Support 

Feel free to reach out to us at Open-Business-Creators@open.ac.ukanytime. We welcome any questions about applying to the Open Business Creators Fund or your feedback on this opportunity.

For a solid business model and entrepreneurial skills support, visit the main Open Business Creators page for helpful resources.

On Tuesday, 6 May we held a webinar with Barclay's Eagle Labs Academy to explore how they can help you learn more about starting a business, raising funding, marketing and more. 

You can watch the recording at this link: Learn how to start or grow your business with Eagle Labs Academy

We will also hold two Question and Answer sessions leading up to the fund deadline so that you can ask any questions you have about what to include in your portfolio, what our judges are looking for, or just general questions about starting a business!

To get the webinar link, please sign up using the links below. 

Friday, 9 May at 13:00

Tuesday, 13 May at 12:00

Further Resources

Scope also have these brilliant pages on starting a business.

Barclays Eagle Labs also have a large range of resources to help you grow your business. 

If your business or idea is a social enterprise, check out Social Shifters for loads of great, supportive content:

Social Shifters - From Passion to Action for Social Change

If you need a demo of Validate, please look at:

Resources - SimVenture Validate

Finally, if you need help developing a fundraising plan, we recommend using Funding Hero. You can access Pillar 1 for free with code: OPENUNI10. 

We can keep a secret

If your idea is something that no one else has thought about yet, don’t worry.  Details of your business idea will be stored securely and only accessible by the shortlisting panel and judges.

If you have any questions or need alternative formats to the materials provided here, please get in touch with us at  Open-Business-Creators@open.ac.uk