Founders' Friday (29th March 2019) - Newcastle Startup Week

After running two 5-day Newcastle Startup Week festivals for 600+ people in May 2017 and May 2018, we started running our Founders’ Friday events for 80+ people on the last Friday of every month.

What’s it all about?

The purpose of Founders’ Friday is to provide a platform for new, existing & potential business startup founders in the North East of England to come together with members of the wider business community to share knowledge, insights & support.

Taking place at the Tuspark Eagle Lab co-working & event space on Grainger Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, the format for Friday 29th March 2019 is as follows:

9am-10am: Arrivals / hot-desking / co-working / networking

10am-11am: ‘Insights Briefing’ (short talks & presentations on latest business opportunities in the North East & wider UK) by:

Paul Lancaster (Founder & Director, Founders’ Friday / Newcastle Startup Week)
Karen Weech (Managing Director, Most Sensational) on ‘Lead Generation for Business Growth’

11am-11.30am: Coffee / Tea Break

11.30am-12.30pm: ‘Startup Show & Tell’ (an opportunity for local startups to demo what they’re working on at the moment, ask for feedback & offers of support)

Ade-Lee Adebiyi (Founder, Make It Pop)
Michael Owen (Designer, Always Wear Red & Founder, ANGELFYSH)
+ Audience pitches / callouts

12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch by Jaspers (sponsored by Sintons LLP)

1.30pm-3pm: Masterclasses / Q&As on a range of topics to help startup founders develop both themselves & their business. This month’s speakers are:

Donna Elliott & Cheryl Lee (Co-Founders, Now Is Your Time)
Laura Richards (Founder, Evolve Jobs)
Laura Tennett (Solicitor, Sintons LLP) on ‘Employee, Worker or Freelancer?’

We are delighted to have Zoho sponsoring our Founders’ Friday events as they provide everything a small business needs to grow in the form of Making Tax Digital-ready cloud accounting, sales, marketing, CRM, team collaboration tools & more. (See full press release).