www.mihmentoring.com

A recent independent report by EKOS found:

- The estimated potential return on investment of the Make It Happen project is 17:1  

- Net additional GVA of £14,030,977 

- and 103 net additional jobs, with 1350 new business 

MIH Executive Summary

Make It Happen - Ensuring graduates have access to appropriate start up support is so important when leaving University.

Providing graduate entrepreneurs start up support and mentoring will give them a better chance of success.

NCGE’s Flying Start – Make It Happen programme in partnership with HSBC, Business Link and Universities aims to support graduates leaving university looking to be their own boss.

We offer a combination of face to face programme days and online mentoring, training and resources. We offer both options as we understand that not everyone can attend face to face programme days due to other commitments or even because they don’t like group training. This way you can decide what’s best for you and mix and match the support.

So what is the Make It Happen Programme?

• Face to face training days
• Training seminars online
• Mentoring support online
• Funding search facility
• Ask the Expert
• Networking with other entrepreneur
• Resource links page

Face to Face Training days

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  Learn about the pro’s and con’s of being your own boss
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  Planning (why we need to plan in business)
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  Market Research, why, how and when
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  SWOT analysis
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  Your offer, customers and sales
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  Finance
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  Support
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  Your action plan to go forward

Make It Happen Online system

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  My Plan (start to put down what you have done so far)
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  My Journey – Links to resources broken into stages of your business journey
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  Search for funding, competitions, grants, loans
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  Network with other entrepreneurs
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  Access My Mentor
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  Set myself to do’s/actions to move my business forward
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  Upload business plan/design work etc for feedback from my mentor
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  Ask the Expert
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  Access online seminars and training
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  Book future programme days

We believe it’s important to be able to ask questions and run ideas past someone who has been there and done it. Mentors offer the facility to answer questions and explain what they did when they started in business. They also have a lot of knowledge you will not find in books or on websites.

Being an online mentoring system mentees can ask questions or upload information at a time that fits in with setting up the business. The mentor then logs in again at a time that is also convenient to them to reply. We must not forget mentors give their time for free so need to fit this in around other commitments.

What does this cost me?

The programme is government funded and the mentors give their time for free so this programme will not cost you anything financially.

How do I access the Make It Happen Programme?

You need to register at www.mihmentoring.com and then start putting in what you can on the My Plan.

How do I get involved in being a Mentor?

Contact Joanne Ross joanne.ross@ncge.org.uk or call 07771 913352

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