CU Entrepreneurs - Make it Happen
Coventry University Entrepreneurs is a passionate student organization created to inspire and educate, and to facilitate the creation of real businesses from the university. This is mainly achieved through the organisation and running of various Business Plan Competitions (BPC).
- To help development an entrepreneurial culture
- To be the interface between the university and business communities
- To catalyse the exploitation of the knowledge base at Coventry University
- To facilitate and support the creation of world class firms
- To encourage knowledge exhange through international forums
The organization was established in boom time of IT (est. 1999) catering to the demand and creation of surge of entrepreneurial firms in the IT Sector. Since starting the society has seen a change in culture in the University. There is now increased interest in entrepreneurship, within both the student community and the corporate sector. So far, we have distributed over £250,000 in prizes and helped to create many businesses, headed by students and members of the university. This makes the society one of the largest of its type in the world and we are globally recognised as one of the best.