#EntHubStartUpWeek
Start Up Week is a celebration of self-employment and entrepreneurship across the Liverpool City Region.
You are invited to join Enterprise Hub at a range of free events and seminars throughout the week.
Come and discover how to start and sustain a successful business, hear from the experts, and find out more about what support is available to you.
Thursday 21st September
Liverpool Central Library Business & IP Centre Start Up Day
Last year, the British Library delivered a national Start Up
day to mark the tenth anniversary of the London Business & IP Centre and
over 1,500 events took place across the country!
This year, Thursday 21st
September marks ‘Start Up Day’ and there is a whole lot of exciting things
happening in Liverpool Central Library (and across the country) to celebrate
this!
At the ‘Start Up Day’ you can attend free seminars,
workshops and talks on a range of topics including: protecting your
intellectual property, using the internet effectively for your business, how to
write a social media policy and how to understand your customers.
The day will also feature talks from local entrepreneurs,
sharing their business models, hints and tips and the stories behind their
success. As well as this, you can learn all about the library resources that
are available to give business start-up the best possible chance of success, as
well as networking opportunities to make important connections!
All of these events will be taking place at Liverpool
Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
So what can you get involved with on the day...
‘Enterprise Hub
Start Up Conference’ – 10am-1pm
At the ‘Enterprise Hub Start Up Conference’ we are inviting
you to join us to find out all about the Enterprise Hub programme of support available
to you, and discover if setting up a business is right for you! Joining the Enterprise
Hub team at the event will be Councillor Gary Millar, Nicola Wass of So-Mo and
Google’s Digital Garage. You’ll also be given the opportunity to find out about
the practicalities involved in self-employment and hear other business owner’s
journeys to success!
‘How To Build A Social
Media Strategy With Google’ – 11am-12pm
Discover exactly where your small business needs to be seen
and heard on the web in this short talk designed for aspiring social media
marketers. You’ll get a rundown of the best social media platforms to use in
2017, plus Google will explain how to create a social media strategy that
delivers the right goals for your business!
‘Start Up Day With
Nicola Wass Of So-Mo’ – 12pm-1pm
Nicola is the CEO and founder of So-Mo, a social innovation
and engagement company that helps government, public, private and 3rd sector
organisations to engage, innovate and problem solve. Constantly curious, Nicola
is always looking to bring new thinking and ways of working into So-Mo’s
approach. Please join us to hear Nicola's inspiring and informative start-up
story.
‘Start Up Day With Barrington Powell’ –
1pm-2pm & 3pm-4pm
Barrington is a full-time magician whose work has taken him
all over the world. He is also in demand as a guest speaker, helping both
individuals and large companies, get the most out of their business whether it
is as a start up, sole trader or as an established name. He will be joining us
on Start Up Day to tell his own story and to offer some expert advice to anybody
who would like to start their own career as a performer. Sure, to be not only
an informative highlight of Start Up Day but a particularly entertaining one,
too!
‘Understand Your
Customer With Google’ – 2pm-3pm
In this session, Google's digital experts give you the
inside track on how you can use data, such as Google Analytics, to uncover
trends about your customers, including how people use your website or interact
with your business online. Take the guesswork out of digital marketing by
learning how Google Analytics can empower you to make data-driven decisions for
your business…
‘Start Up Day With
Garth Dallas - 5 Steps For Start Up Success’ – 3pm-4pm
Garth Dallas is a Jamaican-born British entrepreneur and
lawyer, who is highly regarded for his work in promoting social inclusion and
equality of opportunities in the UK, for over 20 years. He is also a Liverpool
Business & IP Centre Ambassador!
Garth has received accolades and recognition as a high
profile and respected voice on workplace diversity and inclusion, corporate
social responsibility, commercial law, and employment law. He is the founder of
the Diverse Magazine Group and also owner of Dallas Legal Ltd. Join us, then,
as he guides you through ‘Five Steps For Start Up Success’!
‘Start Up Day With Jo
Harrop of PLACED’ – 4pm-5pm
Jo Harrop will be talking about setting up her award-winning
social enterprise PLACED. Jo founded PLACED because of her desire to develop
young people’s understanding of the towns and cities in which they live and how
the quality of design impacts on the lives of all residents. She believes that
through bringing local people and the decision makers together to share a
conversation and explore ideas we can create better places. Join Jo to hear her
business journey story!
‘Start Up Day With
Homebaked’ – 5pm-6pm
Homebaked is a community land trust and co-operative bakery
situated on the boundary between the neighbourhoods of Everton and Anfield,
just opposite the Liverpool Football Club. The project is co-owned and
co-produced by people who live and work in the area. Join us to hear the Homebaked story (and have
a free Homebaked pie!)
‘Meet The Advisors at
Liverpool Central Library’ – 11am-5pm
All day at Liverpool Central Library, members of the
Enterprise Hub team will be on hand, so you can speak to them about your new
business ideas and find out about the support available to you.
No need to register, just drop in!
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