Newcastle Startup Week

Since 2017, our annual 5 day Newcastle Startup Week festival has inspired, motivated & helped 1,000s of people to start or grow a business!

As many of you will know, our 4th festival was due to take place in May 2020 but because of the COVID lockdown we had to pivot from a physical event to an online one which was delivered through our private Facebook Group to 300+ people.

Because of the success of our first Newcastle Startup Week ONLINE event in May, we’re running another one between 21-25 September 2020.

What can you expect?

Our Newcastle Startup Week ONLINE events follow the same 5 themes as our physical ones:

1. Monday = INSPIRATION (10am-3.30pm)

• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Opening Remarks
• Nigel Risner (Chief Zoo Keeper, Business Speaker of the Year, Communications Expert & Motivational Speaker)
• Sam Conniff & Alex Barker on ‘How To Be More Pirate’
• Craig Conway (Critically-acclaimed actor & producer) on ‘Nurturing world-class creative talent in the North East through the new D15 centre’
• Michael Owen & Rojin Yarahmadi (Always Wear Red) on ‘Creating a world class hand knit clothing brand’
• Ammar Mirza CBE (Founder, SME Centre of Excellence, Founder & Chair, Asian Business Connexions & North East (North) Chairman, Institute of Directors)
• Tony Robinson OBE & Taryn Lee Johnston on ‘The Happipreneur: Why #MicroBizMatters (A Memoir & Guide for Enterprising People)’
• Liz Mayes (Chief Executive, The Common Room of the North)

2. Tuesday = GETTING STARTED (10am-3.30pm)

• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Opening Remarks
• Corinne Lewis-Ward (Designer & Creative Consultant, Powder Butterfly & Creative Heritage Studios CIC)
• Tim Elliott (Commercial Storyteller) on ‘What’s your story?’
• Nicola Black (Founder, Nature+Nature) on ‘Getting Started – Trust In The Journey’
• Paul Lancaster on ‘How to Start Something New’
• Steven George France (MMA Coach, Entrepreneur, Investor & Motivational Speaker)
• Gareth Davies (Founder, Acid_Works) on ‘Adventures Into Design: A Story of post university design industry exploration’
• Kate Patton (Entrepreneur Engagement Manager North East Rngland), Tech Nation) on the ‘Rising Stars’ competition for early-stage tech companies & other support available
• Chris Jewitt & Des Kennedy (Food & Drink North East)

3. Wednesday = FUNDING & FINANCE (10.30am-3.30pm)

• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Introduction & Opening Remarks
• Andy Thomas (Abacus Jack Accounting) on ‘How to manage & forecast cashflow’
• James Holloway (External Engagement Manager, North East Fund)
• Tim Ward (Managing Director, Bid and Research Development) on ‘How to find the best tender opportunities using AI-powered OPPORTUNI’
• Andy Thomas (Abacus Jack Accounting) on ‘Using Data to Drive Business Decisions’
• Simon Robeson (Co-Founder, North East Capital & CE0, Core Technology Ventures) on ‘Independent, impact-focused IP investment in the North East of England’

4. Thursday = GROWING & SCALING (10am-3.30pm)

• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Introduction & Opening Remarks
• Hilary Dunne (Founder, The Brand Activators) on ‘How Everyone Can Create Their Own Brand Activation Easily & Cheaply’
• Colin Bell (Business Growth Director, North East LEP) on the ‘High Potential Startups’ programme
• Tim Elliott (Commercial Storyteller) on ‘How great brands grow on purpose’
• Helen Trueman-Howe (Founder, Heels & Brogues Group) on ‘How to build & create new opportunities for yourself & others through your network’
• Declan Baharini (Director, International Newcastle) on ‘How to develop & promote Newcastle’s credentials as a truly international city for both individuals & businesses’
• Livestream with Ammar Mirza CBE on ‘How to Scale & Create an Invincible Business”
• Louise Doyle (Founders & CEO, mesma) on ‘What T Levels are, Industry Placements & how they can help your business or organisation grow’
• Victoria Fleming (Buzztastic) on ‘How to sell more & better (even during the COVID lockdown)’
• Charlotte Windebank (Managing Director & Co-Founder, FIRST) & Vincent Efferoth (Managing Director & Co-Founder, Tea Venture Ltd) on ‘The Journey from Startup to Scaleup with NOVELTEA alcoholic tea’
• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Closing Remarks & a look ahead at Day 5

5. Friday = KEEP GOING OR PIVOT? (10am-3.30pm)

• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Opening Remarks
• ivestream chat with Katie Stidolph (The Savvy Stoic)
• Livestream chat with Jon Waite, Phoebe & Georgia (Advertise1) on ‘How to survive & thrive from startup to SME’
• Livestream with Geoff Ramm (‘Celebrity Service’ & ‘OMG Marketing’ keynote speaker)
• Christina Lord (Founder & Professional Coach, Authentic Action Coaching) on ‘Activate Your Power, Energise Your Decision-Making, Keep Going or Pivot?
• Nicola Jayne Little (Founder, MINT Business Club) on ‘Pivoting Your Business (through choice or absolute necessity)’
• Katie Stidolph (The Savvy Stoic) on ‘How Stoicism can help you overcome any obstacles in life’
• Paul Lancaster (Founder & Event Producer, Newcastle Startup Week) with Closing Remarks & what’s next for the Startup Week Community?

Want to see / hear them?

Tickets are available for just £25.91 here or by clicking / tapping below:

*Please note*

These tickets give you immediate access to our private Facebook Group where all our exclusive talks, presentations, interviews & livestreams will be shared between 21-25 September.

Videos of all our speakers will then remain available for you to watch anytime within the Facebook Group until Friday 2 October. On this date you will be removed from the private Facebook Group unless you have taken out a 12 month Annual Membership of our ‘Startup Week Community’ for £75.

(Membership gives you access to all our videos & online events taking place over the next 12 months including our monthly Founders’ Friday events, a ticket for Day 1 of our next physical festival which is now due to take place in May 2021, priority access to our new TRYBES platform & a range of other benefits).

If you want to take out an Annual Membership now instead of just booking a ticket for our event in September, please go to our ‘Community‘ page.

Still not sure what to expect?

Watch this video of our ‘Opening Remarks’ in May to get a better understanding of what to expect from Newcastle Startup Week ONLINE in September & the one below that to see what our physical events are usually like…