Starting a business

News from our partners StartUp Britain

StartUp Britain has teamed up with Viking, leading supplier to small businesses, to present Confessions of a StartUp  – a unique opportunity to record the challenges and buzz of starting a business in 2013.

They are calling for new businesses to send them a video pitch about their start-up, with the chance to win a prize package worth more than £5,000.

Start-ups are asked to send in their clip before 1 April, and they will be in with a chance to have their business experiences turned into a blockbuster movie by an expert director.

If picked to go through to the final five, they get to film the highs and challenges of starting up a fledging business over 50 days.

StartUp Britain and Viking will choose four winners, and a social media wildcard vote will determine the fifth.  The five movies will be premiered at a secret pop-up film premiere, where one lucky start-up will receive a start-up Oscar and the prize package at a glittering red carpet ceremony.

Once their entry is live, businesses can work towards winning the social media wildcard vote by building their likes on the “Confessions…” YouTube channel.

Submission dates

• Applications close on Sunday 31 March at midnight.
• Winners will be announced on Monday 8 April.
• 50 days starts on Friday 12 April until Friday 31 May.
• London film premiere is on Friday 14 June.

Businesses can submit their application here.

StartUp prize pack

• Dell laptop.
• HD video camera.
• BT Business Broadband (with upgrade to superfast broadband if available in businesses area).
• Travel and accommodation to film premiere.
• National press release and exposure.
• Business case study video and video tutorial session by Fixed Price Video.
• Consumer quantitative market research package worth £500 from Marketest.
• Mentor and business support session with small business expert, Emma Jones.
• Branding session with top marketing agency, Iris.
• StartUp Britain Oscar.