About

Do you want to start a business or are you finding it difficult to scale your existing company through the pandemic? In this FREE session, Simon Squibb + guest speakers will help you smash through that glass ceiling and set you up for future growth.

Many people come to us as they're stuck and not sure what the next steps are for starting or scaling their business. They've either hit a glass ceiling, have a lack of knowledge, or are scared by the prospects. Simon has built 17 businesses and invested in over 60+ great ideas which he has helped to nurture. Over the course of this 90 minute session he will be sharing his experience of how those companies managed to create scale. This includes..

Subjects

• Ideas x Innovation
• Business set-up for scale
• Long Term Team Structure
• Funding plans
• Brand building
• Social plan x Marketing Audit
• Purpose power up
• Health review
• One-on-One 60 second review

Simon Squibb (Host)

Simon is an entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, podcast host, founder and Chief Purpose Officer at The Purposeful Project. He has started 17 companies, invested in over 60+ startups and has mentored hundreds of founders. Having sold his award-winning branding and digital agency, Fluid, to PwC, Simon now focuses on inspiring, motivating and guiding both budding and experienced entrepreneurs by sharing his personal experiences, insights, ideas and tips. His mission is to help 1,000,000 people start and grow a business of their own.

Chris Goodfellow, founder of Box 2 Media and The Pitch (guest speaker)

Box 2 Media specialises in creating educational content for small business owners. Advice created by the team is used by tens of thousands of entrepreneurs every year.

Chris also runs The Pitch, the UK's biggest startup pitching programme. Every year the events support hundreds of entrepreneurs through free coaching and mentoring, and providing a platform to pitch to investors.

Jenny Knighting, Founder of Nutcracker (guest speaker)

Jenny has worked with a number of ambitious start-up’s, leading commercial strategy and making bold business growth plans a reality. With a wealth of experience in media, manufacturing, services and events, Jenny brings a unique creativity and perspective to every launch, scale and strategy. As founder and CEO of Nutcracker Agency, Jenny has led her team to win multiple awards, including finalist in the Best New Business at The National Business Awards. Since launching Nutcracker in 2014, the business has grown 60% year on year, helping countless clients in a wide range of industries to fulfil their vision through targeted, exciting and results-driven marketing.

Isabella Ghassemi-Smith, Ecosystem Manager at Seedlegals (guest speaker)

Seedlegals is a revolutionary new legal tech platform that lets startups and investors complete the end to end legals needed to build, grow and fund their business, at a fraction of the cost of using a law firm.

Launched in 2016, SeedLegals is now the number one UK destination for start-ups to close a funding round. Initially specialised in corporate law, Isabella went on to join an accelerator and co-found her own social enterprise Stepforce, which streamlines getting refugees into work.

After attending the event you will be able to download Simon's business toolbox which includes all his knowledge and insights about running a company.