Enterprise Week

For enterprise week we had to attend at least two events in order to be able to complete this report. I attended two different events during this week.

The first even that took place that I attended was a workshop called Little Kicker where a Graduate from Buckinghamshire New University cam to the university and talked about herself and how she open up the franchise as Partnership. This event took place on Tuesday 9^th November 2010 at 11am and lasted for at least an hour. Little kickers is a young children’s sports centre where they allow children from the age of two to seven to participate and learn to play sport. These included children to learn to play football, rugby and also taught them swimming. It was located in the Owen Harris building lecture room 1.

The second event that I attended to was a dance club called So We Know You Can Dance. This event took place on Friday 12^th November 2010 at 12pm to 1pm. This took place only for an hour however; we learnt a few things within the hour. So We Know You Can Dance was a dance club that taught different types of dancing such as Salsa, Tango, street dancing and many more for all ages. This event was held in Buckinghamshire New University in the Old Board Room.

First event Little kickers, which took place in the Owen Harris building Lecture room 1 with the Sports Management lecture. Both Business Management and Sports Management attended this event and learnt about start up an own business. In this event we learnt how a Graduate student started up her own franchise with a bit of help with her partner in the business. She looked into the industry and wanted to open a workshop for children to join so they can learn and be taught all different kind of sports.

In this event, we was also told how they import and export equipments for the children. Equipment is export from warehouse where the Little Kicker’s get supplied the good equipment needed in order to learn and for the children to become fond of what they are being taught. They try to supply the best performance and equipment for their children so they are more determined to stay and stay as a member. Little Kicker’s employ fully trained and certified employees and with plenty of experience. They must be reliable and trustable and also be full of energy in order to bond with the children. The employees working hours do depend on themselves.

In the second event, So We Know You Can Dance, we also learnt how the organisation works and how they motivate and attract more people to join. This organisation was created to teach people how to dace, whether they are a beginner or and a professional. To become members of the dance industry, you need to be fully motivated to practice and attend sessions as told. This business started of small but has now created their own recognition and is spreading themselves around the UK and maybe outside if they fill as they will be able to keep up the business reputation. They are thinking about creating their own website so people who are not member’s can read about it and participate.

Out of the two event, the one that benefit me the most is Little kicker’s. This is because I also want to own my own business for little children where they can spend at least 4-5 hours a day playing, learning and participating in small charity events such as Red Nose Day. From this event I that if I want to start up my own business, I would have to invest and research in the idea more in order to get it started.

In my opinion, the activity that I believe was most successful is Little Kicker’s. I say this because they have a sports centre expanding in the UK, such as London, Liverpool and Henly. They are also growing as a business and managing to make profits and also are being able to grow as an industry. There are more recommendations for Little Kicker’s to franchise themselves more around the world as their are many parents who want their children to be able to get the best in these activities.

                          

I believe that if both of the businesses want to do better than they already are, they should open their businesses more locally and not have one centre after every20-30miles with the radius. I say this because I believe the more centre’s being opened locally will catch people attention and will be easier for them to attend. It will also be less time consuming and less hassle to travel for example in the snow or rain.