Founders' Dos and Donts

Sep 26, 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Leeds

Avenue HQ, 10-12 East Parade, West Yorkshire, LS1 2BH

Join us for an engaging session with Peter Hopton, a multi time founder and visionary behind Venture.Community. He will share his top strategies for overcoming the challenges for first time founders and how to leverage AI. He is joined by the "People Expert" Tracey Hirst and an experienced "Associate Lawyer" Gareth Barnes for the panel conversation.

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About this event

Peter Hopton, a serial entrepreneur, venture company builder, and convener of Venture.Community, will be joined by an excellent panel to guide founders in avoiding the mistakes he made before achieving great success. Peter has weathered challenging times, including a miraculous accident survival and his appearance on Dragon’s Den (with > 1.3 million views on YouTube). He will share how he transformed challenges and setbacks into opportunities for success.

He will be accompanied by the employee engagement expert, Tracey Hirst, from Practical People, who helps companies establish robust people foundations, develops outstanding workplace cultures which then improve customer satisfaction and profitability. She achieves this through applying her experience of transforming two VW dealerships with a turnover of £18 million and harnessing her leadership development and HR experience.

Last but not least, Gareth from CMS will provide his legal expertise to help prevent founders from encountering legal issues.

The event will be held in person. 

Felix (Co-director at StartupGrind and owner of Topsalesdev ) will act as a moderator.

When

When

Thursday, September 26, 2024
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM UTC

Agenda

Organizers

  • Felix Gyamera

    Chapter Co-director

  • Christopher Rabbitt

    Startup Grind Leeds

    Co-Director

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