No matter who you are, Hatch Enterprise and Pizza Hut UK wants to support your journey into entrepreneurship – especially if you’re from a social background that is typically underserved by the business sector.
Come and join us on our Launchpad programme and find a community of like minded entrepreneurs who will support you on your journey. You’ll learn how to build a profitable business model, grow your network, and develop the confidence to pitch your business idea to others.
Graduates can apply for up to 1k of funding.
Since joining and being a part of the Hatch community, I feel so much more confident in building a business and taking the plunge.
Shana Gujral
Think Lila
12 hours of expert-led masterclasses on mission development, business modelling, product/market fit, branding, sales, marketing, funding and pitching.
12+ hours of peer learning and peer coaching, plus informal drop in advice sessions. Gain fascinating insights, exchange ideas and swap skills with like-minded individuals.
Work through key questions about your prices, cost, overheads and sales with a financial expert, in order to make decisions about your business strategies.
Showcase your business to a panel of experts and get actionable feedback on how to take your business to the next level.
Align Events
An alcohol-free event service to be inclusive of those who want to celebrate while sober.
Creating your vision, mission, impact and values
Tue 2 May 6pm-8pm
Business model and strategy: The Lean Business Model Canvas
Tue 16 May 6pm-8pm
Product/market fit and identifying your customer
Tue 30 May 6pm-8pm
Costing, pricing and finance
Tue 13 June 6pm-8pm
Branding, marketing, and sale
Tue 27 June 6pm-8pm
Funding and accessing funding through pitching
Tue 11 July 6pm-8pm
Pitching your business to friendly Dragons
Graduation celebration
* Joint Graduations and Demo Day
£25 early bird discount available if you apply by 3rd March. This programme is valued at over £1500, but thanks to our partnership with Pizza Hut, participants are asked to pay £50. There are also a limited number of bursary places available.
If you have any issues filling in the form linked below, please contact programmes@hatchenterprise.org
Requirements:
Hackathons are for anyone who has a business idea and wants to learn more about becoming an entrepreneur. You will begin to learn the entrepreneurial skills you need to bring your business idea to life.
Launchpads are for entrepreneurs who have a business idea, understand the problem they are trying to solve, and are ready to start their entrepreneurial journey. Over twelve sessions, you will learn the basics of entrepreneurial mindset, business strategy, finance, marketing and pitching that you need to get your business off the ground.
Incubators are for entrepreneurs who have been running their business for some time and are ready to start focusing on growth and expanding their team. Over nine workshops, you will learn the skills you need in business modelling, product/market fit, finance, legal, branding, wellbeing and pitching in order to make your side hustle your full-time job.
Accelerators are business and leadership programmes that have been designed for entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their business and impact. Over twelve workshops, you will evaluate your personal leadership strengths and the opportunities for your business to grow, and tap into the knowledge of the other entrepreneurs on the programme to plan your path to sustainable growth.
You can see all the programmes we’re currently offering on our programmes page: www.hatchenterprise.org/our-programmes
Hatch programmes are for entrepreneurs based in the UK. Every programme we run has different application criteria that allows us to best tailor our support.
This New Founders programme aims to level the playing field in entrepreneurship, so we welcome and prioritise applications from underrepresented groups including Black, Asian, and Ethnic Minority founders, women and other marginalised genders, disabled founders, and LGBTQIA+ founders. Some cohorts are reserved for entrepreneurs who meet specific criteria, which you can see on each application form.
The New Founders Launchpad is suitable for you if you:
The New Founders Incubator is suitable for you if you:
The New Founders Hackathon is suitable for you if you:
You can express your interest in one of our programmes using the application form. Try to answer the questions in as much detail as possible, as we don’t ask applicants to submit a business plan or model. The programme manager will then be in touch to let you know if you are invited to an interview as the next stage. In the interview, we will ask questions about yourself and your business to see if you are a good fit for the programme. After the interview, we’ll let you know if you have been selected to take part in the programme.
In each of our programmes you will get access to:
Until further notice we will continue to run all of our programmes online.
Thanks to our incredible funders, we are able to offer the programmes at a massively reduced rate.
For New Founders programmes the fee is currently:
If you would like to apply for a bursary sign-up to the programme using the application form above and if your application is successful you will be invited to an online interview, during this interview you can ask about applying for a bursary place.
No. Hatch’s programmes provide support to entrepreneurs, but we don’t take any equity or stake in your business.
Like most early-stage programmes, Hatch cannot sign an NDA, but we won’t share any confidential information from the application process or interviews.
Most of the Hatch team either have been or are entrepreneurs, so we understand how tricky it is to commit to recurring meetings when life is so busy. However, one of the most encouraging pieces of feedback we receive from entrepreneurs is that our programmes allow them to take a step back, to work on the business rather than in it. Therefore we ask that participants attend at least 75% of all workshops and events.
After you finish the programme, you will become part of the Hatch community. You can continue to interact with other entrepreneurs, join events, and share news and opportunities.
For the Hackathon, you are both welcome to book places separately and take part together.
For the Launchpad, Incubator and Accelerator programmes, we ask that there is one primary founder who takes part in the programme and attends the workshops. Co-founders or business partners are welcome to attend some events and 121 support alongside the main founder.
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hello@hatchenterprise.org
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