Summer Start-Up Boot Camp Pitch Event

The Summer Start-Up Boot Camp 2025 is an intensive program designed to empower students, graduates, and aspiring entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to develop, validate, and pitch their business ideas across various industries.

With a total funding of £14,000, the initiative ensures that £10,000 is allocated specifically for grants to support the most promising ventures. The Bootcamp will run from 29 May to 3 July, featuring workshops every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 4pm, and will commence with a launch event.

The program will culminate in a "Dragon’s Den"-style pitch event, where participants will have the opportunity to secure grant funding to advance their business idea.

All courses, all industries/ sectors and all levels of learning are welcome to join.

Please note: This is exclusively for University of Suffolk students, as well as the alumni community of University of Suffolk.

Schedule

Launch Event: Thursday, 29 May 2025 | 4.00pm – 7.00pm
Workshops: Every Tuesday and Thursday (From 3 June to 3 July 2025) | 10.00am – 4.00pm
Final Pitch Event: Thursday, 8 July | 4.00pm - 7.00pm

Session Outlines

Date and Time	Location	Session Theme	Topics and Activities
Thursday 29 May 2025 4.00 - 7.00pm	Seminar Room A0.08 (The Atrium)	Launch Event	Welcome from Enterprise Team, Inspiring Keynote Speakers, Icebreaker Activity
Tuesday 3 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.09	Idea Generation & Validation	Creative thinking tools, opportunity spotting, design thinking sprint, business model canvas intro, peer feedback sessions
Thursday 5 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.09	Business Planning Fundamentals	Lean start-up methodology, planning templates, understanding customer profiles, mission/vision/goals
Tuesday 10 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.05	Social Enterprise & Impact Business	Understanding social entrepreneurship, impact measurement, B-Corp intro, stakeholder engagement, case studies
Thursday 12 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.10	Marketing, Branding & Digital Strategy	Defining your brand, social media content planning, storytelling, SEO/SEM basics, intro to Canva & similar tools
Tuesday 17 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.09	Using AI to Power Your Start-Up	AI for market research, content creation, chatbot building, automation tools (ChatGPT, Notion AI, Zapier etc.)
Thursday 19 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.09	Funding & Financing Your Start-Up	Bootstrapping, grants & competitions, intro to crowdfunding, budgeting & cashflow, business banking & record keeping
Tuesday 24 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.05	Intellectual Property & Legal Essentials	intro to IP law & legal essentials for start ups
Thursday 26 June 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.10	HR, Leadership & Team Building	Building a team, leadership styles, conflict management, building a culture, managing volunteers/contractors, inclusion & wellbeing in start-ups
Tuesday 1 July 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm	A1.10	Pitching Masterclass: Perfecting Your Pitch	Storytelling for pitching, structuring your pitch deck, visual aids, handling Q&A, peer-to-peer practice
Tuesday 8 July 2025 4.00 - 7.00pm	Seminar room A0.08	Dragon’s Den Pitch Event	Formal pitch presentations to a panel of judges + awards and celebrations after

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