🚨 POP-UP EVENT 🚨

We’re delighted to offer our Startup Grind community a last-minute opportunity to hear from Sharon K. Gillenwater.

Very few people have built, scaled and sold a multi-million dollar company with little to no funding, all while leading with empathy and true dedication to employees and customers.

Well Sharon's one of them and she’s literally written the book on it.

Scaling with Soul is also a toolbox of nuts-and-bolts tech wisdom for ambitious founders: on networking, scaling companies, navigating the politics of acquisitions and more.

Valla CEO, Danae ShelI, will be at the helm, digging out all those bootstrapin’ secrets from Sharon.

So if you're an aspiring founder, or just want to hear an inspirational story, join us on Friday at 5pm.

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📅 Date: Friday 15th November

🕔 Time: 17:00 - 18:30

📍 Location: Rationale, 61 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6RA

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Sharon K. Gillenwater, Tech Startup Founder, Author & Advocate for Authentic Entrepreneurship

Get ready to meet Sharon K. Gillenwater, a tech startup founder and author whose mission is to make entrepreneurship accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Sharon, author of Scaling With Soul: How I Built & Sold a £20 Million Tech Company Without Being an A**hole, has been captivating audiences around the world with her story of building and scaling Boardroom Insiders. She’s here to share her refreshingly down-to-earth approach to growing a successful company without breaking the bank.

Sharon believes that you don’t need to spend outrageous amounts of money to launch a tech company. Instead, she advocates for bootstrapping leveraging your resources, creativity, and determination to get started. Her honest, relaxed style will offer invaluable insights into how to bootstrap effectively while staying true to your core values, ensuring that you build a business that not only thrives but also aligns with who you are.

Danae Shell is the Co-founder and CEO of Valla, a DIY law tool that is making legal support affordable for everyone. Check them out at [https://valla.uk](https://valla.uk/).

Her background is technology - a programmer-turned-marketer who has worked in a number of startups and scale-ups, including FreeAgent and Care Sourcer. She is a dual US/UK citizen with an accent somewhere in between!