The Pop-Up Business School was back in Dover with Dover Town Council funding last week helping a full house of local people eager to learn how to set up their own business and to get going.
Self-employment can be a real opportunity to achieve economic independence and job satisfaction. Starting your own business is an exciting but daunting prospect. Getting help and support as well as the right mind set early on in the business is crucial to success. But many people find traditional business support programmes unattractive and irrelevant to their circumstances with lack of money being a frequent and large barrier to people testing out their business ideas.
The Pop-Up Business School (PUBS) offers a completely new and exciting approach for would be start-ups and entrepreneurs. Rather than focusing on the normal approach to business planning and finding capital to put at risk, it encourages people to build their confidence, sell something and get paid for it as soon as they can (the internet and personal contact are wonderful opportunities!), and making a profit. This enables people to try out their idea with little risk – make money doing what they love. With practical and hands-on support, the participants left knowing how to set up their own website, find customers and get off to a flying start.
Last year the Town Council together with a number of East Kent partners, including Big Local Dover, funded a first five-day workshop by PUBS at the Charlton Centre Hub – nearly 50 people attended and that very week 21% made a sale that week and 19% started their business.
What difference does the business school make? – hear what one new young entrepreneur said:
Len by som chcel povedať, koľko Pop-Up Business School mi dal dôveru ísť a dať svoju firmu vonku za iným účelom ako priateľmi a rodinou vidieť ľudí, and how many fabulous small businesses there are in Dover who now have the confidence and knowledge they need to further themselves and their business.
starosta Dover, Radní Sue Jones povedal,:
Veríme, že naše investície pomáhajú miestni obyvatelia pochopili, ako nastaviť udržateľné podnikanie bude znamenať skutočný rozdiel v budúcnosti nášho mesta. Passion and genuine knowledge from the Pop-Up Business School will equal success
Our picture shows the Pop-Up Business School 2018 in full swing!