Living in or locating to the city of Newcastle upon Tyne? Our ‘Starting a business’ blog series outlines the startup scene of every locality in the North East of England. To start, the City of Newcastle upon Tyne features a variety of co-working spaces, high-profile universities, business support hubs and an abundance of networking events. … More Starting a business in Newcastle
Our FREE Founders’ Friday events take place on the last Friday of each month at the Tuspark Barclays Eagle Lab co-working & event space on Grainger Street in Newcastle where we are based. What’s it all about? Since July 2018, we’ve been running our Founders’ Friday events as a way for new, existing & potential business … More Founders’ Friday (28th June 2019)
Across Newcastle Startup Week and our Founders’ Friday events, well-being for entrepreneurs has been an important, recurring topic. You can’t look after your business if you can’t look after yourself. Furthermore, taking some me-time can actually help you be more productive. In this blog, we have highlighted some key well-being tips which have been shared … More Managing well-being for entrepreneurs
Newcastle Startup Week 2019 ended with a ‘BANG’ at NatWest Entrepreneurial Spark. The day included inspiring talks from entrepreneurs who’ve gone through both personal and professional challenges and who shared advice on how to manage well-being and pivot. We have outlined our key insights of the day below. #1 Employee, worker or freelancer? Be aware … More Day 5: Recap and Lessons
Myth debunked: Newcastle Startup Week isn’t just for startups. Every year, our event attracts entrepreneurs from all types of businesses. That’s why this year, in 2019, we introduced our Newcastle Scaleup Summit as part of the Startup Week. In this blog, we have outlined key lessons and insights of the summit. #1 The region is … More Day 4: Recap and Lessons
Day 3 at Newcastle Startup Week was our funding and finance day which took place in the beautiful Barclays office. Both speakers and delegates alike benefited from sunny Quayside views whilst sharing investment and funding advice. We have highlighted our top ten tips of the day below. #1 Save time by automating your processes early … More Day 3: Recap & Lessons
If you checked in at our Day 4 scaleup summit, you may have attended the welcome talk from Matt Bratton, Senior Investment Manager at Invest Newcastle. We had a chat with Matt to learn more about the organisation and growth opportunities within the region. 1. Hi Matt. Can you tell us a little more about … More Sponsor Spotlight: Invest Newcastle
Day 2 of Newcastle Startup Week has been busy with two fringe events including our immersive tech showcase at PROTO and the creative industries session at Gateshead College. We were excited to see every venue filled with enterprising individuals who benefited from the insights shared by our speakers. Here are some of your key lessons. … More Day 2: Recap & Lessons
Day 1 of Newcastle Startup Week 2019 saw over 400 people check into the Boilershop to be inspired by regional and international entrepreneurs, making NewcastleStartupWeek a trending topic on Twitter. In this blog, we’ve summed up your key lessons of the day. #1 Be a painkiller, not a vitamin – FreeAgent In the first talk, … More Day 1: Recap & Lessons
Day 4 of Newcastle Startup Week is focused on helping companies grow and scale. Entrepreneur Bean Benson, Founder of Visualsoft, will be joining us on stage to share his scale up journey and plans to grow. Together with his co-founders, Dean grew his digital marketing and eCommerce business into an award-winning organisations with multi-million revenue … More Sponsor Spotlight: Visualsoft