LAUNCH.ed provides free startup advice and business support to students at the University of Edinburgh interested in starting a business.
Students, from undergraduates to PhDs and recent alumni, can access one-to-one help from a business advisor on all aspects of setting up a business.
We also run workshops, clinics and competitions and provide mentoring, hot desks and a library of resources and online tools.
LAUNCH.ed supports students with technical, early stage ideas as well as non-technical, near-to-market business ideas.
In the last eight years, LAUNCH.ed has helped more than 50 students form their own companies, many of which have grown into successful, profitable enterprises.
LAUNCH.ed is a University of Edinburgh service run by Edinburgh Research and Innovation.
The Business Shorts competition is now open. Tell us your business idea in 60 seconds or less and you could win £100.
How it works:
- Watch our launch video.
- Post a video response to the launch video outlining your business idea in 60 seconds or less.
- Post as many videos as you like before the end of July (as long as each one is about a different idea).
- Our judges will pick their favourite entry and award the winner £100.
Note: You MUST be a student at the University of Edinburgh, or an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh with a graduation date within the past two years, to be eligible for the prize.