The Tiger’s Pen is an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to experienced investors.
The Pen is designed for start-ups looking for investment, and for students at universities, Colleges or schools looking at concepts, ideas and starting their own businesses, to get free guidance from experienced directors who form the collective hub of The Tiger’s Pen, and can advise them in their entrepreneurial venture. This opportunity is for incredible energetic entrepreneurs to take the reins of their business.
Peer-to-Peer Opportunity
As part of an exciting new partnership, business leaders will join Sonny Cutting, creator of The Tiger’s Pen with its collective hub of wisdom and wealth of experience, offering advice and a critical eye for the next generation of entrepreneurs at the University of Brighton.
The event at the University of Brighton was the first student-focused Tiger’s Pen and has become a regular showcase for Business Management BSc (Hons) and International Business Management BSc (Hons) students at the university’s highly rated School of Business and Law, providing feedback from expert judges to help students refine their business plans – which will also be assessed and count towards their degrees.
Designed for startups and students in mind….
Although no real funding is allocated at the event, this initiative simulates a situation in which students could find themselves during their future career. For example, where they would need to present an idea or solution to the senior management team of an organisation, to customers or to potential investors.
This website will offer students and start-up business access to business resources, videos, and podcasts.
How to Pitch – Start-up Training Day for LTD companies
The Tiger’s Pen entry for Ltd businesses is FREE. We offer a half day of training at our offices in Hove where we explain the process of the pitch deck, how to handle questions from investors, and evaluate you to get you ready to pitch. (Training Day only available for the Sussex Business Show Pitch.)
As part of your free training, you will also be given the opportunity to pitch live in front of investors at the Sussex Business Show where you’ll be able to pitch for up to £5,000 capital investment, mentoring and best pitch of the day in the wildcard prize. Your pitch deck training will take place four weeks before the main Show. So that you have ample time to prepare, and practice on your pitch for the main event showcase.
Investment Opportunity
Any business deal agreed at the Sussex Business Show is an unwritten agreement that depends on due diligence checks, and relies on the integrity of both investor and the start-up to freely enter the transaction and be fully committed to seeing it through. However, the deal is solely between the Tiger and the entrepreneur and after additional meetings, if an agreement cannot be reached, neither party is legally obliged to complete the deal.