Aspiring entrepreneurs & growth businesses

How can we support you on your journey?

Independent of where you are on your path to becoming a successful entrepreneur, we are here to help you on your journey. Our Bettany Centre team supports entrepreneurs across all stages of the entrepreneurial life cycle. Browse our offering and join us at one of our many events, we would love to see how we can support you. 

You are a Cranfield student, faculty or staff with a business idea or you want to identify whether your research can be turned into a business? We are here to help you test and develop your ideas further and allow you to work out if entrepreneurship is for you. Read about the inspiring journeys of our Cranfield 50 alumni, join us for a Start-Up Weekend, or come along to one of our many entrepreneurship networking opportunities.

You have an established business and are looking for support to train your team, grow your business to the next stage or exit? Our portfolio of growing business programmes – with its flagship programme Business Growth Programme (BGP) - are designed to prepare you and your team for your next steps. BGP is the oldest owner-manager programme in the UK and has helped over 2300 businesses since its creation. Check out the Growing Businesses Programmes.

You are an entrepreneur, micro/SME or freelancer who wants to take their business to the next level? Ready for Scale is designed to help develop the fundamental skills required to build and grow a successful business.

You are an Entrepreneur but you are looking for, information, access to resources or want to network with others who are on the same journey? Browse our resources and join one of our many networking opportunities. We update these pages frequently, so make sure you check regularly for news. Also, find out about our aspiring alumni from the Cranfield 50 network. 

You are interested in obtaining an Master's degree in Entrepreneurship, learning how to start your own business, grow your family business or drive entrepreneurial growth and strategic renewal in an existing organisation through corporate entrepreneurship? Take a look at our Management and Entrepreneurship MSc, this stimulating and challenging programme will develop your entrepreneurial mindset and capabilities and is designed to provide you with a broad and practical foundation in entrepreneurship.

You are a graduate with an outstanding business idea that you wish to put into practice in the UK? Higher education institutions are responsible for identifying and supporting graduates who have developed a genuine and credible business idea which demonstrates innovation, viability and scalability.

In support of the Prime Minister's Startup Pakistan program, Cranfield has partnered with IdeaGist.com to offer Cranfield’s first micro-credential. Undergraduate students from a Pakistani university can continue their training and sign up for the online course “in Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship” developed by the Bettany Centre of Entrepreneurship. After passing the course, the student will be awarded a certificate of completion by Cranfield. The training platform and application for this course is provided through the IdeaGist platform. View more information.

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