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Teesside University launches ‘lean startup’ workshops

Leading business figures are delivering a series of free workshops at Teesside University advising entrepreneurs on how to grow their companies.

The workshops will use the latest and most innovative ‘lean startup’ techniques to allow entrepreneurs to focus on areas which will dramatically increase their chances of success.

Rather than building a service or product first and hoping that customers will come, lean start-up helps entrepreneurs to validate their business ideas and learn what customers really need.

There are six different Start UP Teesside workshops which will be delivered on multiple dates at Teesside University’s campuses in Middlesbrough and Darlington.

The University has assembled several prominent trainers and coaches, including the current British Sales Trainer of the Year, to deliver the free workshops.

The University’s senior business adviser, Steve Dougan, said “This is something totally new for the region. Normally if you want to attend lean start-up workshops like this, you need to pay large amounts of money and travel to somewhere like London or Manchester.

“We’ve gone out there to find the very best provision we can for the workshops and we’re with delighted the calibre of people who will be delivering them.

“These will be very focused and very aggressive workshops which will help entrepreneurs market themselves and sell themselves and be the right person for the job.

“There are some unique courses which will focus on key areas of development for business start-ups.”

The workshops, which are being funded by the European Regional Development Fund, are:

For more information and to enrol on the workshops visit http:///startupteesside.eventbrite.com.

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