Startup Basics

Our popular Startup Basics programme can help kickstart your entrepreneurial journey.

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Startup Basics

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or simply curious about the world of startups, our comprehensive Startup Basics programme is tailored to meet your needs. Equip yourself with the essential knowledge, resources and guidance to kickstart your entrepreneurial journey.

Our immersive workshops bring together students and graduates from diverse disciplines and provides a supportive environment to explore your entrepreneurial potential. Meet like-minded people, learn new skills and have something to add to your CV.

You will benefit from attending all the workshops within the programme however, you are welcome to pick and mix sessions that are most relevant to you. This programme consists of:

Date Workshop 
Wednesday 25th September  Find your place to start
Thursday 26th September  Find your place to start
Thursday 3rd October  Validate your idea 
Thursday 10th October  Prototyping 
Tuesday 16th October  Digital prototyping with Figma 
Thursday 17th October  Pitching 
Wednesday 24th October  Funding and online presence 

 

 

The first session in the series - Find your place to start runs twice as it is such a popular workshop with a large number of participants. They are both identical in content, choose whichever date suits you best. 

The new Digital prototyping with Figma is designed to guide students through the basics of using Figma, a powerful tool for prototyping digital interfaces and may not be applicable to all. 

You can attend these sessions with or without a startup idea. For all students and recent graduates, two years after graduation from the University of Edinburgh.

This programme will run several times throughout the academic year, mostly in-person with one session taking place online. Usually running twice in semester 1, twice in semester 2 and once over the summer.