NatWest has teamed up with De Montfort University to launch a course designed at helping aspiring entrepreneurs.
The bank has brought its Pre-Accelerator programme to Leicester for the first time, helping people get their business ideas off the ground.
The eight-week programme launches on January 23 with a half day ‘ignition event’ at the university’s city centre Innovation Centre.
After that the course will be a combination of online study, with webinars and digital workshops, and events based at the Innovation Centre.
The programme includes:
An introductory half day Ignition Event – January 23, 10am-2pm (9.30am Registration)
Fireside Chat with Successful Leicester Entrepreneur – March 2, 5.30pm-6.30pm
Pizza and Pitch Competition – April 20, 2pm-4pm, followed by networking
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Sharon Rai, NatWest’s entrepreneur development manager, said: “Pre-Accelerator is a great tool for anyone who is keen to kick-start their entrepreneurial journey.
“The online modules will get you thinking about your customer first and testing your idea with your target audience.
“The fantastic community that you meet during Ignition means you’re not on your own.
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“You’ll have access to like-minded and driven entrepreneurs as well as a wide range of support from the university, NatWest, Leicester Start-ups and other local organisations providing expertise to businesses.
“The modules have been designed and built based on the work carried out in the NatWest Accelerators with thousands of high growth businesses, so you can work through them with confidence, and build your business in the right way.”
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Innovation Centre manager Josh Dale said: “The Natwest Pre-Accelerator programme is recognised as one of the most successful accelerator formats in the 海角视频.
“We’ve partnered with Natwest to bring this programme to the Leicester business community to catalyse the progress the city has made in supporting and facilitating start-up growth.
“Businesses who join this programme will benefit from the wealth of experience of Natwest, the start-up community of the Innovation Centre and the expertise of De Montfort University.”
NatWest runs the fully-funded accelerator programmes all over the 海角视频, and people do not have to be a NatWest customer to sign up.