Youth Enterprise Day

This free event is for 16-30 year olds who dream of being their own boss. Youth Enterprise Day is part of Wandsworth Enterprise Week. 
Guest speakers include: Junior Ogunyemi, social entrepreneur and author of How to be a Student Entrepreneur, who will  speak about  how he launched a business while at university and reveals why your student years are the ideal time to become an entrepreneur. Sharmadean Reid, founder of WAH Nails tells you how she turned her passion for nail design into a business, collaborated with TopShop and opened her first shop. Han-Son Lee, co-founder and CEO of Loaf, reveals the secrets behind launching his interactive cooking app. Jemal (Big J) Peters, founder of Big J’s Kitchen, tells the inspiring story of how he turned his back on street life and launched a range of sauces now sold at Selfridges. 
Attendees will hear  their enterprise stories and how they turned their passion into a business, the valuable lessons they learnt along the way and their top tips on starting a business. This will be followed by a question and answer session with lots of opportunity to talk.
The day features a masterclass from the  Google Digital Garage team: Get Stuck into Digital. Join the Google team to learn about the importance of digital for your start-up businesses or your own career, and get top tips on how to build a business online. This masterclass from the experts will include advice on how to build websites that work for all audiences and show you how to tell your story online, through social media and meaningful content. The Google digital garage team will also show you how to make your website shine, on computers and mobile devices and how to develop rich content.