EMBA Business Growth Programme

About

The EMBA Business Growth Programme is a unique opportunity for aspiring student entrepreneurs with their own start-up idea or early-stage venture, and who are currently completing the first year of the LBS Executive MBA. Through the programme, successful applicants will gain access to some of the game-changing resources and workshops delivered on the renowned LBS Incubator Programme – the School’s specialist support services for the most promising early-stage enterprises.

Launched in 2018, the EMBA Business Growth Programme is exclusively available to participants on the LBS Executive MBA programme. It is open to enterprising EMBA students with strong and potentially viable ideas for new business ventures. Demand is very high, so only the very best start-up ideas will go through. A maximum of three EMBA student teams with outstanding entrepreneurial ideas are awarded a place on the EMBA Business Growth Programme each year. 

What you get out of it?

The three startup teams admitted to the EMBA Business Growth Programme gain privileged access to some of the core resources and game-changing benefits of the renowned LBS Incubator Programme run by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital, including:

• LBS Incubator workshops and practical sessions with experts on starting up and scaling up.Sessions will cover areas such as accounting, digital marketing and legal issues for start-ups.
• A host of networking opportunities with other entrepreneurs, LBS faculty, mentors and angel investors.
• Access to many of the online start-up resources and platforms hosted by our Incubator supporters.
• Guidance, advice and support at regular progress update meetings

Timeline

The LBS EMBA Business Growth Programme starts in September and runs for a 10-month duration through to the end of July of the following year. Up to six applicants from each Executive MBA cohort will be shortlisted, and the successful three are announced in mid-September.