Free Business School Aims to Start 100 New Businesses in London
A free business school that is coming to London aims to start one hundred new businesses in the capital this winter. Events are scheduled to take place in Westminster, Croydon and in Barnet between the 5th of November and 7th of December.
The Pop-Up Business School, which is being delivered across the UK, helps potential entrepreneurs, small businesses and start-ups take their businesses towards their first sale. The training schedule includes a mix of practical sessions, one-to-one coaching, workshop sessions and peer support. Workshops topics include starting a business without investment, sales and marketing, building a free website and finding customers.
Courses are delivered over two week periods, designed to get students trading as quickly as possible.
Alan Donegan, Co-Founder of the PopUp Business School said "We are very excited about coming to deliver three events across London over the next month, London has been home to many entrepreneurs over the years and we are excited about finding the next generation of startups here in the capital”.
The Pop-Up Business School is available free of charge to participants through sponsorship and funding from local authorities, housing associations, private funders and charities. Funders include; Westminster City Council, Hammerson Plc, Derwent, Croydon Council, Barnet Council, The Octavia Foundation, Optivo, Wandle and Blenheim.
Registration for the events is free of charge and more details can be found on the website at: https://www.popupbusinessschool.co.uk/events.html
Locations
Brent Cross Shopping Centre - 5th to 16th of November
Paddington Arts Centre - 26th of November to 7th of December
The Whitgift Centre, Croydon - 26th of November to 7th of December
About PopUp Business School
In 2011 Alan Donegan an experienced corporate trainer wanted to start a business, he went to Business Link for advice who put him off starting a business. They told him to write a business plan, do some financial projections and take a loan. Alan was instantly turned off by this advice. The more people he spoke to the more he realised he wasn't the only one turned off by the "traditional" way of starting a business. After sending a complaint letter to Business Link, Alan met Simon Paine a Business Link advisor who'd also grown disgruntled with the traditional ways and over coffee the two of them came up with the idea of the PopUp Business School. Founded on the basic principle, to teach the opposite of what Business Link, Schools, Banks and Universities teach. Since 2012, Alan and Simon have helped inspire over 4,000 people and have popped up in 6 countries worldwide and helped start 365 businesses in 2017 alone. Their mission remains the same, make business education available to everyone on the planet and dispel the myth that it takes loans, plans and lots of money to do so.