Monday 24th August 2020
Event: The Amazon Small Business Accelerator Bootcamp: Food & Drink
Price: Free
Date: Monday, 24th August, 2020 - Friday, 28th August, 2020
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Description: Amazon Bootcamp: Food & Drink
Apply to join a free bootcamp to help get your business online.
During our five-day bootcamp, 100 businesses will benefit from sessions on how to get your business online, sell your products on Amazon, build a website and master social media. You’ll also benefit from meeting a group of founders from your sector, Amazon specific training and advice from a dedicated group of expert and advisers.
The Amazon Small Business Accelerator Bootcamp is free to join but does require a daily commitment of two hours of learning time (10am to midday BST) for a total of five working days. At the end of the week, you’ll receive a certificate showing that you completed the 10-hour course – evidence that you are a fully-fledged online business!
To apply and for further information, please follow the link, fill in the form by 2 August and you will be notified by 13 August if you have been selected among the 100 participants.
What you will learn
Sessions
Day one: Getting started on Amazon
1. How to start on Amazon Marketplace (register an account and create product listings)
2. Securing barcodes
3. Building an effective website with Ruby Lee, founder, Studio 77
Day two: How to send products to customers
1. Processing orders
2. Account performance and key metrics
3. Scaling operations with Claire Brumby
4. Office hour with an account manager from Amazon
Day three: Marketing
1. Amazon marketing tools
2. Building your brand on social media with Katherine George, founder, Oh So Social
Day Four: Meet the seller
1. Meet an expert seller from the food & drink sector and get your questions answered
2. Office hour with an account manager from Amazon
Day Five: Meet the experts and wrap up
1. Hear from an expert panel and get your questions answered
2. Hear from an inspirational entrepreneur in the food & drink sector: John Stapleton
3. Have a plan of action for the next few months and graduate!
Event: How to Sell Like A Boss
WEBINAR: How to Sell Like A Boss
Date and Time: Monday 24 August, 12:00
To register for free.
Umesh is a serial entrepreneur who has raised funding for 3 out of 4 of his own companies and advised over 40 startups on everything from sales strategy, marketing direction, and growth opportunities. He will show you the tips, tricks, and industry secrets to becoming a sales guru so that you can supercharge the speed of selling to your customers and ultimately grow your revenues.
Speaker: Umesh Kumar – Co-Founder & Chief Connector, Twist Supper Club
Umesh is a serial entrepreneur who has founded 4 startups in recent years. He is a freelance innovation consultant working with some of the largest companies in the world with clients including National Grid, Unilever, P&G, SXSW, Cushman & Wakefield, and Accenture, He was previously held positions as the CEO of Peel Foods, an exciting food startup creating Michelin star quality food for offices around London, CEO of Pace Ventures, an Innovation Consultancy that bridges the gap between the corporate and startup world and Co-Founder/COO at Edvent, an online training platform that transforms the student body of colleges and universities into highly employable young leaders.
He also helped launch Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused accelerator programme based in London as Programme Director and was integral in launching their first fund. Alongside running these startups, Umesh has mentored on a range of UK based accelerator and startup programmes such as Techstars, Mass Challenge, Virgin Startups, European Pioneers and The Accelerator Network.