DATE: Thursday, 19 November 2026
TIME: 10am – 12pm
VENUE: Digital Incubator (Room 101), David Goldman Technology Centre, St Peter’s Campus, University of Sunderland SR6 0DD
This event is open to the University of Sunderland entrepreneurial ecosystem – students, graduates, staff and businesses occupying our commercial business centres. As part of North East Entrepreneurship Week, we are opening up a limited number of places for businesses from Sunderland and the wider region.
This workshop is ideal for aspiring founders and entrepreneurs as well as early-stage start-ups looking to learn practical AI skills to improve productivity and aid research, validation and growth for their business/idea.
Streamline & Grow your business with AI.
A fast-paced, founder-focused session packed with practical exercises and live experimentation where you will:
- Explore powerful AI tools for startup creation, research, planning and growth
- Learn the six key founder tasks you can delegate to AI today
- Discover how to write effective prompts that deliver better results
- Use AI to conduct market research, define customer personas and validate business ideas
- Take part in hands-on startup sprints using your own business challenges
- Learn how to use AI responsibly, ethically and effectively
- Build repeatable AI workflows that save time and improve decision-making
Follow-Up Founder Q&A & Coaching Session (Online):
Two weeks after the workshop, we’ll come back together to review what worked and what hasn’t for you and your business. We will refine your prompts, workflows and processes and explore more advanced techniques.
By the end of the programme, you’ll have:
- A toolkit of AI-powered startup workflows
- Better ways to generate, test and refine ideas
- Practical techniques to save time and accelerate execution
- Greater confidence using AI in your business
- A personalised action plan for applying AI to your startup journey
To secure your place, please email startup@sunderland.ac.uk
Start-Up support from the University of Sunderland is a strand of the Enterprising Sunderland project, which forms part of Sunderland’s Business Support Programme and is funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority through its Integrated Settlement. The Enterprising Sunderland project is delivered by a unique consortium of partners working collaboratively across the city to stimulate entrepreneurial ambition.