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So what’s an Enterprise Hub?

The Enterprise Hub Network is an initiative aimed at the South East’s high potential knowledge and technology entrepreneurs, to help them grow successful businesses.

Backed by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), and located throughout the region, the Surrey Enterprise Hub is a local network that offers support that is impartial, specialist, personalised and professional – free.

The Surrey Enterprise Hub  is led by an experienced Director, Mike Lunch, who can draw on a wide network of specialists to give pioneers access to information, business insight and investment.

How the Surrey Enterprise Hub Works

We are flexible, not formulaic.

So membership gives you access to a service that is truly personalised.

But we are not for every start-up. You’ll need to contribute a unique idea with national or international potential, and be open to advice, networking and collaboration.

But if you fit the bill, you’ll benefit from a one-to-one relationship with our Hub Director who can help you get the very best out of your idea – both through their own experience and access to other experts.

Commercialisation

Three aspects run through our approach:

Action planning, to help you map out a path to success.

Guidance and personal support, to steer you through the difficult early stages of development.

Access to expertise, to mobilise help when and where you need it.

The Hub’s approach has been refined through interaction with hundreds of the South-East’s most promising new businesses.

Intellectual property

Pioneering ideas are at the heart of every knowledge and technology business.  But they can’t generate real value if everyone else can copy them.

If you have a great business concept, the Surrey Enterprise Hub will help you access expert advice on how to protect and develop it.  We will help you navigate the complexities of patents, registered designs, trade marks and copyright and help you work out the best strategy to help your business prosper.

Market intelligence

Without customers, you don’t have a business.  Do you know how many of them there are, where they’re hiding and what they want from you?

We have access to specialist research and market intelligence services. We can help you fathom and map your addressable markets, making your plans better informed and more achievable.

Access to finance

Big ideas don’t always demand big budgets; but sooner or later, most high potential businesses need to raise funds.

We can help get you ready for investment, navigate the grants landscape, and put you in touch with potential backers.

We can also access unique services from Finance South East, to get you tailored assistance.

Mentoring

Everyone knows there’s no substitute for experience.  So with us, an early stage business can get access to commercial heavyweights.

All mentors are picked for their wide-ranging experience, gained in both large corporate and small business environments.  The mentors receive special training to help you get there.  Mentors act as a sounding board to help you work through business challenges and issues.

Hatchery space

Many great ideas start at home – but however big your back bedroom is, it’s challenging to realise your potential in such surroundings.

When it’s time to get serious, we can help you find access to easy in, easy out space, to help you think, act and present yourself more professionally.

Hatcheries also offer you connections – both with professional contacts, and (using high speed Broadband) with the rest of the world.  We also have access to lab space, specialist technical equipment and much more.

Networking

All entrepreneurs have their particular strengths.  But how do you discover what you don’t know?

Events organised by us are tailored specifically for their high potential business audiences.  As well as giving you access to invaluable know-how, the Hubs provide an ideal opportunity to ask questions and to meet like-minded entrepreneurs.

What to do next

If you have a pioneering business idea, and the drive to make it happen, you should come and talk to us.

If you meet the Hubs’ criteria, you’ll get access to an unrivalled range of services tailored to your needs.

And because we know what a roller coaster it can be, we will be there when you need us, for coaching and advice, from concept to reality – adding value, at no cost.

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