The Creative Enterprise Programme is a four-day practical workshop. The workshop equips creative entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed. Expert facilitators, as well as local market specialists, will provide face-to-face support. Further,  to help entrepreneurs explore business ideas, develop their business proposition, and create a business model that suits their hopes and motivations.

Moreover, Through the four days, participants explore key ways to:

understand the building blocks that describe and will shape their business opportunity identify and better understand customers, and explore how the business will function and grow visualize the main components of the business and bring together the key elements of a business plan.

Further, This interactive program brings Nesta’s Creative Enterprise Toolkit to life. Also, uses a mixture of practical exercises and activities that have been designed specifically for the program. The program is led by creative business experts and skilled facilitators who specialize in design thinking, business, and innovation. Alongside this expert, each workshop features live case studies from the region, where local entrepreneurs discuss their experience of running a creative enterprise in the local region, and guest experts who can highlight specific local issues – for example around tax or legal matters.

Eligibility

• Be a creative business, working in the relevant creative industry – fiction and nonfiction writers, editors, publishers, journalists, screenwriters, scriptwriters, illustrators, graphic novelists, comic artists, playwrights, bloggers, and poets
• Have an already established enterprise or be in the later stages of developing an idea. This is typically a business no more than two years old. However,  can be a more established business wishing to pause and consider their model through the CEP lens
• Be willing to share their knowledge and experience with the group in an open, supportive peer lead learning environment
• Come prepared to work on their business/idea, to progress through the program, considering peer feedback, to strengthen their proposition
• Be open to supporting fellow participants in developing their idea by providing constructive feedback when appropriate
• Be available for the full duration of the program.