Fly or Die - To Enter the Competition.

How would you like to win £1000 towards starting or growing your dream business?

Vicki Miller from Molly's Parlour has done just that! She competed in our 2010 Dragons' Den style event called Fly or Die, where the business owner is asked to pitch a business idea to a panel of local business leaders who will award the prize fund on the basis of entrepreneurial spirit, originality and financial viability. You can find out more about Molly's Parlour in our news section here: http://www.lisburngraduateintobusiness.co.uk/news.php?date=2010-05-01 

This year we are again running the Fly Or Die competition on Thursday 17th November at 4pm in the Studio Theatre, Island Civic Centre Lisburn.  If you would like to pitch your business idea to the Dragons, then contact seonaid@lisburn-enterprise.co.uk for an application form and further info.

To be eligible to participate, you must be a graduate with a HND or higher level qualification. You must have either established a business within the Lisburn City Council area or be a resident of the Lisburn City Council area and planning to start a business within the next 6 months.

To enter the competition complete the attached application form and send it back to Lisburn Enterprise Organisation. Those who successfully demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit, originality and financial viability on their application form will be chosen to pitch their idea to the Dragons on 17th November at 4pm in the Studio Theatre, Island Civic Centre Lisburn.

When completing the application form let us know how you have unleashed your entrepreneurial ability, what do you do different from the other businesses, how you know there is a market for your product or service and why your business can survive in these challenging times. Tell us all these things to make your application stand out from the crowd!

Having a chance to win £1000,gives you an opportunity to promote your business and gain local exposure which can help to raise your businesses profile. An opportunity not to be missed!

Fly or Die - participate in the audience

You are invited to attend our Fly or Die Event:

17th November 2011, 4 - 7 pm
The Studio Theatre, Lisburn City Council,
Island Civic Centre, Lisburn.

Please reserve your seat in the audience by emailing seonaid@lisburn-enterprise.co.uk

This event is free of charge.

Signature Event

To launch the Graduate Into Business Programme for 2011 and promote local entrepreneurship, we invited Bryan Dunlop to explain his motivations in life and how he survived a life changing experience in his youth.

Bryan Dunlop:
Bryan was born in Zambia to Irish parents. His first taste of real success was being selected to row for Ireland in 1980.

Having joined the British Army, he gained a place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before winning the opportunity to serve with the elite 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Bryan served with Gurkhas all over the world for six years and this included operational experience. He left the Gurkhas in 1990 and spent a year in Nepal leading climbing, trekking and white water rafting expeditions.

He then took a team of Gurkhas to Africa to work on a diamond mine in Angola. When the mine was overrun by UNITA terrorists, Bryan and his team were taken into captivity. Released after three days and flown to safety in Namibia, Bryan returned to war torn Angola within two days and took his team back with him.

Sharing his experiences about confronting his fears and returning to Angola, Bryan embarked on a career as a motivational coach cultivating ambition, attitude and action in business leaders, entrepreneurs and sports people. His central philosophy is ‘to get what you have never had, you must do what you have never done’.
For further information on our guest speaker visit www.bryandunlop.com

Big Idea

The Big Idea is an innovative and creative workshop specifically designed to aid creative thinking, business innovation and improvement.

Where graduates do not have a defined business idea, the ‘Big Idea’ workshop will assist them to explore creative solutions to improve their place of living, business or local community, there by highlighting the possible opportunities available for private enterprise.

As well as generating business ideas the workshop also seeks to address realistic key issues of business ownership and management such as; product development, generating new sources of income and finding creative solutions to business problems.

The Big Idea workshop is designed and delivered by Advantage NI, a company specialising in enterprise development and entrepreneurship for the under 30s. The workshop has successfully been delivered in education establishments throughout Northern Ireland, including colleges, Universities, even primary and secondary schools.

If you are interested in attending contact seonaid@lisburn-enterprise.co.uk

LEN – Lisburn Entrepreneurs Network

Lisburn Entrepreneurs Network (LEN) is a local network and discussion forum for small businesses based in the city of Lisburn and managed by Lisburn City Council. LEN will offer free networking events and practical information sessions aimed at addressing key business issues and promoting local business development.

Each networking event is held on the last Thursday in each month throughout the year in the breakfast seminar format. Registration from 8.00 –8.30am, followed by an expert speaker presentation and networking from 8.30 – 9.30am.

TO REGISTER AT A LEN EVENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Hazel King at 028 9250 9250.