Speakers
Eight people who run small businesses, and what each of them will teach (sample).
Speakers who run shops themselves
No motivational speakers and no sponsored slots. Every speaker runs, or has run, a small business, and every talk ends with fifteen minutes of questions.
Ines Moreau
Moreau Ceramics (sample)
The year on the high street
Tom Achebe
Fold Studio (sample)
Pricing handmade work
Hana Novak
Northbank Supply (sample)
Your first wholesale price list
Ruth Ellery
Ellery Goods (sample)
Chairs the shop owners’ panel
Sam Okafor
Okafor & Daughters (sample)
Hiring your first two people
Lena Brandt
Product photographer (sample)
Photographing on a kitchen table
Priya Shah
Shah Books (sample)
A stock count in an hour
Owen Marsh
Marsh Bicycles (sample)
The shop in ten years
Speak at the forum in 2028
We look for people who run a small business and have one thing to teach in thirty minutes. Talks are paid, travel included (sample).
1
Send a few lines
Your business, the talk in three sentences, and who it helps.
2
Short call
Twenty minutes with our programme lead in the autumn.
3
Rehearsal
One run-through in the room a week before the forum.
Your badge will be at the desk
Request tickets with the form or call the ticket desk. We confirm within one working day.