Koi's UWC Entrepreneurship Programme
helping students to become entrepreneurs!
Koi is excited to be be teaching students at UWC how to become an entrepreneurs as part of UWC's new entrepreneurship programme.
The Koi programme, led by an entrepreneur who has cofounded two successful startup, both acquired (one for $110m) will give you all the skills and resources you need to create a better world as an entrepreneur.
The Koi programme, led by an entrepreneur who has cofounded two successful startup, both acquired (one for $110m) will give you all the skills and resources you need to create a better world as an entrepreneur.
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How to use the programme
Come along to the introductory talk (see Getting Started below). Then if you want go further please attend the Idea Workshop. This three-day intensive workshop during the June break will teach everything you need to know to start as an entrepreneur. We will then be running regular Masterclasses. Each Masterclass goes into depth on one challenge facing young entrepreneurs. After the class stay for "Coffee with Neil" till late to discuss your ideas with Neil Hinrichsen, the founder of Koi, who teaches the classes. Going further, there are many other Koi resources available including a user group, a library of KoiTip lessons, resource maps, and other free Koi events and classes elsewhere - see below and our Home page for more, and please sign up for the Koi Newsletter below! |
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Getting started
Please drop a line to Al Farao at the UWC Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to say you would like to be part of the Koi programme!
Neil Hinrichsen from Koi will be giving an introductory lunchtime talk "How to Change the World as an Entrepreneur" at 1pm on Thursday 26th May at the Library Auditorium. Come along to find out all about the programme - and then if you want go further, please register for the Idea Workshop on Tues-Wed-Thurs 21-23rd June.
Please drop a line to Al Farao at the UWC Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to say you would like to be part of the Koi programme!
Neil Hinrichsen from Koi will be giving an introductory lunchtime talk "How to Change the World as an Entrepreneur" at 1pm on Thursday 26th May at the Library Auditorium. Come along to find out all about the programme - and then if you want go further, please register for the Idea Workshop on Tues-Wed-Thurs 21-23rd June.
Congrats to the graduates of the Idea Workshop in June!!!
Thanks for your enthusiasm, and we're looking forward to seeing you at the Masterclasses (see below for the dates)
Thanks for your enthusiasm, and we're looking forward to seeing you at the Masterclasses (see below for the dates)
Masterclasses are where you continue your journey as an entrepreneur. Come to learn more - and to discuss your ideas with Neil and the others in the Coffee with Neil session after the class.
The Masterclasses are open to everyone at UWC, whether or not you were at the Idea Workshop. Please feel welcome to bring friends from campus too. And don't forget to join the KoiGroup on Facebook too.
The classes will be help in the Library Auditorium. Have any questions? Please drop an email to Al Farao afarao@uwc.ac.za
The Masterclasses are open to everyone at UWC, whether or not you were at the Idea Workshop. Please feel welcome to bring friends from campus too. And don't forget to join the KoiGroup on Facebook too.
- Saturday 30th July - morning - 9am to 1pm, including Coffee with Neil
- Saturday 13th August - morning - 9am to 1pm, including Coffee with Neil
- Saturday 27th August - morning - 9am to 1pm, including Coffee with Neil
- Saturday 10th September - afternoon - 1pm to 5pm, including Coffee with Neil
- Saturday 1st October - morning - 9am to 1pm, including Coffee with Neil
- Saturday 15th October - morning - 9am to 1pm, including Coffee with Neil
The classes will be help in the Library Auditorium. Have any questions? Please drop an email to Al Farao afarao@uwc.ac.za
Idea WorkshopAn intensive three-day workshop that will teach everything you need to know to start as an entrepreneur.
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Masterclasses
Indepth afternoon workshops on specific challenges for young entrepreneurs, always followed by "Coffee with Neil" !
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Coffee with NeilRegular sessions where you can get free advice and input from Neil about your technologies over some coffee.
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KoiGroup community
A lively community of entrepreneurs (over a thousand members) sharing resources, ideas, opportunities and encouragement
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KoiTips LibraryShort lessons for entrepreneurs on winning strategies for startups, with over a thousand subscribers.
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Resource Maps
Mind maps of useful resources for entrepreneurs.
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KoiTip #02 - Listen
"Good entrepreneurs begin by listening, hearing something that is growing or that needs a solution... You need to hear the bell first". "Many people think that entrepreneurship starts with creativity, with dreaming up an idea. But it doesn't. Creativity comes after you hear the bell, in responding to that call. First the work of the ear, then the hands". More... |
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This guest lecture at Stellenbosch University by Neil will show you nine major areas of opportunity for entrepreneurs in South Africa.
(There is more information on these areas in KoiTip #03 "If you want to make a billion Rand " - Read the tip) |
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The Koi platform for entrepreneurs was created by Neil Hinrichsen, an entrepreneur with decades of experience who has cofounded two successful startups, both of which were acquired, one for $110m. Since then he has coached hundreds of startups, and has trained hundreds of entrepreneurs across South Africa.
Read more about Neil on his blog Diary of a Change Agent and feel free to contact him at neil@koistrategy.com |
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