Methodology
We are ripping up the rules to starting a business.
We are changing the way entrepreneurship is taught so that ANYONE can start a business debt-free - and we're giving it all away for free.
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SOCIAL VALUE AND BUSINESS BENEFIT
We operate a sponsorship model so that we give away the very best advice, support and inspiration for free. We partner with a unique and diverse list of event sponsors.
- Private Sector looking for innovative ways to demonstrate CSR and impact triple bottom line
- Public Sector looking to support under-represented communities and create businesses
Philanthropists looking to give back with sustainable impact - Social Housing providers looking to support residents
POPUP ORIGINS
Our methodology and approach has trained more than 6500 people in the UK and is now creating businesses in five countries.
In 2008 our co-founder Alan went to Business Link, a Government funded service designed to support business. The experience almost put him off starting a business. Alan is privileged – he is white, middle class, educated, resourceful and with a supportive family. If the traditional approach to starting a business put him off, what about everyone else?
The PopUp Business School was founded in 2012 by Alan Donegan and Simon Paine. They knew that start-up loans and business plans put more people off than they help.
In order to find, inspire and truly help people start businesses from all backgrounds we discovered you need to take a completely different approach.
HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT?
The three biggest barriers people face when they’re thinking about starting a business are a lack of confidence, funding (they think they need money) and the practical know how of what to do and the order of things to make it happen.
Business plans and start-up loans don’t deal with any of these issues they make them worse. So what’s the answer?
We have developed a unique methodology that consists of five elements: