to find out more about Power Her Up or simply network.

Taking place:

This talk might have been one of the best things I have ever been to at the University and I’ve been here for 3 years! It was so, so informative and inspiring.

 

2023 participant 

The program has helped me to develop my self-confidence and start overcoming my fear of failure and my other limiting beliefs

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