Enterprise StartUp game video transcript

[Atmospheric music plays as the camera pans to a banner which says 'OneTech, The StartUp Game']

[The camera zooms in on the StartUp game including cards, a pen and a board game and then showcases a microphone along with people attending the event.]

Samantha Deakin, Head of Enterprise at the University of Derby:

OneTech StartUp Game supports people to understand the language, landscape, benefits, and pitfalls of the startup journey. We use it at the StartUp Game Boot Camp at the University of Derby, where students also heard from local and national experts and entrepreneurs about what it means to start and run a business.

The new knowledge, network, and confidence developed on the day will help position them for the future of work, whether as business leaders or in employment.

This StartUp Game Boot Camp is the beginning of the University of Derby’s, you know, real investment in the enterprise and entrepreneurship space. So we’re really trying to create an environment where students and graduates feel as though they can have ideas and make them happen. And they can make them happen here in Derby and be supported to do so.

Patrice Youmbi, University of Derby student:

Oh, the StartUp room was wonderful. I just thought it was a bit challenging because I didn’t know the rules. In the end, I got there, and it was all great. We had a laugh. I had some clarity this morning and got my first action.

Nathan Addai, Entrepreneur and Graduate: 

It was just great that I was able to come to the event today. I found out about it through the Innovation Hot House, which is basically the incubation for graduates from this uni who are starting their own businesses. So I’ve been part of that group, and that’s how I came to know about today, and I’m glad I came.

It was pretty challenging—more to understand it than anything—but once I got the hang of it, I kind of appreciated the whole mindset behind it, you know? Which is like, every decision you make at each stage of your business has an impact on, you know, what you’re able to invest in and who you partner with.

So, yeah, it was a nice way to kind of make the idea of development fun. It’s a fun way of thinking about it. So, yeah, I appreciate, you know, the effort that they put behind it.

There were so many gems dropped today. I think one of the biggest things was that willingness to do what is uncomfortable.

[Music continues to play as footage showcases attendees playing the StartUp Game.]

Onyinye Unachukwu, University of Derby student:

I feel like, a lot of times, people spend a lot of resources trying to start out, and at the end, it’s all a waste. So it’s always good for people to understand that it’s very okay to start very little. It’s okay to just do an application or your product that does one, two, or three things and to understand how the market works.

I think that’s really important for entrepreneurs and startups to understand how minimal an MVP should really be.

Ewan Johnson, University of Derby student and Enterprise Champion:

Yeah, I think what’s valuable with these events is that it takes ideation and transforms it into a business model, showing the process an entrepreneur will take.

What’s key about the StartUp event and this morning’s activities is having the ability to have co-founders and a team with different skill sets from different backgrounds.

Samantha Deakin, Head of Enterprise at the University of Derby:

I think one thing to really realise is that being at university, no matter what degree you’re doing, is a massive opportunity. It’s been touched on a few times today, you know, that not only are you building your network, not only are you learning through your degree, but you also have access to potentially more time than you’re ever going to have again in the rest of your life.

You’re at a time in your life, probably, where you’re able to take more risks. You’re in an environment where you’re supported, where it’s okay to fail—and to do so repeatedly. You learn to pull yourself back up again. That resilience, getting over the fear of failing and just carrying on.

[Footage fades to black and the University of Derby three-hills logo appears with the web address derby.ac.uk appearing underneath it]

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