Make Your Own Career

Make your own Career

Tonight’s programme: A business model based on

your own skills & interests Our Panel of self-employed

contractors, consultants, and entrepreneurs

Some advice on exploring opportunities to go your own way

Business Model You

D AV E J A R M A N H E A D O F E N T E R P R I S E E D U C AT I O N

D R T R A C Y J O H N S O N

S K I L L S D E V E L O P M E N T O F F I C E R & S M A L L B U S I N E S S O W N E R

The Business Model You Canvas

“A business model describes the rationale of how an

organisation creates, delivers and captures value.”

Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

“A business model describes the rationale of how an

individual creates, delivers and captures value.”

Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

The Business Model You Canvas

The Canvas is a visual tool for exploring business models

We’ll be using it to explore how your ideas and interests might become the basis of a business.

Who you are and what you have

Your interestsYour PassionsPersonal skills and

competenciesResources (networks,

experience, reputation)

What you do

Roles played‘Professional’ skills and

competenciesLearned and practiced

abilities(Usually based on previous

jobs and roles)

How you help

How do you add value to other’s lives and work? Specific skills and

competencies Rare combinations of skills,

knowledge and resourcesAdding value by making

others’ lives: Easier More satisfying More rewarding More efficient More effective

Who you help

Who could you best help?Who really needs you to

help them get their jobs done?

Are there enough of them and will they reward you appropriately?

How they know you and how you deliver

How do people find out about you? Word of mouth Advertising Networks

How do they choose to buy a service or product from you? Direct Through someone else

Where do you need to be?

How you interact

What kind of relationship will you need to maintain with customers? To get them To keep them To add value

What you get

How do you get rewarded? Money? Autonomy? Lifestyle? Being able to do the things

you love?What could you offer that

would add value to customers and increase rewards for you?

What you give

What does it cost you? Time Energy Money Personal and professional

sacrificesHow might you minimise

those costs without damaging the value offered?

Who helps you

Who else or what else supports you?

Could others add value to your offer?

Could others help you reduce costs and overheads? Networks Peers Friends and Families

The Business Model

The Business Model Canvas

Panel Session

Panellists

Ed Brown – Friska FoodsEmma Spillane – Spillane ConsultingKate Tapper – Bud Development

Enterprise Education

Enterprise at Bristol

We’re here to help you have ideas and act on them! Inspiration Support Innovation

Think Big…Act Small…Fail Fast……and Learn Quickly!

What do we try and teach?

CreativitySelf-awareness and self-beliefThe difference between an

idea and a business idea…The skills to help create:

Economic value Social value Cultural value

The skills to build things that last

We do this in the curriculum where we can – but we have an extra-curricular offer open to all.

Societies

www.bristolinc.org.uk www.facebook.com/enactusbristol

www.inhouse-media.com

Business start-up support

Advice & guidanceSeed funding (£30k)Desk spaceEducation & Networking

events – ‘Monday Means Business’

Mentoring match-makingSummer Enternships (£1500

+ desk)Surgeries:

Book-keeping Branding IP & Legal Matters

www.businessbasecamp.co.ukTwitter @BristolBasecamp

Facebook search ‘Bristol Basecamp’

Basecamp Master-classes

Weekly short talks on start-up: Generating ideas Good Ideas vs. Good

Business ideas Understanding the market Company Formation Resources for start-ups IP for start-ups Finance Elevator Pitches Business plans

www.businessbasecamp.co.ukTwitter @BristolBasecamp

Facebook search ‘Bristol Basecamp’

New Enterprise Competition

Open to students, staff, and recent graduates

Termly panels offering small grants

4-page Business Plan submission by May 2014

Shortlist through to presentation panel in Autumn 2014

£35,000 prize fundAdvice & workshops availableConcepts, Plans and Trading

start-ups all welcome and judged separately

www.bristol.ac.uk/red/nec

www.bristol.ac.uk/studententerprise

Facebook.com/uobstudententerprise

@uobenterprise