Got a great idea: Could you work for yourself? Want to consider it?

It’s easier than you think and there’s plenty of support!

A Flying Start Make it Happen ! www.flyingstartonline.com/makeithappen

• Inspiration from graduates who have set up a business or are self employed.
• Help to explore whether self employment or starting a business is suitable for you.
• Opportunity to take up a free place in a 12 month programme to help you into self employment or successfully set up and run a business.
• Practically experience how to identify and develop an idea.
• Evaluate your idea and learn how it could be taken forward.
• Turn your passion into profit.

Who are we?

FlyingStart Make it Happen is part of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, an organisation dedicated to supporting students and graduates in making the positive step of starting their own business or becoming self employed.

We have 5,000 free places available on Make it Happen Day’s providing you with all you need to know about self employment and starting a business. And then helping you to Make it Happen!

Benefits Include:

WORKSHOPS- How to find and develop a great money making idea!

ADVICE- How do I start a business?

GUIDANCE- Being Self employed? What’s it like?

FUNDING- We’ll show you how to access available money!

What if I don’t have a business idea?

That doesn’t matter, the Make it Happen Day is designed to help you find and develop an idea.

I’m not sure it’s for me…

We know that the thought of starting your own business can seem daunting, that’s why we’ve designed the day to be accessible to anyone! Whether you already have an idea, know for definite that this is the route for you or just want to find out more.

How do I get involved? visit: www.flyingstartonline.com/makeithappen

Previous Flying Start events:

Global Enterprise Week 16 – 20th November!

18th November 2009 saw the third Flying Start Workshops open to Kent and Canterbury Students on making the most of your skills and ‘Stepping up and Standing Out’

Jemma Newham a local entrepreneur who started Shake Shed and was a recent finalist in the Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA) opened the event

Aa free lunch was provided by local caterers ‘Chives’ and students were able meet and ‘network’ with like minded colleagues, local businesses and business support agencies who were there.

Speed networking , workshops on, How to Start your Own Business, Kent for Business Success, Marketing for Free and The Art of Enterprise: turning the right idea into a real success.

The Workshops

1. How to Start Your Own Business – Janice Sandwell, Business Link
2. Marketing for Free – Jenna Newham, Founder, Shakeshed
3. Kent for Business Success – Paul Barron, Kent Foundation)
4. The Art of Enterprise: turning the right idea into a real success – Tim le Lean, Year One Consulting

Key themes:

“Step Up and Stand Out – Be Your Own Boss”

Enterprise Employability Networking Making the most of opportunities.
Being entrepreneurial in tough times.Starting up in Kent: why it’s a great place to be an entrepreneur

Local Economy Team
East Kent Enterprise Gateway
Canterbury4Business
Business Link Kent
Women in Business
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Larkings
Princes Trust
HSBC
HM Revenue & Customs
Shake Shed
Princes Trust
RoundOne University of Kent
Canterbury Christ Church
C4B Business Associates (23 local business people)