Please also fill out this additional registration form in advance of the session. Please see full details below.

Workshop Itinerary:

During this webinar, our experts will cover the following steps to help you develop your business idea from concept to market and will include:

• Creating a robust business
• The characteristics of an entrepreneur
• The importance of your values in starting a business
• Minimum Viable Product
• Researching the market
• Testing and validating your idea
• Legal and operations – including company formation and finance
• Building a simple but effective business plan - with an exploration of both traditional and modern styles of business plans
• The Business Model Canvas

By the end of this webinar, you will have the fundamental knowledge, skills and confidence you need to successfully set up your own business.

Throughout the session there will be generous breaks and time for questions.

If you are new to Start-ups in London Libraries, please fill out this registration form as well as registering on Eventbrite. As this project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, this is important for our funding purposes. If you have previously taken part in any Start-ups in London Libraries workshop, you do not need to fill this out again.

Please make sure that you have read the eligibility criteria at the bottom of the page before registering.

This workshop is the second part of a two-day offering. To make the most of the free business support offered by the Start-ups in London Libraries project, please also book for 'What next for my business idea?' on our Eventbrite page. If this date does not work for you, it is offered multiple times on different dates. Take a look at our Eventbrite for the full details.

Please contact SiLLWorkshopBookings@bl.uk with any queries.

The project is fully-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the British Library, ten participating London boroughs and generously supported by JP Morgan and Arts Council England.

FAQs

Workshop timings

This is a 6 hour full-day workshop which takes place on Zoom. You should automatically be registered for the Zoom webinar and receive an email with the link. If you do not get this, please contact SiLLWorkshopBookings@bl.uk.

Eligibility

To take part in the Start-ups in London Libraries workshops you or your business needs to have a London based postcode. You also need to be either:

The owner of a business which has been registered at Companies House for less than 12 months.

Or

You should be an aspiring entrepreneur with a business idea you want to develop