Jakub's Fantasy Map World

Hello and welcome to part 3 of the "Make a Difference Boot Camp" series! There have been some vast changes in the Bootcamp landscape, and some sour moments along the way, but don't worry, we will try to keep the joy going in the Bootcamp adventure!  If you haven't yet read into how this amazing event played out over the first five days, please check out my stories on days 1 to 3 , as well as days 4 and 5 .  Day 6 - 22nd of June 2023 It was 9:15am on a beautiful Thursday morning, and I was sat outside the Atrium Building of the University of Suffolk, waiting to start the third week of Bootcamp - and once again, things immediately started getting very interesting as I was led inside by the University's Enterprise Manager, Amy Volkert.  In typical "Volkert" fashion (quotes intended), I was getting a big boost of drive and motivation for the days ahead - she was once again blown away by my post on days 4 and 5 of the bootcamp and started wondering if I could...

Are you ready for some more "Volkert" action? Well, I certainly am, as it's time to have some more business idea fun in part 2 of the "Make a Difference Boot Camp" series! If you haven't yet read my story on the first three days of this amazing event, please check it out here:  Days 1 to 3 . As you will notice throughout this post, the theme of Days 4 and 5 is all about marketing and advertising. Day 4 - 15th of June 2023 It was 9:15am outside the Atrium building of the University of Suffolk and I was waiting outside to go in and start the second week of Bootcamp. The University's Enterprise Manager, Amy Volkert, came to let me inside the building - and almost immediately things began to get very interesting, before the show could even hit the road.  As I was led away to the glasshouse, two participants in the boot camp were already inside the building having some chats, and one of the topics that came up was London and I would end up sharing with them m...

Let's start this post by telling you that this is a completely different post to what I usually make on this blog. Over the past couple of months, I have been using my blog to discuss my fantasy map projects and the things that make me feel passionate about cartography, as part of a plan to create a business idea out of it. Thus, I have been involved over the last week in a social enterprise programme, and I would like to share the experiences of my time there. The "Make a Difference Boot Camp" is a social enterprise programme that is run jointly by the Enterprise and Entrepreneurship team at the University of Suffolk (with the event managed from that side by Amy Volkert ) and Dot-to-Dot Consultancy , a consultancy firm helping people build social enterprise business ideas. It is set to take place over nine days in the months of June and July, with the programme culminating with a pitching event on the 7th of July. Make a Difference Boot Camp Schedule (Credit to Universit...