With a brilliant line-up of speakers confirmed for this year’s BLN Growth Forum on 5th July, we keep getting asked who is coming this year. We don’t know yet as we only just released tickets (though we now have a shade over 50% of the places gone). Here is the guest list from last year to give you an idea about who will be there.
You can also see some pictures from last year’s event so you can see for yourself here.
- 2e2 Group, Chief Executive Officer
- Accel, Partner
- ACIS, CEO
- Adaffix, CEO
- Admob Europe, VP Alliances
- Advent Ventures, Associate
- AlertMe, Executive Director & Co-Founder
- All-In Group, CEO
- AlpinaSearch, CEO
- Amadeus Capital, CEO, Amadeus Mobile Seed Fund
- Amadeus Capital, Partner
- Amino Telecommunications plc, CFO
- Angel Investor, Partner
- Angel Investor, Chairman
- ARM, Founder and President
- AskPeopleYouKnow, Co Founder
- Astley Clarke, CEO
- Atlantic Healthcare Ltd, Director of Finance
- Audioboo, Director
- AVEVA Group plc, CEO
- AVG Technologies, VP Corporate Development
- AVG Technologies, Senior VP of Corporate Development
- babypac, Founder
- babypac, Founder
- Balderton Capital, Associate
- Basis Technologies, CIO
- Basis Technologies, CEO
- BDO LLP, Partner
- BDO LLP, Partner
- BDO LLP, Marketing Manager
- Betable, CEO/Founder
- Betable, CFO
- BioCair UK, CFO
- Breathing Buildings, Managing Director
- Breathing Buildings, Finance & Operations Director
- Buddi, CEO
- Business Weekly, Publisher
- Calibre One, Managing Director
- Cambridge Angels, Director
- Cambridge Angels, Investor
- Cambridge Enterprise, Head of Marketing
- Cambridge Enterprise, Director
- Cambridge News, Business Editor
- Cambridge Temperature Concepts, CEO
- Camvine, CEO
- Catwalk Genius, Co-Founder
- CDI Europe, Director UK
- Channel 4 Television, 4iP Investment Manager
- Chemist Direct, CEO
- Chesham Holdings Ltd, Trustee/Director
- CIP Technologies, CEO
- Clean Energy Investor, Contributing Editor
- Clickstream Technologies Plc, Managing Director
- Clifton Cowley, Managing Director
- CloudApps, CEO
- Corporate Locate, Founder
- CSR plc, VP Finance
- DataGiving, Project Manager
- Delta Partners, Partner
- DIY Kyoto, Director
- eCommera, CEO
- EnvAl, Director
- EOC Partners, Founder and Managing Partner
- Extreme Group, Founder
- Fintech Ventures, Managing Partner
- Flexiant, CEO
- FreshMinds, MD Talent
- FreshMinds, Managing Director
- Gameware Development, CEO
- Genius Incubator, Managing Director
- Gill Jennings & Every, Trade Mark Attorney
- Gill Jennings & Every, Partner
- Global Corporate Venturing, Editor
- Good Energies (UK) LLP, Associate
- Green-Tide Turbines Ltd, CEO
- Grove Group, MD
- Hotspur Capital, Managing Partner
- Howzat Media, Vice Chairman
- HTK, Managing Director
- Huddle, CEO
- ideaSpace, Director
- IF Communications, CEO
- IF Communications, Director
- iMeta Technologies Ltd, COO
- Imperial College, MBA
- Index Ventures, Associate
- i-nexus, CFO
- Informatics Ventures, Director
- Inmobi, VP, Managing Director
- Intel Capital, Managing Director
- Intelligent Energy, CEO
- Intergence Systems, Director
- IRIS Software Group, Chief Executive Officer
- Jefferies, Head of European Technology
- Jefferies & Company, Managing Director
- Judge Business School, Entrepreneur in Residence
- KashFlow, Founder
- Kestevenlaw, In House Counsel
- Kleinwort Benson Private Bank, Private Banker
- Knowledge Peers plc, Director
- MedicAnimal, Founder
- MedicAnimal, CEO
- Mind Candy Ltd, CTO
- Mindcandy, CFO
- Miriam Lagage, Founder & ex CEO
- Mixcloud, Co-Founder
- Money Dashboard, CEO
- NESTA, MD
- NESTA, Director, Business Development
- Net a Porter, CEO
- NHSI, CEO
- Nivio, President and CEO
- Nokia Research Center, Laboratory Director
- Novacem, Exec Chairman
- Octopus Investments, Director
- OpenCloud, CEO
- Opportunity Link, Managing Director
- Owlstone, Co-founder
- Patients Know Best, CEO
- Pavers Ltd, Managing Director
- Plastic Logic, CTO
- Polecat, Co-Founder
- Polysolar, Director & Co-Owner + CFO
- PrismaStar, Chief Techthusiast (CEO)
- Recogmission, Chairman and CEO
- Red Gate Software, CFO
- Scottish Equity Partners, Partner
- SEB Venture Capital, Partner
- Shazam Entertainment, CFO
- Silicon Valley Bank, Vice President
- Silicon Valley Bank, Head of UK, Europe & Israel
- Silicon Valley Bank, Relationship Manager
- Sphere Medical, CEO
- Sphere Medical, CFO
- Spreadshirt, CEO
- SS-AW.com, Founder
- Starfish, Director
- Suffolk Creative, Founder, Owner
- TagMan, Director
- Taptu, CEO
- Taylor Vinters, Partner
- Taylor Wessing, Associate
- TeePeeGames Ltd, CEO
- The BLN, Director
- The BLN, Project Manager
- The BLN, Founder
- The Conversation Group, Founder
- TidePowerd, CEO
- Timetric, CEO
- TLcom Capital Partners Ltd, General Partner
- Tonejet, CEO
- True Knowledge, Director
- TTP Venture Managers Limited, Venture Manager
- TTP Venture Managers Limited, Partner
- ViaPost, CEO
- Viewsflow, Director
- WAYN, Co-Founder & Co-CEO
- Wellington Partners, Associate
- Whitefox technologies, CEO
- Widget UK Ltd, Chairman
- WorldStores Ltd, Director
- XJTAG, CEO
- ZBD Displays Ltd, Chairman
- ZeeToZed Inc, CEO
- Zeus, Chairman
The content alone is worth coming for but other outcomes for participants last year included investment, advisory roles, and a few career changes. As well as discussing some of the burning issues facing the leaders of growth businesses, the day considers what happens when things go wrong – and how to get back on track. You will hear stories of success – and failure – and walk away with relevant, actionable opportunities to help strengthen your business. You can see the full programme here: http://growthforum2011.thebln.com/
Themes:
- Making it big – targeting big markets and maintaining your lead.
- Successful sales– making profitable sales a core goal. How to sell against market leaders.
- Putting people first – creating a culture to attract and retain the people you need.
- Growth strategies – maximising value from startup to IPO and beyond.
Speakers:
- Jonathan Milner, Founder & CEO, Abcam
- Warren East, CEO, ARM
- Neil Gaydon, CEO, PACE plc
- Stuart Miller, CEO, ByBox
- Mo Bulbrook, Head of International, Cheapflights Media
- Tim Weller, CEO, Incisive Media
- Mary Turner, CEO, AlertMe
- Martin Leuw, NED, IRIS Software Group
- Mark Gerhard, CEO, Jagex Games Studio
- Ariel Eckstein, Managing Director EMEA, LinkedIn
- Peter Bauer, CEO, Mimecast
- Nigel Payne, Director and Prev CEO, Sporting Bet plc
- Andy Leaver, VP EMEA, Workday
Supporters:
- The Growth Forum is produced by the BLN in partnership with BDO.
- The Growth Forum is supported by BDO, Mills and Reeve, Kleinwort Benson, Intel Capital
- Media Partner Business Weekly
- To discuss sponsorship opportunities, call Marcin Zaba, 07702 216 930.
For more information, the full agenda, all the stuff you need to know, and to reserve your place. http://growthforum2011.thebln.com/