Liverpool to host ‘business hothouse’ for aspiring entrepreneurs
Aspiring entrepreneurs in Liverpool will have the chance to join a 52-hour “hothouse” incubator to test their ideas and see them born as businesses.
The city will join a global network of start-up champions from Canada to Kazakhstan in March for the inaugural event of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC).
Startup Weekend Liverpool will be a 52-hour incubator and will take place in the atrium of The Capital Building, Old Hall Street from 6pm, March 9 to 10pm, March 11. Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if their business ideas are viable.
Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team.
Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on business model development, validating their ideas with potential customers, practising start-up methodologies and building a prototype.
On Sunday evening teams present their businesses, demonstrate their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.
The event is sponsored by Brabners Chaffe Street solicitors, PH Creative, WhyNotChange and Stage Tex and facilitated by multi-award winning enterprise expert Melanie Bryan of WhyNotChange.
Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson, chief executive of Just For People and Liverpool Vision board member and Mike Southon, The Beermat Entrepreneur, will be joined by a range of leading business advisors from across the city to help guide participants to the finish line.
Ms Bryan said: “This is a great opportunity for people from every walk of life to roll their sleeves up, jump in, unleash their ideas and work together to see what potential they have to positively change their lives. These are intense but fun sessions.
“Everybody who attends will leave with something, whether it be a business partner, a potential investor, new skills, greater confidence, fantastic contacts, or a brand new business.”
To book a place, go to http://liverpoolstartupweekend.co.uk
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