Speakers

Speak at a dinner

Every dinner has one guest of honour. Between courses you talk about how you built your business, and then the table asks you things.

Not a pitch and not a keynote. There is no stage, no slides and no microphone, because it is a table of twelve and you can hear each other. Twenty minutes of the real version, including the parts that went badly, is worth more here than a polished half hour.

You eat as a guest of the table, and your seat is on us. You get a page on this site with your own bio and links, which is yours whether or not you ever speak again.

The people around you have built things too, so expect to be asked the awkward question rather than the flattering one.

Aaron Kennedy

Founder of Originate, a Weston-super-Mare studio building strategy-first websites without a CMS.

Gavin Deane

Gavin is the founder of the Educationwise Academy, a national apprenticeship provider rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and now its Founder, Director and Strategic Lead for Growth.

Gideon Barker

Founder of Customer iQ, a Bath research consultancy that works with startups and founders.

Jason Nichols

Founded New Kings Coffee in Bristol, sold it in 2024, and now coaches founders full time.

Metin Civlak

Metin is a founder of Sef's Steakhouse in Cheltenham and of Banchina Italian at Gloucester Quays, the team's second UK restaurant.

Natasha Mortimer

Natasha is the founder of Imagineerium, a Bristol-based experiential design studio blending architecture and theatre design, and a Blooloop Top 50 Immersive Influencer.

Samantha Hamlin

Samantha is the founder of for the FOUNDERS, a Bristol-based community connecting entrepreneurs, investors and operators through regular events and expert access.

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