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3rd February 2022 @ 11.30am

Lightbulb Sessions: Finding your bestsellers and making the most of them

Finding your bestsellers and making the most of them

With Robert Shaw, Beco and Jack Wills

Rob will share actionable insights on scaling a product business, and help you to understand what makes a great bestseller..

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27th January 2022 @ 11.30am

Lightbulb Sessions: Building a resilient business

Building a resilient business

With Jonathan Thornton, Russell-Cooke

In this session you will hear about some of the key elements needed to make your business resilient.

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20th January 2022 @ 11.30am

Lightbulb Sessions: Does every business need an exit plan?

Building a resilient business

With Natasha Frangos, Mark Gillespie & Christopher Kenna

Our panel share their views in response to the question – does every business need an exit plan?

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"The entrepreneurs that win, aren't always the smartest, they're the ones driven by optimism, a strong internal reason to persist regardless of 'risk' and the humility to allow new information to change their original hypothesis."

Steven Bartlett, Entrepreneur

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We have now entered into a new year, which will be a time when business owners reflect on what went well and what they struggled with in the year previous - in doing this businesses will create priorities to focus on. In this session, the Disruptive Minds taskforce by Vodafone and GBEA will be investigating how SMEs can focus on staying afloat and overcoming the hurdles they are facing in the aftermath of Covid-19. This will encourage conversation around these aspects, providing valuable insight and advice from SME owners and employees.
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The prevalence of wellbeing and mental health support and acceptance in the workplace is growing, and it is more important now than ever that businesses are implementing wellbeing practices into their businesses models. As SMEs are smaller, the impacts of employees mental health could have a bigger effect on the team if not dealt with in the right manner. The smaller the team, the more responsibility. In this session, the Disruptive Minds taskforce by Vodafone and GBEA will be investigating how SMEs can increase mental health and wellbeing awareness to ensure employees are a priority in the workplace.
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Over the last few years we have seen a huge increase in the number of new small to medium enterprises opening, with a huge majority of those coming from London and the East of England. Why is this? Does London have more access to resources than other regions? And what can be done to ensure that SMEs are pushed in other regions? In this session, the Disruptive Minds taskforce by Vodafone and GBEA will investigate how SMEs in other regions can grow and which resources they need to do so.
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Technology has been victim to a number of advancements over the last decade, and many businesses are trying to keep up with the changes whereas others are happy to stick to what they know. SMEs are known to be innovators or early adaptors when it comes to technology, whilst others are laggards - waiting as long as they can to make changes. So, which is better for your businesses? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an early adaptor or a laggard? In this session, Disruptive Minds taskforce by Vodafone and GBEA will look into both sides of the story and open up conversation around technology in SMEs.
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