Starting a business

Welcome to the world of entrepreneurship, of running a business yourself.  Who can be an entrepreneur you ask?  Anyone who wants to experience the deep, dark canyons of uncertainty and ambiguity; and who wants to walk the breathtaking highlands of success.

In this section you’ll find information about the three key areas to consider if you’re interested in running a business, Developing ideas, Is your idea an opportunity? and Validating the opportunity. 

There’s also information about how Student Enterprise can help you with your business idea.

We can offer assistance to any student or new graduate at the University of Glasgow who has a business idea or is interested in commercialising a product idea.  The idea could be for a lifestyle business that you can run alongside your studies or something you want to work full time in after your graduate, we’re not picky!

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge of business, we’re firmly in the camp that entrepreneurs can be made and aren’t just born.