Tues 23rd & Wed 24th March | 9:30am to 12noon

Please register for the day you wish to attend. If you would like to attend both days, please ensure you complete the registration form twice

Developing a business can be life-changing. The women entrepreneurship workshop provides an opportunity for women in West London to explore entrepreneurship as a career, enhance their skills and confidence, develop additional employability skills or understand how to grow their existing business and network.

We are creating a community of women with an entrepreneurial spirit, who are empowered to support each other’s ideas, make incredible connections, build valuable life skills and most importantly, have fun!

The workshop is industry agnostic and attendees do not have to have an existing idea or business to attend. Attendees are welcome to join both days, or just the one that is most suited to the skills you want to develop.

*We welcome anyone who identifies as a woman.

Day one

• Pitching and presenting
• Starting a new business – idea canvas and business model basics

Day two

• Understanding customers
• Branding and online presence, why that’s important for growth

Schedule

Join and networking – 9:30 to 9:40

Speaker introduction and welcome – 9:40 to 9:45

Session 1 – 9:45 to 10:30

Comfort break + table networking – 10:30 to 10:45

Session 2 – 10:45 to 11:30

Table networking – 11:30 to 11:45

Event close – 12noon

Speaker bio’s

Anna Boon - Pitching and Presenting

Having trained at The Oxford School of Drama, Anna Boon spent years touring the globe as an actress, role player and workshop facilitator before founding Captivate Coaching. She is now passing on the communications skills she learnt on stage and screen to business people who really need them. Anna coaches clients from all around the world such as Techstars, Startup Wise Guys and Allen & Overy, as well as many other corporates, startups and individuals. She inspires confidence and energy, and helps people to come across the way they want. Anna’s greatest joy is in helping people develop and reach their potential in the field of communication.

Kate Twomey - Understanding Customers

Kate is a Senior UX Researcher with an empathetic heart and an analytical mind responsible for driving human-centric innovation. She helps clients gain a deep understanding of their customers in order to align product/business strategy, define product/market fit and enhance product growth through better understanding of current users and target markets. She has worked for many clients, including Tectonic - a London-based customer insights firm and BCG Digital Ventures - a corporate venture-building agency.

Rakesh Tailor, Founder & Creative Director at Fresh Canvas, Kishindo Renzo and TMRW As One

Rakesh is a multi disciplined creative with an extensive background in fashion and has designed handbags and accessories for over 30 UK and international brands. With a unique insight into what makes brands tick, Rakesh set up his creative agency ‘Fresh Canvas’, in 2012 based at the Imperial College Innovation Hub. Fresh Canvas aims to help clients get a 360 view of their branding and business from concept through to consumer, focusing on brand strategy, identity design, websites and everything in between. Currently, Rakesh is in the process of launching his own fashion label ‘Kishindo Renzo’, which will debut this summer.