Teesside University

What is The Micro Business Academy?

By being part of Micro Biz Academy, you will:

• Get the support you need to start a small business that can provide income whilst you study
• Join an entrepreneurial community that will enhance and develop your employability
• Overcome any fears, self-limiting beliefs and lack of confidence that may hold you back

MicroBiz website

An impactful mix of space housed in the historic Victoria Building and a place for community and business mentoring, providing a platform for funding to create sustainable high-growth graduate start-ups.

Available to Teesside University students or graduates, you gain access to 18 months of structured mentoring, support and office space. As well as access to a range of workshops and sessions including in areas such as:

• Accounting and finance
• Sales and marketing
• Search engine optimisation and web
• Branding
• Intellectual property and legal
• Social media
• Presentation skills
• Start-up business mentoring
• Investors and funding

Launchpad website

The team deliver a range of on campus initiatives and projects including:

Annual Enterprise Awards
A fantastic opportunity to celebrate, show case and recognise all the great enterprise and entrepreneurial work that takes place at the University by staff and students.

Global Entrepreneurship Week
Deliver a range of innovative and impactful range of activity including workshops, competitions and sessions to support your enterprising skills development and entrepreneurial thinking.

Support Teesside Enactus
An opportunity to be involved in a forward thinking group who are making social impact to their community by developing projects such as Re-Serve which tackles issues with food waste and food poverty.

Join us this year for a virtual GEW, this is a great opportunity for students and alumni to experience the University’s Enterprise offer. The sessions in the week will support you to enhance your enterprise, entrepreneurship and employability skills whilst giving you opportunity to network and develop. We have partnered with Google Digital Garage who will be delivering sessions live with expert trainers, you will also be able to view Webinars on innovation, and problem solving in your own time with the option of receiving feedback from our industry partners when submitting activity sheets.

• 16 November: Google Digital Garage
• 17 November: Google Digital Garage
• 18 November: Meet the Founders
• 18 November: MicroBiz