Name: 101 guide to starting, scaling and exiting your business.
Start: 2026-04-16T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-16T16:30:00+01:00
Location: The Hive

101 guide to starting, scaling and exiting your business.

For start‑ups: learn simple, strategic ways to grow—manage finances, plan ahead, build your brand, leverage IP, and scale with confidence.
About this Event

Learn how to manage and grow your business in a systematic way that reduces firefighting, takes a strategic view, and puts in place the groundwork for a successful exit in the future. During the workshop you’ll learn about company shares, fund raising, keeping track of finances, business planning, building a brand, leveraging intellectual property, and tactics to scale your venture.

About the speaker:

Dr Adrian Burden is a serial tech entrepreneur who co-founded and exited a high technology anti-counterfeiting business in Singapore. He has since curated the annual Malvern Festival of Innovation and is the CEO of a software-as-a-service company called BlockMark Technologies. Adrian has also been a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Birmingham.