ENTRECONF DINNER
About these events
Following our successful networking dinner last year we will be running a number of EntreConf dinners in 2024, numbers are limited so please get in touch to be added to our waiting list.
When
Wednesday 19 June, from 6:30pm
Where
Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa
Format
Informal networking from 6:30pm. Live interview and questions with a leading entrepreneur. And an excellent dinner – all finishing at 10:30pm
It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs and to continue those EntreConf conversations in a social setting. It will be followed by coverage in Bristol Life and Bath Life, and of course on the EntreConf site.
UPCOMING: June 19
June 19
Join us on June 19 to hear the remarkable inside story of superfast growth The Social Shepherd at a special EntreConf Dinner:
– Founded by 23 and 25 year old real life partners Jack and Zoë
– Superfast growth to 65+ people within four years
– Highly competitive social-first marketing sector
What are the challenges of running such a fast growth business together? Differences between managing a scale business from creating a start-up? Changes and learnings? And what’s next for this dynamic duo?
6.30pm – arrival and networking opportunity
7.30pm -seated for dinner
9.30pm – interview with Greg Ingham, MediaClash and The Social Shepherd
10.30pm – formal end, with informal networking
Dinner in conjunction with our partner, Lombard Odier.
December 5
Last time: Female Entrepreneurs’ Dinner with Maxine Laceby co-founder of Absolute Collagen.
Despite clear evidence that companies founded by female entrepreneurs perform as well (or better) than their male counterparts, there remains a discrepancy in support – from funding to mentoring – that women entrepreneurs receive.
This event looked to challenge this imbalance and raise the visibility of female entrepreneurs in the region with tips, advice and collective discussion from influential businesswomen. The conversations were underpinned by the expertise of our partners, Burges Salmon and Coutts, whose support enables female entrepreneurs reach their full potential. Watch the interview here.
We discussed entrepreneurial growth and success with one of the co-founders of video games media business, Network N‘s Tim Edwards – the world’s largest independent games media business.
From kitchen to multiple-million pound valuation – how? What risks, what learnings? How did it scale up and manage growth with the team? And what next..?
And this just in: we also had full details of how and why it is restructuring corporately – what it means for Network N, and what it might suggest for your company…
All of this and much, much more was covered in a highly stimulating discussion of entrepreneurialism. Watch the interview here.
September 12
We were joined by Huboo‘s Co-founder and CTO, Paul Dodd.
Huboo is a rapidly-scaling e-commerce and logistics business that put on 257 people in 2021, opened in four countries and has recently announced it will be launching in Germany. It’s also seen hugely successful funding rounds.
Paul spoke about growth strategy, maintaining culture, value of funding to drive business, managing of rapid-growth business, learnings throughout and company destiny.