How do you build a business that successfully scales? Whether it’s hiring people, raising money, building collaborative cultures or keeping agility there’s a myriad of challenges. Our friends at Sanderson have built a panel of people who have been through it all and are here to share their journey.

Join TechSPARK to find out how to get it right, what rabbit holes to avoid and the potholes to dodge.

Adam Fox
Coming from a strong background in product and technology, Adam has a world of experience in board level strategic, commercial, technical and creative leadership. Adam co-founded and built a technology company in Bristol and ran it through to acquisition in 2017. He is currently enjoying a short career break whilst looking for his next challenge; helping another company scale, succeed, build an exit strategy and achieve an exit.

Dave Williams
Dave Williams has over 20 years experience leading digital businesses, most recently as Chief Information Officer of Just Eat, the world’s leading global marketplace for online food delivery. Dave has led globally distributed product & technology teams of all sizes, guiding organisations in their use of technology in order to achieve strategic outcomes and complex operational problem solving. Dave is frequently sought out for his cloud and digital transformation expertise and is passionate about creating amazing engineering culture. In his role at Just Eat he helped grow the Product & Technology division from 130 to almost 1000, and created Just Eat’s Bristol Tech Hub, which is now home to 220 team members.

About this Event

One of the greatest challenges identified by scale-up (fast-growth) business founders in the West of England (Bristol and Bath) is that of access to investment.

The first event in the 2020 calendar will focus on angel investment.

• 11:00 – 11:15 Arrival, BYO tea and coffee
• 11:15 – 12:00 L, Q&A, conversation
• 12:00 – 12:30 Networking in the virtual world

Sponsors

This event is part of the TechSPARK Investment Activator Programme (IAP) which is supported by 8 public and private sector sponsors: delaware (enterprise software), Engine Shed (economic development), Rocketmakers (Venturetech), Sanderson (talent), Smith & Williamson (accounting), TLT (legal), the University of the West of England (UWE) & the West of England Combined Authority (Business Support).