X20 Enterprise Lab 2015

Sessions will be led by business experts and professional advisors who will be on hand to offer one-to-one advice. These will include Keith Evans from CidaCo (business planning), Alexis Bradbury from The Marketing Mix Ltd (market research), Ros Walker from Clout Marketing Media (marketing, sales and customer relations), HSBC (finance), Faye Smith from Keep Your Fork (pitching and networking) and Rob Colley from Plump Digital (web development and social media).

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to acquire up to £250 to test their business idea and pitch for a further £1,000 for their business. This proof of concept event will take place on 6 May.

The first session (pictured) was led by Keith Evans and Alexis Bradbury.

York St John University’s Support Entrepreneurship Explore & Develop (SEED) aims to help students and graduates who have ideas for starting a business. Benefits include investments to research, develop, test or advance ideas for new products and services.