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- CONNECT: Organisations/networking
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Starting up 101
Just thinking of starting up, here are some useful resources to help you on your way.
LISTEN
Angel investor Jason Calacanis (Uber, Calm, Robinhood) interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators.
Andrew asks challenging questions, which leads to real stories behind how startups made it.
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast. With over 100 million listens of his 3000+ episodes!
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StartupResources – Sign up for their newsletter and check-out all the resources.
CONNECT
The Princes Trust
Help for young people ages 11-30
WATCH
How to create a company – 4 rules by Steve Jobs
What is the price of success – Elon Musk
How to come up with good ideas – TEDx by Mark Rober
The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed – TEDx by Bill Gross
Marketing Toolkit
“If you build it they will come” is not the reality.Every business needs an effective marketing strategy.
READ
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
All Employees are Marketers: Real-life, Proven, Employee-driven Strategies
Books & Podcasts BSEENers Love
Each BSEEN bootcamp has compiled a list of their favourite resources to share with you.
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LISTEN
Coming soon. If you have any recommendations, please get in contact.
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Coming soon. If you have any recommendations, please get in contact.
Networking
Networking is essential to find customers, co-founders, team members, investors etc. Find out how and where here.
Entrepreneurship in Birmingham
Birmingham has a vibrant and growing startup community and lots of supporting organisations to help you.
LISTEN
Birmingham Tech Week 2020 – you will require a username and password so please email bseen@aston.ac.uk to request these.
We also welcome alumni back to the bootcamp to share their experiences with you – the perfect opportunity to quiz entrepreneur a little further ahead than you on the challenges they’ve faced and the lessons they’ve learned.
At previous bootcamps, we’ve also held sessions on Mentoring, Legals and Intellectual Property.
BSEEN NEWS
Keep up to date with what's happening with our current companies and graduates, and find out about BSEEN events.
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BSEEN Graduates
Find out about a few of the companies BSEEN has helped to get off the ground
