Thinking Entrepreneurship Series: Turning Ideas into Opportunities

This session will introduce the practical foundations of working for yourself, including how to identify customers, price your work, and manage your time effectively. 

Topics Covered 

• Turning your different interests and skills into a potential business idea 

• Discovering how your unique mix of talents can spark a venture 

• Finding opportunity in the things you're already good at 

• Using your strengths and passions as the foundation for a business idea 

Outcomes 

You will understand the key considerations involved in offering a product or service, working with clients, and managing the practical realities of self-employment and begin to self assess if an initial idea has potential to become a viable proposition. 

Speaker

Frances Odell, Head of Graduate Futures Consultants: Frances is a results-oriented accredited chartered Business Consultant with over 35 years of professional experience working with large corporates, SMEs and start - up businesses across the Fashion Industry. She is an accredited Business Coach and Senior Fellow. Her focus has been applying both her product and service development expertise along with strategic market analysis and positioning, supporting companies spot business opportunities. 

Useful resources

In this session, you will develop the key skills of proactivity, enterprise, curiosity, and self-efficacy as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF). Before attending this activity, we suggest you:

• Check out our Startup Bootcamp Padlet
  

Image credit: 2023 Business Pathway, London College of Fashion, UAL. Image by Alys Tomlinson