NatWest In Conversation and Pitching Session

Location
online
Date(s)
25/06/2020 (16:00-17:00)
Contact
innovationcentre@dmu.ac.uk
Description

This is the last session of the DMU and NatWest Business Builder series and it's been a great journey. 

We kicked off this journey before Covid-19 struck and many things have changed since we first started but we pivoted and have delivered 4 great workshops to help entrepreneurs navigate through this situation.

This session will be split into two halves:

Part 1

In conversation with 

This section will feature talks from two companies who built and scaled their businesses with NatWest through their accelerator programme. They will share their stories, hints and tips for growing businesses. 

4.00pm - 4.15pm

Jon Manning from Arthur Ellis - Mental Health Support 

Arthur Ellis - Mental Health Support is a training and support organisation that helps businesses develop a data-driven strategy to improve the mental health of their organisation. Jon Manning, Chairman & CEO has over 20 years of experience within mental health, managing his own condition provides him with an insight into the human behind mental health. With his professional commercial background, he helps organisations look after their people whilst ensuring the projects are commercially viable.

4.15pm - 4.30pm

Georgina Hollis & Amar Chauhan - Duo Ventures

Georgina and Amar have successfully started and managed multiple startups. Their first venture, Una Tickets, born out of frustration with the ticketing industry was started at University. Having raised £1.1 million within 72 hours from private investors and built a world class team and system, the business was subsequently acquired by Sky in 2016 a week after launch. They now run an Angel network consisting of 200 high net-worth individuals to encourage private investments in high-growth startups. They have also embarked on their next big venture in the legal tech space. www.glow.community is a platform that empowers individuals to unite to hold organisations and governments to account. 

Part 2 

4.30pm - 5.00pm

Pitching Competition

Participants on the programme can apply to be part of a 60 second pitching competition. This is a great way to practice what you have learnt during the programme and get feedback from other participants and a panel of experts from NatWest and DMU. 

There are great resources on the NatWest Business Builder platform to teach you about pitching https://natwestbusinessbuilder.com/

They are also running pitching training workshops online 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natwest-business-builder-workshop-writing-a-great-60-second-pitch-tickets-105417755344?aff=ebdssbeac

To apply to be part of the pitching section of this workshop sign up as a Pitching candidate Eventbrite ticket and the team will be in touch to discuss the options and help you prepare.

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