Discover
New to enterprise and entrepreneurship? Chances are you're feeling slightly overwhelmed and a little confused about what the word "enterprise" even means, let alone how it could be applied to you.
At SIE, we aim to make enterprise and entrepreneurship accessible to all students in Scotland. Have a look through the "Discover" section to find out more about enterprise means, what's involved, and how an enterprising spirit could make a positive difference to your time at University and after graduation.
Explore
If you know you want to get involved, maybe have an enterprising idea or want to learn more about entrepreneurship and innovation, explore SIE online and find out what activities we're running through the year.
We are building a range of articles, how-to guides and hint&tips from market research to strategy mapping. Explore a range of resources online in this section.
Venture Forth
SIE specialise in helping students and recent graduates with their new ventures. As well as providing a comprehensive list of all business support available and providing advice on what your next steps could be, we provide competitions and initiatives designed to accelerate your business or social enterprise.
Have a look at the support SIE could provide your new venture, and explore a comprehensive online resource of business links and articles.
Who are SIE?
SIE, or the Scottish Institute for Enterprise, work with all 19 Universities in Scotland to help students start-up their own ventures, and develop their entrepreneurial talent.
Whether you're an engineer or musician, you could turn your innovative ideas, talent or hobbies into a new business or social enterprise.
A - Z of Entrepreneurship
What's the difference between a high-growth company and a social enterprise? And how do you gain investment from a Dragon's Den?
It might all seem a bit overwhelming, so SIE have put together an A - Z guide on all the key concepts of entrepreneurship, and a walkthrough on where to go and how to get started if you think you might want to start your own venture.
Next steps
If you've just discovered SIE and entrepreneurship for the first time, there's still a lot more to get involved with.
There are national competitions for both New Ideas, and New Ventures, a range of workshops from branding to finance run across Scotland, and a whole programme of locally run events by your University Student Interns. Explore more of SIE here.
Thinking Caps On!
The New Ideas Competition gives you the chance to win £1500 for your idea for a new business or social enterprise. All you need to enter is an idea!
It can be for a new product, service, or a way to make the world a better place. Don't worry if you don't know a lot about business; if you have an idea and the determination to succeed, we'll help you turn it into a brilliant new venture.
Who else can help?
There are lots of different organisations out there who can help you develop entrepreneurial skills, and start-up your venture. We've compiled a comprehensive list of links to all these organisations.
Whether you want to find more networking opportunities within the creative sector, or source new funding and competitions, this complete resource will give you many more options and support.
Find Out Much, Much More
With a constantly growing catalogue of how-to guides, feature articles, and educational videos, you can browse the SIE website as an extensive resource for interesting and inspiring articles, learn a bit more about entrepreneurship, and read about real student entrepreneurs.
Ready to Launch?
If you have a well developed business idea or an already established business or social enterprise, enter the New Ventures Competition to win up to £6000, in-kind support and gain some essential exposure.
The competition is designed to accelerate your business or social enterprise and help unleash the full potential of your ideas.
Research Resources
With a constantly growing catalogue of how-to guides, feature articles, and educational videos, you can browse the SIE website as an extensive resource for interesting and inspiring articles, read about other student entrepreneurs, and gain insight from the experts from strategy to idea generation.
To begin browsing SIE's online entrepreneurship resources, click here.
New Venture Support
There are lots of different organisations out there who can help you develop entrepreneurial skills, and start your venture - whether you want to find more networking opportunities within the creative sector, or source new funding and competitions.
We've compiled a comprehensive list of links to resources which will give you many more options and support.