E4G (UK)'s The {EELsquared} Academy : Building Enterprise Culture in YOUR COMMUNITY
people-centred BUSINESS routemap for entrepreneurs
A Personal Development Programme for Business Start-up, Survival & Scale-up.
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Working with YOU to Start-up and/or Scale-up Your Business
WELCOME TO HIVEBUZZ ...OUR PEOPLE_FOCUSSED BUSINESS START-UP, SURVIVAL & GROWTH PROGRAMME
Whether you're a newcomer to business or an experienced entrepreneur, we focus on the person behind the success of your business....You!
We provide independent, confidential and unbiased access to valuable resources, tools, space, time AND a network of support.
Your committment is flexible depending or your needs AND the needs of your business
HiveBuzz is a learning, development and support programme with FIVE Key Intergrated Themes developed locally by experienced entrepreneurs, coaches, mentors & buisness counsellors:
COUNSELLING
MINDFULNESS
LEARNING
ACCELERATION
NETWORKING
1-2-1 COUNSELLING - Working alongside an independent, experienced Business Counsellor and former entrepreneur in the strictest of confidence to help you take your business to the next level.
FOCUS ME MOMENTS - Mandatory mini-workshops or 1-2-1 meetups designed to get everyone in the right frame of mind
...mindfulness for real business people focused on growth and success.
SHARED LEARNING HUBS - dip in and out of our business growth workshops (subject to availability)
HIVEBUZZ GROWTH ACCELERATOR - apply to join our bespoke intense 100 Day Programme as one of 10 entrepreneurs immersed in quality coaching, mentoring, training and personal and product development.
HIVEBUZZ BUSINESS NETWORKS - Your automatic invitation to join a group of like-minded locals keen to do business with each other, represent the industry and connect with others to develop an exciting, innovative and collaborative local business community.
Keeping it Local with Expert Experiences
The Enterprise4Good team have over 25 years of business start-up and scale-up expertise based on their own real-life experiences as entrepreneurs and providers of professional business support.
It is likely that we've been there, seen it, done it, bought the tee shirt (& lost the tee shirt!) and our role is to help you learn from our successes (....and our failures!)
If we can't help directly, we're certain we know expert professionals who can and our team happily works with industry specialists across all sectors who we'll happily call upon to help you to if needs be.
Despite all that, we need to make this programme relevant. We don't just take books off the shelf and re-quote, re-teach and re-print; we create Local Experts Panels and work with you on a local level to find out what you tell us you NEED rather than us deliver what we think you WANT...demand driven, not supply led!
Service and Reliability
We're totally committed to pushing all our efforts and funding into delivering front-line support for entrepreneurs and their businesses.
Our Founders are well established entrepreneurs in their own right and as accredited business start-up and scale-up professionals, have worked with thousands of owners and directors of small businesses. Working in partnership with local authorities, central and regional government departments and private and community businesses we deliver measurable social and economic impact....with you at the heart of everything we do.
focus me moments
Mindfulness and Wellbeing for Scale-up Leaders
Every day we read about stress at work, it "being lonely at the top" and 20 hour working days. Our mandatory "Focus Me Moments" seminar programme embeds planning & coping tactics into enterprise growth strategies that prevent and deal with these....key factors for holding back business scale-up.
Enhanced decision making
Tools for understanding people, product, process and performance
Effective communication
Finding out what makes people tick and integrating strategy to tell great stories that encourage sustainable growth
Confidence in Change, Engagement & Resilience
Pulling together data and rationale that leads to fresh approaches to business and continuous improvement
Stronger teams and leaders
Hiring, motivating and developing high performing teams for scalability
Superior creativity and innovation
Techniques for analysing, breaking and making to make a sustainable difference
Flexible Programme Content
1-2-1 Business Counselling
Unlimited 1-2-1 private, confidential, independent and unbiased business counselling meetings with experienced entrepreneurs will help you make the right decisions to grow you business. Its business but its personal!
Shared Learning Hubs
Working together in small groups these hubs are not just classrooms. They're facilitated business development and peer-to-peer learning, coaching & mentoring sessions designed purely with collaboration for scale-up in mind. Certificates are issued and there's a graduation ceremony at the end of the programme.
HiveBuzz Business Network
Participants automatically become members of our sector-specific and general business social networks. There's a dedicated online portal to share, promote and debate and there's regular important meet-and-greet networking events that will create collaboration opportunities to scale-up your business and will involve food, nibbles......... and the obligatory exchange of business cards.
HIveBuzz GROWTH ACCELERATOR
Invitation Only Fast-track to Scale-up
For those determined to invest time and effort into fast-tracking their scale-up, then applying for a space on the HIveBuzz Creative Accelerator brings together all our Core & Industry Learning Elements into one intensive 100 Day campus-style scale-up environment.
Apply before Applying
We work with totally committed entrepreneurs that have already developed their idea, launched and started trading and want to zoom in and focus on what makes them stand out above the rest. We ask you to apply to us in advance to secure a place...we want make sure this is the right route to scale-up before you sign-up.
Tools & Support
Once you've made it onto the Accelerator Programme, we'll help you build traction for your business plan,providing access to valuable resources and support that set you off on the scale-up route
People buy People
this is definitley not an online programme! This is all about people, networking, coaching, mentoring and counselling. Our network of investors, partners, mentors and experts will share their insights to help you grow your business.
Not for the Faint-Hearted
Accelerators aren't just quick routes to cash or a free place to work! We'll challenge your ideas, put more straucture into your organisation,leveraging in new and exciting ideas from your mentors, getting you quickly up-to-speed for rapid growth
Commitment to your Cohort
Accelerator is unique with an exciting make-up participants that work together as peers, critics and we hope buddies to make the 100 days really valuable.
We'll only offer a fixed number of seats to applicants so alongside our tough application process, we may ask you for some security around your booking onto the Accelerator.