Cognitive Edge: Practical Neuroscience for Entrepreneurs
About Entrepreneurial Spark
Entrepreneurial Spark (Espark) is one of the world’s most experienced accelerators for entrepreneurs, having powered 27 global programmes and worked directly with over 5,000 startup founders.
With a laser focus on mindset, resilience, and entrepreneurial leadership, Espark equips entrepreneurs with the tools they need to thrive in uncertainty, build with purpose, and lead with clarity. Whether you’re pre-start, scaling up, or somewhere in between, Espark’s approach blends neuroscience, behaviour change, and deep commercial understanding to unlock real, lasting growth.
Who Should Attend
This session is for founders, startup teams, and anyone navigating the rollercoaster of building a business. If you’re juggling competing priorities, struggling to make progress on your to-do list, or wondering why stepping out of your comfort zone feels so tough – you’re not alone, and you’re not broken. You’ll leave with practical tools grounded in neuroscience to help you better understand how your brain works under pressure – and how to use that insight to work with yourself, not against yourself.
Session Overview
This session will focus on understanding how the things that happen in your brain during a working day can seriously affect your performance – and what you can do about it. Sharing insights from working with thousands of startup founders, we will explore important entrepreneurial challenges like:
- Why it's so hard to get out of your comfort zone
- What's stopping you from getting through your to-do list
- Why you might be a people-pleaser from a neuroscience perspective
- … and what you can do about it!
About the Speaker
With a background in corporate finance and over a decade developing entrepreneurial mindset and growth programmes, Mike Stephens brings a unique blend of commercial acumen and human insight.
As a founder he has raised funding, built teams, navigated crises, launched internationally, and learned valuable lessons from both success and failure. His experience spans working with thousands of entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies, giving him a rare, holistic view of what drives sustainable growth.
As a speaker, Mike brings practical, thought-provoking insights on founder mindset, resilience, and scaling with purpose.
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