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StartUp Sussex - Application Form June 2013
The document provides information and criteria for an application form for a competition that will award up to £5000 to support social enterprise projects. Eligible applicants must be students, staff or recent graduates of the UK higher education sector with an entrepreneurial idea for a social enterprise. The form requests information about the applicant's idea such as the problem being solved, solution, market potential, costs, progress to date, challenges, and intended use of prize money.
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- 1. Application Form Paul Jordan CompetitionCoordinator
- 2. The only thingthat is not designed is nature David M. Kelley (born 1951) He is founder Global design firm IDEO and a professor at Stanford University. www.Ideo.com
- 3. Alan Curtis Kay "Thebest way to predict the future is to invent it”. Dynabook concept which defined the conceptual basics for laptop and tablet computers and E-books Viewpoints Research Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to children, learning, and advanced software development
- 4. Paul Graham Y Combinatormotto: Make something people want. www.paulgraham.com co-founding Viaweb (which eventually became Yahoo! Store), and for co-founding the Y Combinator seed capital firm.
- 5. Tina Seelig, Stanford UniversityProfessor , Director of Technology Ventures Author. A crash course in creativity: Tina Seelig at TEDxStanford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyM 6rx69iqg
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- 7. Win Upto £5000 Eligible for 3 years Design to succeed Profit for Purpose
- 8. Criteria for bothcompetitions 1. Show a high level of personal commitment and passion for their proposed enterprise 2. Demonstrate the ability to recruit and lead others to realise the opportunity 3. Identify the resources and/or intellectual property on which the idea rests 4. Describe the enterprise’s growth potential
- 9. Award Criteria forSocial Enterprise • students, staff or recent graduates (graduated within 1 year) • over the age of 16 • living in the UK for the duration of the project • who are individuals or part of an informal group
- 10. Award Criteria forSocial Enterprise Projects must: • benefit the public or a community in the UK • demonstrate a connection to the Higher Education Sector • need a HE Social Entrepreneurship Award to ensure their success • offer a learning opportunity for the applicant(s) • be a new initiative – not a continuation of ongoing operations • not be part of the applicant’s paid employment • be an entrepreneurial solution to a social problem • instigate social impact or social change • not be for activities outside the law, against public policy or anything that fosters ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony
- 11. ". Social enterprisesspot the social problem and the social opportunity first but they use business methods and create wealth to solve them.“ Celia Richardson, Director of campaigns at Social Enterprise UK
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- 14. Your Vision; Pleasedescribe your business/ project when it’s successful. 100 words Max. Suggestions: • Description of the finished product or service • How will customers discover the product or service • Who is using it • When and how will revenue and profit be generated • How will it be delivered and who is involved
- 15. What is/ arethe problem/problems you are solving? 100 words Max. Suggestions; • What job are people trying to get done • How big is the problem • Why do people care about the problem, • What's the pain suffered/ difficulty experienced • What have you done to understand the problem
- 17. CHINDOGU. Japanese Artof the Unuseless
- 20. What are thecurrent solutions? 50 Words Max. Suggestions: • What is the current solution • What are the major failings • Who delivers the solution • How many deliver solutions • Is the solution part of something else- over developed/expensive
- 21. What is yoursolution? 100 Words Max. Suggestions: • How does your solution solve the problem • How easy is it to use will it change behaviour • Do you offer the whole solution • What are the unique features and benefits • Why hasn’t anyone found a solution before
- 22. Potential customers &market? What is the potential demand. 50 Words Max. Suggestions: • Whose a typical customer and who will buy it first. • How big is the market now and likely in 5 years • How do they buy the current solution, will that be the same for you • Is there a lot of competition in the market, who dominates the market • Is the market growing, is it a global opportunity
- 23. What costs? Whatpricing? What finance? Any evidence available 50 Words Max. Suggestions: • What will it cost to make and sell. What is the profit on each sale • What will you charge and why. • How many will you sell and when will you start selling • How much money will you need to start the business • What will you use the award for
- 24. How far haveyou come in terms of developing the proposed venture? 50 Words Max. Suggestions: • Concept / prototype/ Does it work • What research has been done or is needed to complete the project. cost? • Who have you asked for help; technical/customers/ buyers/sellers • Is this the complete offering or first feature of a larger offering • What other funding have you explored
- 25. What are thechallenges/barriers to success? Identify key milestones 50 Words Max. Suggestions; • Money needed to deliver the first sale • Market knowledge • Personal skills • Time • A working product or service
- 26. Please outline personallearning and development that you hope to gain from this project 50 Words Max. Suggestions • How to skills • Skills needed as an entrepreneur • Personal strengths and weaknesses • Team building • Creative problem solving
- 27. Use of thePrize Money Research, creating prototypes, market analysis, travel or anything else the scheme panel considers relevant to forming or developing a new business. Funds cannot be used to pay for the time of the entrepreneur.
- 28. Bursaries basedon the strength of the proposals presented in competition Successful applicants will receive further support from the Sussex Innovation Centre to develop their proposal 4 hours Free Mentoring. Discounted Consultancy rates All applications remain totally confidential to protect their Intellectual Property.
- 29. To apply http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/newsandevents/startup sussex Key dates: Seminar 20th June 2013 Closing date 5th July 2013 Panel 22nd July 2013 Pitching Workshop 11th July 2013
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- 31. Books: The New BusinessRoad Test… John Mullins. Business Model Generation… . Alex Osterwalder. The Lean Startup… Eric Reis. The Start Up Owners Manual…. Steve Blank.
Editor's Notes
- #3 Mouse and tiveo buttons
- #4 Fellow.. Apple and Disney. Learnt to read at aged 3 mix of commercial and Not for profit.. A portfolio of achievement
- #8 Remember three things
- #12 Isn’t any organisation social enterprise or enterprise, at one level , simply a process where every thing you do is for the benefit of the client or customer .
- #14 Purpose and values, everything you want to do for your client or customer, how you do it what it costs and what it earns for you.
- #17 Empathy map…When you are doing this.. Think about the recipient.. The customer the user the person who pays
- #32 The New Business Road Test . John Mullins.Business Model Generation. Alex OsterwalderThe Lean Startup. Eric ReisThe Start Up Owners Manual Steve Blank