Keynotes:
Zillah Byng-Thorne: on the entrepreneurial transformation of media business Future, from mid-£20s million market cap to £1.5 billion in just a few years via powerful new business thinking.
Nigel Toon of AI specialists Graphcore: from local start-up barely 10 years ago to Unicorn company ($2.2bn latest valuation). He’ll be talking about how it will disrupt so many business areas – and will also provide legions of opportunities that AI gives entrepreneurs in virtually all sectors. Also exclusively unveiling his book on AI.
Plus:
Entrepreneurs’ Tales; EntreConf Forums (Funding, Exit-planning, Collaboration, Diversity, Marketing); Advice Clinics; and Insight pieces.
Also: the unveiling of the Finalists in the region’s first-ever awards for entrepreneurs, the EntreConf Awards.
Please join us for an informal networking lunch; we will provide an overview of what support is available to creative businesses through our virtual Eagle Lab ecosystem and our local Creative Industries team.
There will be a chance to ask questions and shape what future events and support look like as well as an opportunity to network with like-minded people.
Please RSVP to [email protected] and include any dietary requirements.
This talk is ideal if you work in or own a creative digital business, or work with clients in the sector, and are responsible for client relationships, sales, procurement, contracts or compliance.
Rebecca advises many businesses in the creative and tech sectors and has a supportive and pragmatic style. She will be happy to answer your queries at the end of the session.
The talk will cover:
Tickets
Tickets are priced at £30+VAT for BCI members and £45+VAT for non-members. Book your place below!
This workshop will be held on Tuesday 13th June at Origin Workspace.
F*ckup Nights is a global movement and event series that shares stories of professional failure. Events across the globe get 3 or 4 people to get up in front of a room full of strangers to share their own professional f*ckup/mistake. The stories of the business that crashes and burns, the partnership that goes sour, the product that has to be recalled, stories like these will all be told.
At this launch event we have three fabulous speakers who are going to share their mistakes. No happy ending for any of these three stories!
Let’s change the narrative, let’s #ShareTheFailure and learn from it. This is the first of what is planned to be a quarterly event for 2023.
Tickets
Book your place via the button below! All tickets include a glass of wine or beer or two soft drinks plus some canapés (enough to keep your hunger at bay until later in the evening). BCI members can get £5 off any ticket price by using the promo code BCI when they book.
Timings
6:15pm – doors open & networking
7:00pm – presentations start. Each presentation is 10 minutes with 5 minutes Q&A
8:00pm – networking & canapés
9:45pm – close
This event is part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS). BDAS provides an opportunity to hear unique perspectives and insights from change makers, activists, entrepreneurs and people who have achieved amazing things in Bristol and beyond.
The Plimsoll Story – Carol Vorderman in Conversation with Grant Mansfield, Founder and CEO, Plimsoll Productions and Julian Bellamy, Managing Director, ITV Studios.
18:25 – Join the event online
18:30 – Event starts – welcome and introduction
18:35 – 19:10 – The Plimsoll Story – Carol Vorderman in Conversation with Grant Mansfield, Founder and CEO, Plimsoll Productions and Julian Bellamy, Managing Director, ITV Studios. This element of the event is a recording taken from a recent discussion as part of the 2022 Bristol and Bath Screen Summit.
19:10 – 19:30 – Live audience Q&A session with Grant Mansfield.
Grant Mansfield is the Chief Executive and Founder of Bristol-based Plimsoll Productions, one of the largest and fastest growing independent TV production companies in the UK.
Before launching the company, in September 2013, he spent three years in LA as CEO of Zodiak USA, leading a large creative team producing shows for a wide variety of US Networks. Previously, as Managing Director of RDF and, before that, Director of Programmes at Granada TV, Mansfield was the creative lead for two of the UK’s most successful production companies, producing shows as diverse as “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”, “Coronation Street”, “Cold Feet”, “Ladette to Lady” and “Secret Millionaire”.
He began his documentary career at the BBC in Bristol where he created and produced some of the Corporation’s most popular documentary series, including “Driving School”, “Vets in Practice” and “War Walks”. At Plimsoll, Grant is a creative lead on many of the company’s shows including “Tiny World” (Apple +), “Hostile Planet” (Disney+) and “Handmade” (Channel 4)
Plimsoll Productions’ rapid growth has been recognised with several national business awards, including the Sunday Times Fast Track 100. Grant Mansfield has also been voted the Daily Telegraph’s SME Business leader of the year and awarded an honorary doctorate by University of the West of England where he is also a Board member and visiting Professor In 2019, Grant led a process to sell a minority stake in Plimsoll to private equity Group LDC and in 2022 he sold a majority stake to ITV in a deal valuing the company at £131 million.
To mark the 30th anniversary of UWE Bristol’s university status, and the first academic year of the University of Bristol’s first female Vice-Chancellor; Professor Evelyn Welch and Professor Steven West come together to talk to Clare Reddington, CEO of Watershed, about higher education in Bristol and beyond.
Reflecting on the impact of the past 30 years of Bristol as a dual-university city, examining the present situation for higher education in the UK, and looking ahead to what the next 30 years could bring, join us for this partnership event which will explore how the two institutions work together currently, and share more about plans for the future.
This event is part of the Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS), brought to you by UWE Bristol in collaboration with University of Bristol.
Location
Register your FREE place and find out more information through the buttons below.
Easy Stride Band – A deft fusion of pop, soul, world and reggae to create upbeat, feel-good music, combining live vocal and guitar loops with deep bass and head-nodding beats!
Easy Stride Band’s catchy and vibrant sound comes from the minds of Joe Fleming, Noah Burton and Benny Brooke. Joe uses a loop station to layer guitars and vocals in real-time to form complex soundscapes, backed by Noah on drums and electronics while Benny lays down the big bass, forming a unique blend of melody and groove that refuses to be pinned down. Immediately captivating, this uplifting trio scream positivity and celebration, a sentiment which is echoed through the band’s performance style; their enthusiasm for the music shines through in their live shows and has engrossed audiences across UK venues and explains their popularity at festivals.
Tickets are £4 in advance, or £5 on the door.
Tom Vaughton has recently launched the first ‘outdoor woodland office’ for the Varn team. The last few years has made Tom consider carefully about how to rethink the traditional office work environment to support the Varn team’s physical and mental health, as well as encouraging enjoyment and excellence at work. Tom’s talk shares details of how he has created an exciting and inspirational new workspace based in a woodland setting. He shares his learnings and best practice about encouraging and getting the most from your team, as well as helping in terms of supporting with team recruitment.
This talk will be ideal for business owners, founders, managers and anyone in a role who can influence their workplace culture and team.
About Tom
Tom Vaughton is Founder and Managing Director of Varn, a Search & Digital Marketing agency. He wants to share his ideas of how to rethink the traditional office and workspace to promote team wellbeing & productivity.
The Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this member-only event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
These sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, for the BCI community to share their pearls of wisdom with one another. The half hour webinars will involve a 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute facilitated Q&A, with introductions from the BCI team.
Our community is full of such amazing talent so we’re giving members the stage to talk about things that excite them so they can inspire their peers. The sessions will be a mix of expert tips and tricks and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
Our usual online format is an interactive ‘meeting’ but for this series we’re running webinars so that it’s easy to listen in while prepping for the day ahead or while having your breakfast! Cameras and mics will be off but you can ask your questions through the chat box or submit them beforehand.
Please get in touch with Sian if you’re interested in speaking at a future session.
Following the popularity of this event in April, we are delighted to be able to schedule a repeat of the workshop in June!
We’ve all seen the benchmarks, stats and case studies from unicorn agencies. But most agencies employ less than 15 people and struggle to break through the £1M revenue glass ceiling, whilst harbouring aspirations to grow beyond.
So what’s holding us back? Why can’t we break through this barrier? Why does it sometimes feel like 2 steps forward, 3 steps back? Why are our projects so difficult to deliver? How can we generate more (high quality) leads? How can we create a scalable platform to grow beyond the £1M barrier and deliver consistent, sustainable profit?
Join Janusz Stabik who’ll help you to smash through this £1M barrier. You’ll discover the agency business models that scale well, and those that don’t. We’ll review benchmarks, tactics and strategy for taking your agency to £1M and beyond. You’ll meet like-minded agency owners and you’ll leave with a spring in your step, feeling energised and excited about the future and you’ll have gained clarity on how to get there.
By the end of the workshop you will:
This workshop is aimed at agency owners/founders/directors running businesses with less than 15 employees and/or less than £1M in annual revenue.
About Janusz Stabik
Janusz is a coach and mentor to agency leaders across the globe through his coaching practice and consultancy, GYDA, where he helps agency owners to run the agency they want to run. He’s an ex-agency owner, a managing partner at GYDA and a lead coach for Google across multiple agency growth programmes throughout EMEA.
Tickets
Tickets are priced at £125+VAT for BCI members and £175+VAT for non-members. This includes refreshments and a buffet lunch. Book your place below!
This workshop will be held at Origin Workspace, 40 Berkeley Square, BS8 1HP.
The event returns to the Watershed, offering a unique chance to network with peers and learn from top brands and internationally renowned speakers against the backdrop of Bristol’s floating harbour.
Speakers:
Leticia Miranda – Lead Product Designer at Warner Bros. Discovery
Kayode Olorunfemi – VP, User Experience Need at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Alkistis Geropoulou – Head of User Centred Design at Companies House
Chris Richards – Creative Director at Nomensa
Nis Bjorn – Design Lead at MetaLab
Teak-Miu Tse – Group Director of Design Systems and Operations at Sky
Vanessa Bennett – Head of UX at Cazoo
Matt Corrall – Design Director at Ultraleap
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