TY - JOUR
T1 - Beta: an experiment in funded undergraduate start up
AU - Jones, Paul
AU - Forbes-Simpson, Kellie
AU - Newbery, Robert
AU - Maas, Gideon
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - This paper reports on an evaluation of a funded undergraduate project designed to enable student business start-up. The programme, entitled 'Beta', provides undergraduate students with £1,500 of seed-corn funding. The key objective of the project is for the participants to exit it with a viable and legal business entity through which they can start trading on completion of the course. The study adopts a case study approach and evaluates all aspects of the Beta programme, the actors involved and its processes and practices. The authors examine the development of the project and the challenges and hurdles that were identified and overcome to realize the project's goals.
AB - This paper reports on an evaluation of a funded undergraduate project designed to enable student business start-up. The programme, entitled 'Beta', provides undergraduate students with £1,500 of seed-corn funding. The key objective of the project is for the participants to exit it with a viable and legal business entity through which they can start trading on completion of the course. The study adopts a case study approach and evaluates all aspects of the Beta programme, the actors involved and its processes and practices. The authors examine the development of the project and the challenges and hurdles that were identified and overcome to realize the project's goals.
KW - funding
KW - seed-corn
KW - student start-up
KW - undergraduate business
U2 - 10.5367/ihe.2015.0271
DO - 10.5367/ihe.2015.0271
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 405
EP - 418
JO - Industry and Higher Education
JF - Industry and Higher Education
SN - 0950-4222
IS - 5
ER -