AGENDA

DINNER

Wednesday 8th November 2023
The Stock Exchange Hotel

18.45
Drinks reception

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

19.50
Welcome Address
Natasha Frangos
Managing Partner

22.30
Carriages

MAIN DAY

Thursday 9th November 2023
The Edwardian Manchester

08.00
Breakfast & Networking

09.00
Opening Remarks
Ben Fletcher
Founder and Chair, Fast Growth Icons

09.20
Welcome Address

Ann-Marie Atkins
Managing Partner, Evelyn Partners

09.25
Startup vs Corporate: a culture war

Jordan Marie Bromptonn
Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Myenergi

Founded

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.

09.50
Creating a scalable people infrastructure

Ed Thompson
CTO and co-founder of Matillion
Founded

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

10.55
Morning Break

11.25
Operational efficiency and the path to profitability

Ben Fletcher
Founder & CEO The Mothership
Launch 2021 I Staff 40 Funding $22m

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.

11.50
Roundtable networking and discussion session

12.45
Seated Lunch
Enjoy a three course seated lunch by the chef at the Edwardian

14.15
To be announced

Richard Potter
Co-founder & CEO at Peak

14.40
Roundtables & Coffee

Roundtable networking and discussion session
Coffee served to the tables

15.55
Speaker presentation
To be announced

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

16.30
Champagne Reception

17.30
End