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Get £300 off any Summer Experience booking before midnight 1st April! Use code 300EASTER at checkout.

Get £300 off any Summer Experience booking before midnight 1st April! Use code 300EASTER at checkout.

The Young Entrepreneur Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Entrepreneurship

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The Young Entrepreneur Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Entrepreneurship

Overview

The Young Entrepreneur Weekend gives students aged 15-18 a chance to test-drive life as an entrepreneur. Learn from top business leaders as they guide you through a series of interactive activities: design a business strategy, build a brand, and pitch your business idea to professional investors. You will also get expert advice on how to become a successful entrepreneur, with guidance on study choices, extra-curricular activities, work experience, raising capital and more.

You can attend either in-person in London or live online. Register now to gain an edge over other aspiring entrepreneurs, and a super-curricular experience to add to your university application.

 

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An Interactive Masterclass:
  • Top entrepreneurs will coach you through a range of interactive activities:
  • Analyse the business model of a multinational tech company
  • Develop a world-class marketing strategy 
  • Pitch your business ideas to a panel of professional investors 
     
Expert Career Coaching:
  • You will be trained on how to fulfil your ambitions of becoming a top entrepreneur 
  • An action plan of how to break into the field, starting now
  • Coaching by experts on academic choices, extra-curricular activities, work experience, raising capital and more 
     
An Audience With Top Professionals:
  • Hear from successful entrepreneurs and ask them all your burning questions
  • Q&A panel with business leaders from a range of backgrounds 
     
Boost Your Career Potential:
  • Attendance demonstrates you’ve gained key skills such as communication, teamwork, public speaking and commercial awareness
  • Complete the online assessment after the programme and receive a personalised certificate to include in your applications
     
A Whole Year of Career Development:
  • Included in your programme fee is one year’s access to our work experience platform, AmbitionX
  • Over 100 hours of live and interactive online sessions with professionals from 15 different industries
  • Gain experience points and certificates for every session you complete
11.00am

Build a Billion-Dollar Business

  • How to develop an entrepreneur’s mindset 
  • Creating your own start-up
     
11.30am

Strategies for Success

  • Discover how world-famous entrepreneurs identified their strengths and overcame their weaknesses 
  • Identifying value in the market
  • Conduct a SWOT analysis on a tech start-up
     
12.15pm

Creating a Visionary Brand

  • Uncover the secrets behind brand recognition and its importance in growing a start-up
  • You decide: choose the most effective media platform for your product
  • Develop your marketing strategy alongside industry experts and receive live feedback
     
1.15pm

Lunch

                           

2.15pm

Growing a Business

  • Finances and hidden costs: a breakdown
  • Pricing strategies: how do they differ and which one is right for you
  • Learn how to scale-up your start-up
     
2.45pm

Public Speaking Masterclass

  • Receive a public speaking masterclass from an industry expert who trains successful CEOs
  • Learn how to connect with your audience, persuade others and overcome anxiety 
  • Develop your own elevator pitch
     
4.00pm

Dragons Den: Pitch your business ideas

  • Compete in teams to bring together your business strategy, marketing and finance plans
  • Key business decisions: a billion-dollar business or another failed start-up?
  • Pitch your business ideas to the dragons and receive live feedback 
     
4.45pm

Career Coaching and Panel Q&A

  • How to become a successful entrepreneur, starting now 
  • Building a strong network
  • Panel Q&A with top entrepreneurs
  • Ask all your burning questions
     
5.30pm

Close

              

This programme is for students aged 15-18. No prior knowledge or experience is required. The programme involves a mixture of interactive simulations, exercises and Q&A sessions. You can choose to attend the programme either in-person in London or ‘Live Online’; the content is the same for both.

Programme Fee:

In-Person: £195/student for full day

'Live Online’: £165/student for full day

There is no application process, and you can secure your place simply by clicking “Register Now”. We operate on a first-come first-served basis and programme places are limited.

Choose a location below:

In Person

Available dates:

  • 3rd March 2024

Venues:

  • University College London (UCL)

Accommodation location:

  • University College London (UCL),
    Bloomsbury,
    London

Included in your programme fee is one year’s access to our work experience platform, AmbitionX. This gives you access to 100+ hours of live and interactive online sessions with professionals from 15 different industries. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a huge variety of professional experience to include in university and job applications. For each session you attend, you will receive experience points and a certificate!

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT US

Covid-19

In the unlikely event that the in-person programme is completely cancelled because of Covid-19 then students will receive a refund. We have never yet had to cancel a London summer experience, having successfully delivered programmes during the summers of 2020 and 2021, with strict social distancing and excellent feedback. We shall of course adhere to all Covid-related government guidelines in place at the time of the programme and keep student safety as the highest priority.

If you pay via credit because you postponed a previous booking then the credit note will be reissued to you in full.

 

Support

If you are trying to register and the registration box is not appearing it is likely because of firewall restrictions on your desktop device.

You may wish to try on your mobile device instead. Alternatively, please email info@investin.org with details of the programme you want to register for. We will reserve your place immediately and send you a link to pay by card online.