How To Start A Business

Award-winning entrepreneur Sophie Bennett, BCU’s Alumna of the Year, will bring her expertise and skills back to BCU this Spring for a series of workshops on starting a business.

Each workshop will guide and support budding entrepreneurs and those in the early stages of setting up their businesses by providing them with the key information, skills, and ideas to equip them well for the future.

The 3 workshops will take place in Curzon Building (C388) on:

1.Wednesday 26 March – 12.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Workshop 1: Refining Your Business Idea and Conducting Market Research

2.Wednesday 2 April – 12.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Workshop 2: Creating a Solid Business Plan and Choosing the Right Legal Structure

3.Wednesday 9 April – 12.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Workshop 3: Funding Your Business, Developing a Brand, and Launching Your Business

The workshops are free to attend, but by registering, you must be available to attend all three workshops

Catering will be provided for workshop attendees

Those who attend all three workshops will receive a certificate and can add it to their ‘Licenses & Certifications’ section on their LinkedIn profiles.

Speaker Biography

Sophie is the award-winning entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of the UK’s second largest black business and community network, Black Owned Birmingham. She completed a Foundation Year in Professional Administration in 2014, before going on to gain a BA (Hons) in Business Administration in 2016, followed by an MSc in Management and Entrepreneurship in 2017.

Sophie is also on several advisory boards, including the UK Black Business Show, Forbes Black, and The Albion Foundation. She has also won several awards, including Certificate of Recognition from The British Citizen Award, and earlier this year, she was named BCU’s Alumna of the Year 2025.

Register to attend the workshops today!

If you have any questions, please email: bcbsbusiness.services@bcu.ac.uk