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Welcome |
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Declan Curry
Business presenter, Breakfast on BBC One |
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| 9.00-9.05 |
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9.05 - 9.25 |
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Introduction |
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Stream one
Successful growth by acquisition (sourcing, valuing, integrating)
Buy and build strategies that leave no stone unturned, whether you’re embarking on your first or just refining the process. |
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Toby Ash
Co-Founder, Sofa Workshop
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Mark Roy
Founder and Chief Executive of
The REaD Group |
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Anil Hansjee
Head of Corporate Development EMEA, Google |
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Richard Lane
Partner,
Farrer & Co |
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9.30 - 11.00 |
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Stream two
The route to successful
organic growth
To reinvest is best. Entrepreneurs and advisers on winning ways to grow within your means. |
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Zef Eisenberg
President,
Maximuscle Ltd |
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Louise Barnes
Chief Executive Officer,
Fat Face |
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Tony Caldeira
Founder, Caldeira Ltd |
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Lee Swinerd
Director, Cash Management, KPMG |
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11.00 - 11.20 |
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Coffee |
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Stream one
Europe:
Threat or opportunity
Importing, exporting and outsourcing: What the emerging economies closer to home could do for your business |
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Seb Bishop
President of MIVA Inc,
Chairman of Steak Media
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Steve Leach
Chief Executive,
Bigmouthmedia |
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Gary Dugan
Chief investment Officer,
Merrill Lynch |
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| 11.20 - 12.50 |
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Stream two
Funding growth
Laying your hands on business-changing sums of money, the options and how to make it work |
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Steve Nicholls
Head of the UK
Growth Capital, 3i |
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Perween Warsi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, S&A Foods |
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Paul Marson-Smith
Managing Partner,
Gresham Private Equity |
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David Madoc-Jones
Partner, Debt Advisory Services, KPMG |
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12.50 - 14.00 |
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Networking, lunch and breakout sessions |
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Keynote: Doug Richard
The entrepreneur-cum-investor on doing sharp business in the Den, disruptive technologies, and keeping strategies on track |
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Doug Richard
Former Dragon and technology entrepreneur |
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| 14.00 - 14.40 |
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Peaks & Pitfalls of Growth
Too fast and you plateau, but snooze and you lose. Hear from entrepreneurs who've found out the hard way and share the lessons they learned |
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Rachel Elnaugh
Entrepreneur |
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Martin Higginson
Founder of Monstermob & Chief Executive NetPlay TV Plc |
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James Murray-Wells
Founder,
Glasses Direct |
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| 14.40 - 16.00 |
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16.00 - 16.15 |
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Coffee |
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Keynote
The decorated Iraq War veteran learnt leadership with the enemy breathing down his neck. Colonel Collins will show how to take your company into battle. |
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Colonel Tim Collins OBE
Former Commander of
the First Battalion of the Royal
Irish Regiment |
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| 16.15 - 16.55 |
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16.55 - 17.00 |
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Close |
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Drinks Reception |
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17:00 - 19:00 |
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