— Innovative Entrepreneurs.

Background

Innovative Entrepreneurs is part of Enterprise West Yorkshire and funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority;. This programme aims to provide the support, guidance and means for individuals and teams to transform their ideas into high impact, profitable businesses which can create positive impact within the region and beyond.

If you are solution focused, comfortable with taking risks and motivated to design, develop and pitch your idea until it becomes a reality then we want to hear from you.

No business experience is needed; just an idea and a passion for solving problems.

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What are we looking for?

  • Ideas that take a new approach to solving a problem. 
  • Products or services that haven’t yet been invented, which can solve major issues. 
  • Groundbreaking ideas that impact society on a large scale. 
  • Development of a new product, service or even process which adds additional value to an existing solution.
 

Programme Dates

The progrmame will support 75 individuals over the next 2 years. The start date of each programme will be:

  • January 2024
  • April 2024
  • September 2024
  • January 2025


Criteria

To join the Innovative Entrepreneurs programme you need to be:

  • Aged 18 or over.  
  • A resident of West Yorkshire, or owner of a start-up business located in West Yorkshire. 
  • Able to commit to completing the nine-month programme.
  • Able to prioritise this programme over other commitments when needed.


What will you receive?

Part 1 – Intensive Idea Development – April to June

  • 4 x 7 hour in-person learning sessions
  • 8 x 90-minute online learning sessions
  • 10+ hours of one-to-one coaching
  • 6 x 2 hour group mentoring sessions
 

Part 2 – Investor Readiness Support – July to September

  • 10 hours of Investor readiness support
  • 3 hours 1-1 coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Pitch for grant funding
 

Part 3 – Next steps – October to December

  • 3 hours of 1-1 coaching
  • Networking events
  • Peer support group
 

In addition to the learning on the programme participants will also have access to:

Co-working office space – Each participant will have access to 12 months of co-working office space through one of the Founder Hubs, located within each of the 5 districts of the region.

Opportunity to win Grant funding – Each cohort will have 3 prizes of £5,000 of grant funding available to win.

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Applications are open

If you would like to find out more about this programme please get in touch and someone from our team will be back in touch.

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