Entrepreneurship · Startup Concepts
Design a startup idea and test it with real customers
Find a real problem, build the smallest possible version of a solution and see if anyone wants it.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- 250–500
Startup-friendly projects 22
Projects that could grow into a product or a small business.
Marketing + Microeconomics
Test how price affects demand at a school stall
Sell the same snack at three prices on three days and plot the demand curve.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- 250–500
Entrepreneurship · Business Plans
Write a business plan for a school stationery shop
Plan a small campus shop from customer survey to break-even point.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship + Mechanical Engineering
Design a business around a science fair invention
Take a working model you have built and work out who would buy it, at what price and at what cost.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain · Operations
Improve stock management in a small shop
Record a shop's sales for two weeks, classify items and set reorder levels.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Marketing · Market Research
Do market research for a new product idea
Test a product concept with 60 people and decide whether it is worth launching.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Data + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Build a sales dashboard
Turn a public retail dataset into a one-page dashboard that answers a manager's questions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship · Pitching
Prepare and deliver an investor pitch
Build a ten-slide pitch for a business idea and present it to a panel in five minutes.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Artificial Intelligence + Marketing
Cluster customers into groups
Group customers by spending behaviour with k-means and describe each group in plain words.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Data + Marketing
Mine association rules from shopping baskets
Find which products are bought together in a public transaction dataset.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Software Development
Build a simple online store prototype
Create a small store for hand-made or second-hand items and test it with ten users.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Software Development + Entrepreneurship
Build a price comparison tool for textbooks
Let students list and find second-hand textbooks on campus and compare prices.
- Advanced
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship + Media and Journalism
Plan the launch of a student-run podcast or newsletter as a business
Plan content, audience growth and possible income for a student media product.
- Easy
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Accountancy · Financial Accounting
Prepare the accounts of a small shop for a month
Record a real or realistic month of transactions and take them through to final accounts.
- Easy
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Robotics, IoT and Hardware · IoT
Build a GPS tracker for a school bus (prototype)
Send a vehicle's position to a server and show it to parents on a map, with privacy safeguards.
- Advanced
- 1–3 months
- 2,500–5,000
Finance and Banking · Financial Models
Build a financial model for a tuition centre
Model three years of revenue, costs and cash for a small tuition centre with best and worst cases.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Data
Analyse sales data to find what sells and when
Use a public retail dataset to find top products, peak days and seasonal patterns.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Microeconomics + Marketing
Estimate the size of a local market
Estimate how much your town spends on tuition, tea or haircuts each year in two different ways.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Marketing · Marketing Campaigns
Design a loyalty programme for a local shop
Create a simple loyalty scheme for a café or shop and estimate whether it pays.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Under 250
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Data
Create a business dashboard for a small enterprise
Turn a shop's sales register into a one-page monthly dashboard the owner can read in a minute.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Business Studies · Case Studies
Study the economics of a school canteen
Analyse the canteen's menu, prices, peak hours and waste, and suggest improvements.
- Easy
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship · Social Enterprise
Plan a social enterprise for a local problem
Design an organisation that tackles a local problem and pays for itself.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
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