AGENDA

DINNER

Tuesday 7th November 2023
The Stock Exchange Hotel

18.45
Dinner

19.45
Opening Remarks
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

19.50
Welcome Address
Natasha Frangos
Managing Partner, Haysmacintyre

22.30
Carriages

MAIN DAY

Wednesday 8th November 2023
The Edwardian Manchester

08.00
Breakfast & Networking

09.00
Opening Remarks
Uday Singh
Founder  & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

09.20
Welcome Address

Ann-Marie Atkins
Managing Partner, Evelyn Partners

09.25
Motivation, engagement and work-life balance

Heather Broadbent-Staffn
Co-Founder, Street Group
Launch 2015 | Staff 115

Do you feel pressure to make the working environment more fun, but worry that output suffers as a result? How do you square the circle of wanting happy, motivated employees and maximising productivity? This interview will look at how you create high performing teams while winning awards for employee satisfaction.

09.50
Creating a scalable people infrastructure

Ed Thompson
CTO & Co-Founder, Matillion
Launch 2017 | Staff 540 | Funding $202m | Valuation $1.4b

Fast growth requires strong foundations, but it’s often only after you have expanded that you realise what you should have had in place before you started. In this interview we’ll discuss how you plan for, and execute, rapid hiring and team growth. From setting job titles, to rewarding individual contributors, to recruitment operations and culture. We’ll also look at how people tend to underestimate how scale changes everything and how to plan for staff turnover.

10.15
Roundtable networking and discussion session

11.05
Morning Break

11.35
Operational efficiency and the path to profitability

Ben Fletcher
Founder & CEO, The Mothership

How do you manage your spend effectively? Looking at the key lines of expenditure with an investment return mindset, using zero-based budgeting to set your baseline and thinking about risk-adjusted profitability.

12.00
Roundtable networking and discussion session

13.00
Seated Lunch
Enjoy a three course seated lunch by the chef at the Edwardian

14.30
Startup vs Corporate: a culture war

Jordan Marie Brompton
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Myenergi

Rapid growth increases your need to bring in senior people with more experience, but what baggage do they bring with them? Jordan will discuss how she fights against the ‘corporatisation’ of the company to maintain speed, energy, and flexibility and avoid rigid processes and ‘death by committee’. How do you bring the right people in and simultaneously empower them, while making sure they stay true to your vision.

14.55
Living the values in a performance culture

Joel Perlman
Co-Founder, OakNorth

We all hear all the time that values are key – but how do you make sure they have an impact? How do use values as a guide when assessing performance, and particularly when objectives are being missed.

15.20
Roundtables & Coffee

Roundtable networking and discussion session
Coffee served to the tables

16.20
Closing Address
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons

16.30
Champagne Reception