Start Up Smart and win £5,000

Posted by John King on July 12, 2010 under Competitions | Be the First to Comment

Robin Bennett is a Royal Holloway alum who has started a string of successful businesses. Now he is offering to help out other prospective entrepreneurs by offering initial set up costs, a year’s mentoring from Robin, a national PR campaign and substantial marketing on the Start Up Smart website. Open to anyone living in the United Kingdom between 18-30 years old, the Start Up Smart competition is looking for innovative business ideas which should cost no more than £5000 in initial set up costs.

There will be five winners announced in November 2010 in five categories:

1. Services
2. Manufacturing
3. IT
4. Media and arts
5. Retail

Submit your idea

Initial submissions to be emailed either as text (no more than 250 words) or as a video file. Tell us a bit about you, then set out your business idea, and outline approximately how much you think your company would cost to set up and run in its first year (remember, it can’t be more than £5000).

For more information, visit www.startupsmart.co.uk/competition.htm