Start-Up Bootcamp
For start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs - this bootcamp is designed to encourage businesses to focus on the fundamentals of a successful business and develop a viable, successful and sustainable business.
Three intense sessions, each delivered by one of our experienced business experts, providing practical content to help you learn and make progress, alongside a group of supportive peers.
You will finish the Bootcamp with a clear plan on how to move your business forward and reach your next milestone.
Session 1 - Business Planning In this first session Lesley McKie, Director at Positively Media and long-term supporter of small businesses and businesses with purpose, will introduce the Business Model Canvas - a great tool to help you create your first business plan on one page! Completing your own Business Model Canvas will also help you to refine the business idea, and consider all of the key ingredients to help you to make it a success.
Session 2 - Your Value Proposition and Your Customers - Register for that event separately.
Session 3 - Managing your Business Finances - Register for that event separately.
This Start-Up Bootcamp is perfect for individuals who are thinking of starting their own business - sole trader or Limited Company. Or for businesses who are looking for some help with developing their early-stage business or pivoting their plans.
Attending this Bootcamp will also enable you to access further Business support from OxLEP.
Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) scheme
The Growth Hub programme operates a Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) scheme. All SMEs which receive support under this programme are being aided under the UK Subsidy Control Act (2022) and The Subsidy Control (Gross Cash Amount and Gross Cash Equivalent) Regulations (2022 No. 1186).
MFA allows a beneficiary to receive up to £315,000 of Subsidy over a three-fiscal year period (i.e. the current and previous two fiscal years). The value of MFA given is the gross cash amount or the gross cash equivalent of the subsidy. The MFA value of this webinar is £763.40 per session. Please note this only applies to registered companies / sole traders.
