The Cube: business events for students and graduates

A series of events to support students and graduates to become budding entrepreneurs
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Supporting you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey

The Cube has organised a series of events to support students and graduates at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey – from an idea to a fully-fledged business. If you're interested in attending a session, then please book using the links below or via myCareer and search for The Cube Events.  
Recent feedback on the support includes: “What The Cube is doing is phenomenal. The deep insights that speakers bring to the webinars really help. The team that is selecting the speakers is doing a great job. Before Plymouth, I had spent 3–4 years in the entrepreneurship space and finding this type of realistic and practical insight is tough. I learned a great deal about entrepreneurship, thanks to The Cube.”
Not sure what support is best for you? Need some general start-up/business development guidance? Then book a Self-employment/Business Start-up advice and support 1:1 appointment with Claire Wallace, Student Enterprise Manager, via the Appointments tab on myCareer.
During the semester The Cube will be holding regular student and graduate drop-in sessions in the Careers and Employability Hub, Charles Seale-Hayne Library.
Please drop in and see what support we can offer.
Tuesdays 12:00–14:00 and Wednesdays 14:00–16:00
 

  • TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments

  • Intellectual property 1:1 appointments

  • TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments

  • Ashford Solicitors – Business legalities 1:1 appointments

  • Digital marketing and web development 1:1

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    Our Discovery Weeks events

  • Brent Treloar – Business advice and guidance 1:1 appointments

  • Marketing and branding 1:1s

  • Social media and marketing 1:1s

  • TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments

  • TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments

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Thursday 25 April (09:30–12:30) | TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments | Student Hub Room 3, Charles Seale-Hayne Library
1:1 advice and guidance from Jay Cholewinski, TS Partners, to help you start or develop a business, become self-employed or freelance. Jay can also advise on all aspects of financial management and planning.
• Please book your place here
Monday 29 April (09:30–12:15) | Intellectual property 1:1 appointments | Room 204, Marine Building
Bookable 45 minute appointment with Dr David Mozley, University of Plymouth Intellectual Property Manager. An opportunity to get information and guidance on all aspects of IP, including what the different types of protection are, what is protectable and what protection might you need.
• Please book your place here
Tuesday 30 April (09:30–12:30) | TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments | Virtual
1:1 advice and guidance from Jay Cholewinski, TS Partners, to help you start or develop a business, become self-employed or freelance. Jay can also advise on all aspects of financial management and planning.
• Please book your place here
Thursday 2 May (10:00–12:00) | Ashfords Solicitors – Business legalities 1:1 appointments | Student Hub Room 3, Charles Seale-Hayne Library
An opportunity to access the professional support of Liam Trevethan from Ashfords LLP for advice and guidance on business start-up and development legalities.
• Please book your place here
Monday 20 May (12:00–13:45) | Digital marketing and web development 1:1 | Virtual
A 45 minute 1:1 consultation on how to grow your business online with Elliot Forte, digital marketing consultant and web developer. His areas of focus as a consultant are search engine optimisation, online advertising, remarketing and email promotion. He is also an experienced website builder using Shopify, WordPress and other technologies.
• Please book your place here
Monday 20 May (14:00–16:45) | Brent Treloar – Business advice and guidance 1:1 appointments | Virtual
Brent draws on his unique practical experience to help you see your business and its potential in a practical way that’s relevant to businesses of all ages and sizes. These sessions will allow you to see your business in a very different way and offer practical steps towards business success!
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Tuesday 21 May (14:00–15:45) | Marketing and branding 1:1s | Virtual
Join Laura Greenland, an experienced marketing and branding consultant, for 45 minutes of 1:1 support. This session is perfect if you're tackling the branding or marketing strategy for your start-up business or if you're considering embarking on a freelance career. Come armed with plenty of questions and leave inspired for your next steps.
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Wednesday 22 May (12:00–13:30) | Social media and marketing 1:1s | Virtual
Join Jenna Hyde to get answers to all your burning questions about how get social media working to promote you and your business. Which platforms to choose? How often to post? What content to post? Jenna can answer all these questions and more.
• Please book your place here
Tuesday 28 May (09:30–12:30) | TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments | Virtual
1:1 advice and guidance from Jay Cholewinski, TS Partners, to help you start or develop a business, become self-employed or freelance. Jay can also advise on all aspects of financial management and planning.
• Please book your place here
Thursday 30 May (09:30–12:30) | TS Partners Ltd, Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants – Financial planning and business advice 1:1 appointments | Student Hub Room 3, Charles Seale-Hayne Library
1:1 advice and guidance from Jay Cholewinski, TS Partners, to help you start or develop a business, become self-employed or freelance. Jay can also advise on all aspects of financial management and planning.
• Please book your place here

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Monday 20 May | Corporate Sabotage Escape Room!

11:30–18:30, Student Hub Room 3, Charles Seale-Hayne Library | Bookable 1 hour sessions throughout the day
You and your team of up to six others are top executives of a promising start-up, and suddenly, you discover a web of deception and sabotage by a competitor company. How do you beat them to launch your product?
Open to all, book as an individual to join in and work with others OR enter as a team of up to six.
Please note: each person in your group needs to book onto the slot.
Corporate sabotage
Get ready to put your entrepreneurial instincts to the test in a high-stakes scenario, designed by Escapism Plymouth to ignite your creativity, critical thinking and teamwork abilities. 
 

Business Explore Club

Four days of activity designed for students and graduates who want to gain the skills and knowledge to explore a business idea to see if it is viable. 
Open to those with a business idea and those who just want to get the know-how on how to start a business to further develop their creative skills to maximise future career potential. At the end of the programme eligible participants will have the opportunity to pitch their business for a cash prize of £1,000* (from Santander Universities UK) towards start-up costs.
Please note: you must be able to attend all sessions to participate.
Venue for all sessions: Room 408, 4th Floor, Babbage Building
Tuesday 21 May and Wednesday 22 May, 09:30–16.30
Ideas • Business modelling • Market research • Finding your customers • Finalising your business model • Learn how to pitch effectively
Thursday 23 May
Work on your pitches independently with an opportunity to meet with Claire Wallace, Student Enterprise Manager, to discuss your pitch.
Friday 24 May, 10:00–12.00
Pitching competition.
 

Setting your mindset for success with Jenna Hyde

A package of sessions, exclusively for Discovery Weeks with Jenna Hyde. Book for just one or for all four!

Are you ready to unlock your full potential and achieve your goals? 
Join us for a package of workshops on setting your mindset for success. In these dynamic and interactive sessions, you'll discover the power of mindset in shaping your outcomes and learn practical strategies to develop a winning mindset. 
Whether you're aiming for career advancement, personal growth or entrepreneurial success, your mindset plays a critical role in your journey. 
These workshops are designed to equip you with the tools and techniques to harness the power of your mindset and propel yourself toward your aspirations.
Monday 20 May (13:00–14:00) | How can you set actions to enable yourself to achieve your goals? | Virtual
Jenna asks 'Why is goal setting important?' Covering the science of goal setting it is all about raising what we believe is 'realistic'. The workshop includes creative and impactful visualisation techniques to help make reaching your goals more likely, and procrastination techniques and ways to add momentum to your goals. If you are not sure where to begin with goal setting, don’t worry! This session will work through tools that can support you with that.
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Tuesday 21 May (13:00–14:00) | How can you receive feedback and utilise it for your success? | Virtual
Jenna acknowledges that often receiving feedback isn’t easy; however sometimes it’s feedback that could propel us forward. Using reframing and resilience building techniques this session focuses upon how to receive feedback and use it for your success. Our journey can be full of failures. This workshop is all about reframing failure and viewing our journey as a story, attaching meaning to that story and making setbacks part of our story.
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Thursday 23 May (12:00–13:00) | How do you find the strength for peak performance?| Virtual
Join Jenna for a session about how to identify strengths to utilise them for personal, career and business success, and your peak performance!
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Friday 31 May (12:00–13:00) | How can you learn to use body language to build rapport? | Virtual
In this session Jenna will explore ways to develop a body language that communicates confidence, using non-verbal cues to convey assertiveness. We will also talk through ways to rapport build and develop positive relationships, enhancing our understanding of others.
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Event photography and video

Please be aware that some of the University of Plymouth's public events (both online and offline) may be attended by University staff, photographers and videographers, for capturing content to be used in University online and offline marketing and promotional materials, for example webpages, brochures or leaflets. If you, or a member of your group, do not wish to be photographed or recorded, please let a member of staff know.