Newcastle Startup Week

a 5 day festival to help you start or grow your business in the North East of England

Startup Week

Newcastle Startup Week is an annual 5 day (& night) festival that takes place in multiple venues across Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead in May with the aim of inspiring, motivating, encouraging & helping more people to ‘Start Something New’ in the North East of England.

Our 2017 & 2018 events both attracted over 600 delegates from across the UK & around the world & in 2019 the number increased to 800 (see video below)! Our next event will be on 18-22 May 2020.

With each day themed as ‘Inspiration’, ‘Getting Started’, ‘Funding & Finance’, ‘Growing & Scaling’ & then ‘Keep Going or Pivot?’ – Newcastle Startup Week is the perfect place to bring your ideas to life!

Want to attend in May 2020?

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Steven Bartlett (CEO, Social Chain Group) said: "I had the best time today speaking at #NewcastleStartupWeek! So great to see an event of this quality in the region supporting entrepreneurs 🙏🏽 Superbly organised and a brilliant audience too. Love Newcastle! Thanks @lordlancaster"

Founders’ Friday (20th December 2019)

December 11, 2019

Our Founders’ Friday events always take place on the last Friday of the month at the TusPark Eagle Lab co-working & event space on Grainger Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (except for this month). What’s it all about? Since July 2018, we’ve been running Founders’ Friday as a way for self-employed freelancers, startup founders, micro … More Founders’ Friday (20th December 2019)

Paul Lancaster’s thoughts on ‘startups’ versus ‘scaleups’

November 25, 2019

This blog is a longer version of a Q&A interview that was published on the Bdaily website as part of their ‘Scaleup Focus Week‘ (25-29 Nov 2019). [Bdaily] There is a theory that scaleups are triggered by ‘​significant unpredictable events’ known as Black Swan trigger events. What are your thoughts on this and have you … More Paul Lancaster’s thoughts on ‘startups’ versus ‘scaleups’

‘No Deal: A Guide for Startups’ by Coadec

November 22, 2019

The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) is the policy voice of UK tech startups & scaleups in Westminster, Whitehall & Brussels. Founded by Mike Butcher (TechCrunch) & Jeff Lynn (Seedrs) in 2010, Coadec has fought for a policy environment that helps early-stage British tech companies grow, scale & compete globally. The document below was … More ‘No Deal: A Guide for Startups’ by Coadec