At this practical session, Natasha Triay (Student Enterprise Manager) and Maia Donahue (entrepreneur, educator, father, husband and author of “The Startup Mentor”) will give you a comprehensive run-through of the why and how you should start looking for a [...]
Launching your own businesses takes a lot of time and energy! So it is not for everyone... But with the right tools and know-how, you can successfully manage and launch your business. Join this session to discover whether starting [...]
On Thursday 29 October, we hosted a launch event for Level up - our brand new programme of bitesize 30 – 60 minute events and workshops - perfect for students and graduates interested in the startup and business world. We also [...]
Free 12 week expert-led support and mentorship programme to help knowledge sector organisations and businesses overcome current challenges, identify new opportunities and realise their future potential. The programme is for newly created companies, social enterprises and CICs that are led [...]
After 12 intensive weeks of hard work, customer discovery and idea validation our Launchpad programme came to an end after culminating with a final pitching day on 17 September 2020. Having run the entire programme this year remotely, we [...]
When starting a new business or if you're moving into freelance work, having a presence on social media can be a great way to test your product or service with customers. Social media is also a great alternative to [...]
Launchpad, London Met’s flagship startup business programme gives students and graduates the knowledge, tools, support and momentum needed to fast track a business idea into a viable startup venture. Run by the Student Enterprise team based at Accelerator every [...]
On Thursday 18 June, we hosted and live-streamed the 2020 Big Idea Challenge Awards from Accelerator, London Met's business incubator. During our online awards evening we announced all of the competition category winners, the People's Choice winner and our overall [...]
This year’s Big Idea Challenge has once again blown us away, having uncovered a treasure trove of amazing ideas and the passionate people behind them. More than 200 London Met students, graduates and staff entered this year, and the [...]
On Wednesday 11 March over 40 students and graduates of London Metropolitan University and Kings University of London joined the 2020 London Venture Crawl. The daylong event takes students on an epic entrepreneurial journey across the capital to experience and explore London’s Startup [...]
