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Blueprint Startup Challenge - Launch Event

Find out more about Blueprint Startup Challenge

11 October 2023 - 11 October 2023

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Hazan Venture Lab, Mathematical Sciences & Computer Sciences Building.

  • Free

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The Blueprint Startup Challenge is back and better than ever - with a £50,000 prize fund up for grabs! Durham’s flagship business idea competition is now in its 21st year of supporting our students and graduates to launch and grow successful startups.

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Blueprint Startup Challenge - Launch Event

The Blueprint Startup Challenge is open to students with any startup idea and at any stage of development. The competition is a year-long process, running over Michaelmas and Epiphany terms, that provides a package of support, designed to help students develop their business ideas. Run by the Venture Lab team, within the Careers & Enterprise department, it offers:

  • Weekly workshops to help you understand business fundamentals
  • Social events to support peer-to-peer networking
  • 'Meet the Entrepreneur' sessions with Durham alumni - including one of the founding partners of Spotify
  • Business coaching with our Entrepreneur in Residence
  • Pitching practice sessions to build your confidence
  • Access to the Venture Lab co-working space - a dedicated place for you to work on your ideas (with free tea & coffee to keep you going!)

The competition will culminate in the Grand Final in June 2024, with the winners receiving the Blueprint Award at the Celebration of Enterprise Event and prize money totalling £50,000.

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