Manchester students will come face to face with an Apprentice legend at a FlyingStart workshop in February.

Claire Young repeatedly challenged Sir Alan Sugar in the 2008 series, earning a reputation as a no nonsense sales woman, often referred to as a ‘Rottweiler.’

Despite being the bookies biggest ever favourite to win the Apprentice, she lost out in the final to Lee McQueen. This didn’t deter her though, as she went on to start her own wedding services business, Elegant Venues, after spotting a gap in the hospitality market.

Claire will inject her fiery, entrepreneurial spirit to students and graduates looking to start their own business, on 10th February 2010 at a workshop organised by the Manchester Entrepreneurs and FlyingStart.

Lucky attendees will have the chance share her experiences of starting a business from scratch, as well as hear from other speakers including Scott Woodhead, founder of £1m business Loving Outdoors, Eryca Freemantle, founder of Face the Facts make up school whose previous clients include MTV, BBC and Whitney Houston.

There will also be an ideas generation workshop, to help develop and perfect business ideas, led by marketing expert Dan Sodergren.

The workshop will take place at Theatre A, Zochonis Building University of Manchester, on 10th February 2010 at 1.00pm. Graduates and students can register for the event, by visiting the FlyingStart website: http://www.flyingstartonline.com/public/fsworkshops/upcoming

David Bozward, director of FlyingStart said:

“Manchester students have always been entrepreneurial, so FlyingStart are delighted to be supporting Manchester Entrepreneurs for this fantastic event. With great speakers such as Claire Young, this is a not to be missed workshop for anyone interested in starting a business.”

Joseph Akinnagbe, President of the Manchester Entrepreneurs said:

“At Manchester Entrepreneurs we have a clear mission of nurturing entrepreneurship and are proud to work with great organisations like flyingStart in achieving this. The calibre of speakers and post-event support really does make this a must attend”

The day will also see the launch of Manchester Entrepreneurs’ Support Fund and its idea to market programme. Exciting times lay ahead for student entrepreneurs.

EVENT: Enterprise Society Year End Event - Let’s GO APE!!!

DATE: 9th MAY 2009

TIME: 11:00am to 5:00pm

PRICE: approx £25/person

TRANSPORTATION: we will provide minibus from the uni to go ape site

PLEASE SIGN UP NOW AS SPACE IS LIMITED!!
a deposit of £10 is required (to be collected next week)

TO SIGN UP:
Call Vicki at 07551384765
or by email at info@manchesterentrepreneurs.org.uk

Not sure what it is? Take a look at the video below.
http://www.goape.co.uk/days-out-in/cumbria/grizedale/the-course

Our Grizedale course (the jewel in our crown) has always proved popular. Built on a side of a hill, it feels seriously high. And that’s because it is. Fly 200 metres across the top of the Grizedale Beck and marvel at the forest canopy 18 metres up a magnificent Douglas Fir.

For 2009 there are two new magnificent long zip wires… the icing on the cake.

* Highest point: Site 4 Zip Wire platform 19m
* Longest Zip Wire: Site 3 Zip Wire 275m
* Longest crossing: Grandpops crossing (site 2) 22.5m
* Total length of all crossings: 908m
* Number of crossings: 39
* Number of sections: 6

Date: 27th March 2009

Venue: The Oxford Pub, 421 - 423 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WG

Time: 14:00-16:00pm

We truly believe that the future is in your hand, in our conversation club, each participant read an article that they love the most to the rest of the group on a Friday afternoon, we discuss what is happening around the world, predict what will happen in the future and plan for actions.

What happened in our Friday conversation club last week?

1, We read something exciting
2, We shared something we are passionate about
3, We understood others better
4, We had a few drinks
5, We had a nice sofa to sit
6, We had a good time

Prize Draw from the Flying Start Feedback Forms will be announced at the end of the event. We will also be signing interests for our events after easter.

Manchester University Flying Start Event

Wednesday 18th March 2009

1:30pm Introduction to the event (theme and purposes)

1:40pm - What employers are really looking when recruiting students?

Guest Speaker: Mr Tom Freeman, Founder of Sanctuary Group

2:00pm Personal Development (How to reach your true potential)

Guest Speaker: Mr Martin Hall, Professional Life Coach

2:20pm Questions & Answers (Your opportunity to ask our guest speakers)

2:30pm Free Buffet and Networking

Making an impact (four inspiring 15 minutes talks)

3:15pm-3:30pm Taking a lead in building social enterprises

Guest Speaker: Mr Simon Long, Founder of Xing Smoothies

(www.xinghealth.co.uk )

3:30pm-3:45pm A moving story: Taking a lead in becoming a Woman Entrepreneur

Guest Speaker: Miss Lisa Tse, Founder of Sweet Mandarin Ltd

3:45pm-4:00pm Pursuing your passion: Taking a lead in becoming a writer

Guest Speaker: Miss Isabel Joely Black, Author and online business

4:00pm-4:15pm Venture in China: Becoming a young and successful entrepreneur

Guest Speaker: Vernon Kerswell, Founder of Extreme Fliers Ltd.

4:15 Questions to the panel - Interactive Questions& Answers Session

4:45pm-5:00pm Official Closing of the event

Location:

Renold Building (Manchester University North Campus, number 8 on the campus map)

Tickets

Tickets are free and very limited on a first come basis.

To obtain a ticket for this event, email your full name to info@manchesterentrepreneurs.org.uk

Delegates will be automatically entered into a free prize draw announced on the day.

Happy Valentines. Hope you all had a fantastic time today.

Our Friday Conversation Club will be launched on Friday 20th Feb 2009 4:00pm-6:00pm

About Friday Conversation Club:

Are you fully aware of what is happening in the world at moment?

The future is in your hand, in our conversation club, each participant read an article that they love the most to the rest of the group in the friday afternoon, we discuss about what is happening around the world, predict what will happen in the future and plan for actions.

You can let us know by send us a message here or join our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54372290946

Are you a First or Second year Student?
It is our core business. If you are our member, We will be launching lots of educational workshops and a Friday Conversation club to help you better equipped for your successful future.
We will Go Ape with you before Eater Holiday and organise trips to visit big companies to get inspired. We will also organise Xing Enterprise game to help you understand how to develop a business yourself from scratch.

Are you a final year student?
We will be organising events like Manchester University Flying Start Rally on 18th Marc and we will help career service promoting their enterprising future event on 1st April 2009.

Are you already a successful student entrepreneur or looking think you are capable for a bigger challenge?

‘Who is the millionnaire?’

This programme will challenge you into tears cause you only have certain amount of money to spend for a certain period of time and you will be divided into teams and each team only have a black file in front of them for all the informations they need to survive in Manchester and the team have made the most amount of money money than any other teams wins. This programme will be filmed throughout the period.

If you are interested in joining us or have any inquiries, you are always welcome to drop me a line from this website or: info@mues.hallodom.co.uk

Welcome back on campus and Good Luck to you all who have exams in January 2009.

Work hard on it and we will play hard after January.

News: Our current president Henry will be working full-time for the society for two months after January 2009 working on his final year research project relates to our society and there will be lots of events and lots of opportunities waiting for you. So be prepared.

Again, Good Luck to you all and by theory, you should not get beaten up by exams if you are part of the Enterprise Society.

Hi Guys,

We will have a meeting on Tuesday 16th December 2008 6pm-7pm in John Rylands Library Green Two Meeting Room.

We will be discussing about our action plan after Christmas Holiday for Student Enterprise Society and what roles are available to you if you are serious about joining our team.

I will bring some refreshments to the meeting, so you won’t be starving from 6-7pm. Please confirm your attendance ASAP please by replying to this Email.

I have just uploaded our photos of Q&A sessions this Wednesday on our website, please check it out if you want under the section “Photo Gallery”

I know some of you might be busy working on your assignments, good luck with it and hopefully see you there on Tuesday afternoon for an hour.

Enterprise week (17-23 November 2008), part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, is a national celebration of enterprise with thousands of events and activities happening across UK. Last year there were over 5,000 events and more than half a million people took part!

This year, Manchester University Enterprise Society is hosting a stunning afternoon event on 19th November 2008, focusing on three major enterprise themes. They are entrepreneurship, women’s enterprise and social entrepreneurship. Successful guest speakers will be discussing their careers and sharing their knowledges at the event. It is taking place on Wednesday 19th November from 12pm to 6pm in the University of Manchester.

Venue: Zochonis Building (Number 60 on campus map)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/maps/numerical/

12:15-14:30 Speakers Speech

14:20-14:30 Short Break

14:30-14:50 Tower Game

14:55-15:00 Introduction to the Enterprise Society Strategic Game

15:05-15:45 Enterprise Society Strategic Game

15:45- 16:15 Team Pitching

16:20- 16:50 Award Ceremony and speed Networking