I think Mark & Suzanne have done an excellent job in creating this Course, with good methodology with how it has progressed and key objectives and coaching ideas. The working synergy also works very well with both different experience and coaching. Kudos !

Love the range of material, videos, homework, workshops, one to ones. The presentations, social media and the structure. The way presented by both Suzanne and Mark.

My 1:2:1 sessions were really good.

The course was excellent and I will complete but some life issues meant I had to step away for a bit and it became challenging to restart although I have progressed outside of SUS4S.

Very comprehensive content, great advice from Mark and Suzanne, valuable to have the opportunity to chat and build relationships with like-minded entrepreneurs

It was absolutely fantastic, I loved it all and want to do it again. Very grateful for it!

I think the course is done with accurate expertise and, highly inclusive. I know you started slowly speaking when you realised I am an English pre-advanced stranger speaker and it, help me to gain confidence in speaking about my project.

The 1:1 mentoring with Suzanne was really good and prompted new ways to think about my business.

Illuminating and engaging.

The course was amazingly uplifting and helpful, thank you Suzanne and Mark. My favourite session was the Lean Canvas that helped me clearly create my business on one page. As an introvert my most awkward activity was pushing me to go and talk to potential ideal clients every week. But it opened doors I didn't know were already ajar, and I got clients already before the end of the course! I also loved Mark's coaching; he asks questions that really made me think.

I really enjoyed the Thursday sessions and felt excited every week to watch the videos and do the homework. Suzanne and Mark are so inspiring and fun and the group felt very supportive.

This course has been so helpful in formulating my business idea and bringing it to a reality. Suzanne and Mark have been inspirational and the camaraderie with the other group members has been fabulous. Highly recommended!

I thought the whole programme was well structured and well paced. Good management of a wide range of business ideas and people's needs within the group.

This was a great course to help organise ideas about making money from particular products and services. It prompted me to decide which marketplaces to enter and leave, and how to do that. The opportunities to interact with others in similar situations were, and continue to be, invaluable.

The course was very helpful and supportive. I've had great tips and ideas for my business :)

It was great; totally inspiring. Such interesting and dedicated people. I was very fortunate to get a place on the course.

Undertaking this course has enabled me to step outside my comfort zone to discuss my ideas with others on the same journey as myself and be expertly guided and encouraged by the founders of Start Up School For Seniors, Suzanne Noble and Mark Elliot in a solid grounding of starting a business and overcoming the pitfalls along the way. The resources give much deeper depth and breadth to the 8 key sessions offered for this course. However it is important to also acknowledge the additional ZOOM meetings on set topics which are also invaluable. I would highly recommend this course everyone wishing to explore the idea of running their own business. Thank you all so much.

It was great to have a structured and supported way to think about a business idea. The community sessions and 1-2-1 mentoring conversations really helped build confidence.

The course boosted my self-esteem and made me feel like a 'business owner' making a positive change rather than just someone who had drifted into part-time business. It also marked the point where my life changed from my previous job to running my business. I think the 50+ group is very important and it made me feel like I was with people with similar experiences rather than maybe a course designed for younger people who were out of work. Helpful and informative. Provided scope for reflection and direction. Good mix of theory and practical guidance.

A really enjoyable and informative course encouraging collaborative working and exchange of skills which, together with a less pressured 'don't beat yourself up' philosophy, seems much better suited to those with some life experience behind them.

Fantastic course! Very detailed range of topics with experienced course leaders who were generous with sharing their knowledge and time. Interaction with other participants was supportive and beneficial. So glad I found Startup School and have sign-posted to others who are looking at setting up in business. Highly recommend it.

It was a fantastic course, and the best bit was meeting other people of a similar age and hearing what they are embarking on and being inspired by them.

I think the support, expertise and commitment Mark and Suzanne gave is amazing. Love their approach and sense of humour. It’s very refreshing and makes the learning process lighter.

I really appreciated all the time, effort and work you put onto making the project such a success. Well done to you and Mark. You both make an excellent team.

I attended the intensive course in November and really enjoyed it. It helped move me along from just carrying around a good idea in the back of my mind to focusing on what steps it would take to turn it into a real business. Between the course leaders, the materials and the other students I got loads of good ideas and feedback and by the end what had been obstacles had started to feel like interesting challenges rather than reasons not to give it a go. Mark and Suzanne were great at helping everyone focus on what was realistic and achievable when viewed through the start-up lens while still respecting the experience everyone already had in their own fields and valuing the ideas and dreams that make it fun. Being in a group of people in a similar position made me realise how exciting it is to be an over-50 with lots of life experience and a good idea for a business. I’m not sure I quite saw my situation that way before!

Startup School for Seniors provides a brilliant opportunity to be supported and inspired by experienced business people (Mark and Suzanne) and a range of talented professionals, with encouragement from like-minded peers, to make progress with your business idea. It's a well structured, friendly and very worthwhile course.

Superb support and guidance. I went into the course with a ‘fixed’ idea and came away with something very different. I felt confident to put it into practice and now I’m running my own shop on ETSY, with plans for my own website. I would still have been floundering without the encouragement to make me think about what I wanted and my potential customers needed. Thank you Suzanne & Mark.

The course was very well thought out and led into great steps to be able to help you to understand where you are now and where you want to go. Clear steps and important information around various sides of a business. It was very well rounded and covered all areas that you need to look at starting up a business, or changing your mind as it may not be what you really want to do. I think all the videos and interviews were very helpful real world examples of people who have already been on that path and successful but also demonstrated where they may have struggled. The lean canvas part was very good in identifying your key areas and getting that into a one page flexible business plan. Suzanne and Mark are clearly extremely skilled and have a lot of experience to offer, their course is truly amazing, helpful and supportive to people. They both bring a wealth of experience in real world business and match up each other very well. I will be sad to leave the course and will miss them as their course has provided real structure and thought for starting up my business.

I have acquired valuable information, knowledge on how to navigate through the steps to take to start a business. The course was informative about how and where I can find resources to help me start my business, and how I can reach out to my customers. Discussion about payment methods was an eye opener.

Absolutely brilliant and fun - wish it was longer. A must for everyone starting a business.

Brilliant - so helpful to be taken step by step and also the mix of self-learning and online seminars.

Fabulous course, well structured, has great integrity - you guys are real Change Agents :)

This course is fantastic. The content - videos, transcripts, and exercises - is spot on and the coaches Mark and Suzanne are amazing. They are supportive and fun at the same time that they nudge participants to stretch outside our comfort zone. The weekly zoom calls are one of the highlights of my week. This program has helped me to build confidence in my business and, more importantly, in myself as an entrepreneur and I've seen the same breakthrough in other participants through the course. I absolutely recommend this course for all of those that are pondering if to start a business of any kind.

I have found the Senior Start Up School to be really beneficial. Even though I have run businesses in the past I have learned something new in every session especially about business structures and marketing. Despite being delivered over Zoom I was impressed with how Suzanne and Mark managed to create a genuine sense of community. Their knowledge and guidance was clear and always supportive. For me it was really useful to have the structure, time and space to question what I was doing and how I was doing it. I really enjoyed the sessions and would recommend them to anyone starting a business in mid life or later whatever their previous experience.

I just wanted to say a Big Thank You for all your help and advice. It not only helped me with my company, it helped me build my confidence back and in turn my life.

This really has been so helpful and I have learnt so much from you both.

Thanks for the wonderful course. I am enormously grateful and hope to be re-enrolling in January. This course came at the right time to really help me get things going as I've been working on the idea for a while and needed that extra elbow shove in the right direction!

I think Mark & Suzanne have done an excellent job in creating this Course, with good methodology with how it has progressed and key objectives and coaching ideas. The working synergy also works very well with both different experience and coaching. Kudos !

Love the range of material, videos, homework, workshops, one to ones. The presentations, social media and the structure. The way presented by both Suzanne and Mark.

My 1:2:1 sessions were really good.

The course was excellent and I will complete but some life issues meant I had to step away for a bit and it became challenging to restart although I have progressed outside of SUS4S.

Very comprehensive content, great advice from Mark and Suzanne, valuable to have the opportunity to chat and build relationships with like-minded entrepreneurs