1. FIND US ON …
www.thehot500.co.uk
WELCOME TO THE HOT 500 CLUB
2. Who are we?
We are here to help young people evolve ideas
and share passions, connect with like-minded
entrepreneurial peers and wider business
contacts, start and grow businesses within a
flourishing community.
3. OUR
LAUNCH
EVENT
December 2012
93 young
entrepreneurs all
together to support
each other
www.thehot500.co.uk
4. Is this a membership club?
It's a community of like-minded people.
Learning and development will be the key elements
of being involved though it is not a traditional
'membership' based organisation.
5. What’s the cost?
Any young person who joins the HOT500 will not
pay for taking part in activities we deem to be
beneficial to the learning and development or
building of networks.
We will from time to time offer access to training or
events that may cost a commercial rate, though none
will be obligatory.
6. Do you want
to grow and
develop but
don’t know
where to
start?
www.thehot500.co.uk
7. What do we do?
Evolve challenges & ideas Develop skills & confidence
8. Monthly event at BPP, Birmingham
World class facilities
Peer to peer learning
Forums, challenges,
speakers
Relationship building
Idea development
Audience driven
Proudly sponsored by BPP
http://www.bpp.com/
9. Regular approach
Informal and
business-like
Working on
challenges
Peer to peer
learning
Presenting and
pitching
10. Vaughan Bailey, Mr England
on HOT500 events
“TheHot500Club”
Or click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pe24usIz-U
11. HOT500 Challenges
• Everyone gets involved
• High levels of motivation
• Sign-ups to next activity
• Builds trusting relationships
12. HOT500 Challenge Overview
• Leads to an end goal
• To engage mindsets
• To build quick action based learning into
development processes
• Works inside other activities / programmes
13. HOT500 Challenges Feedback
“…..was considered a great success for the College. I have
received very positive feedback from Executive and Senior
Management Team members (including the Principal).
They thought the event was well run and a great way of
getting the students engaged.
I shared details of the event with NACUE and they
confirmed that they have never seen staff engage with
student enterprise to the extent and in the way that staff
joined in at the challenge. It was a really great way to get
staff and students mixing and working together and to
have senior leadership teams fully engaged and supporting
student enterprise.
14. HOT500 Challenges Feedback
It was great for us to have the construction team (carpentry
& joinery in this case) on board as they have been hard to
fully engage with in terms of enterprise historically. It
proved a great success for the carpentry learners with those
who attended the session going back to class and being
very animated and lively, discussing what they had learnt
with their peers.
It stimulated debate about the risks of self employment
and how work/jobs should be priced when self employed.
We received positive feedback from the Head of
Construction who was pleased at the level of engagement
and debate amongst his learners.
15. HOT500 Challenges Feedback
It's not often that learners from different curriculum areas and at
different levels (we had levels 1 - 4 and students from business
studies, beauty, hairdressing, carpentry & joinery, engineering
and photography) get the opportunity to work together. It was
really encouraging to see learners at Levels 1 and 2 in particular
getting involved - enterprise is a great way to level the playing
field as it's a new way of thinking for everyone.
We did see students developing in confidence throughout the
session; delivering micro presentations and learning to share
ideas. As you noted, a group of carpentry students were not keen
on getting involved together and weren't sure about presenting
their ideas, but one student did form a business with another
student at the end.
16. HOT500 Challenges Feedback
The activity showed students that they don't just get a
qualification from the College, but that there is real and
meaningful support and encouragement for business ideas
and entrepreneurship which I think was reflected by the
interest shown in the pitching challenge by some students
at the end of the session and the number of students that
signed up for the Hot500.
The session was very well organised by yourself and Joel
and very thoroughly planned. I thought you worked really
well with the students and I wouldn't hesitate to
recommend you to others or work with you again on other
events.
17. Working with businesses
Provide answers People
Youth perspective
Insight Challenges
Fast innovation
Brand / Market Goals
Connect to young people
Community focus Fresh Strategy
Develop social aspects
Brand
19. Don’t miss the HOTTEST event of the year!
Guest Speaker
Nick Holzherr
Co-founder of Whisk
The Apprentice Finalist
2012
The Hot 500 Awards
5th October 2013
20. Awards overview
No of anticipated guests: 550
Demographic:
70% start-up / established entrepreneurs
30% established corporate organisations
Event Host: Professor Karl George MBE
Key Speaker: Nick Holzherr – Whisk, Co-Go
Coffee to Go, The Apprentice 2012
21. To celebrate the
brightest talent
in the Midlands
• Best Fashion
• Best International
• Best Media
• Best Social Enterprise
