Undergraduate students take part in Entrepreneurship Expo
Second year undergraduate students recently took part in the 2019 Entrepreneurship Expo.
The expo, was held at Sensor City UK, a collaboration between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University and is a flagship University Enterprise Zone.
Students showcased their business ideas which they have been working on since the beginning of semester one as part of their entrepreneurship module at the management school. The module requires students to work in teams to create real, trading firms capable of turning a profit.
University of Liverpool staff, students, business mentors and members of the public were invited to attend the event to browse the enterprises on show.
Awards were presented to students for six different categories:
Most Commercial Potential – ‘EasyPrep’ a meal plan service.
Harry Bell, Jonah Bird, Olivia Brown, Hanyun Cui, Yuan Dai, William Montague, Seamus Moran, Isobel Whitehead.
Most Creative Idea - ‘The Green Team’ Never Refuse to Reuse.
Qingchun Cai, Jack French, Jingyi Li, Kira Scott, Shuning Wang, Tianzheng Yu
Most Productive and Professional Group – ‘Up-Scrunch’ handmade scrunchies from donated and charity shop clothes.
Jake Chippendale, Alexandra Cull, Holly Dowell, James Hulme, Muhammad Mushtaq, Kate Spencer, Saffron Williams
Most Innovative Business - 'stuVents' an online ticketing website for students in Liverpool.
Jack Cullen, Amy Higgins, Luca Katchburian, Yinghui Zhao
Most Ethically Aware – ‘Circa Vintage’ Pre-loved vintage clothing for fashion focused students.
Harry Darroch, Abigail Devers, Chenge Hu, Chloe Lawton, Wai Yu Tam, Xiyue Zheng
Outstanding Leadership within a Group (‘Up-Scrunch’)
Holly Dowell