Online event
The governance side of preparing for investment
Tuesday 27 October at 1:00PM
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Ready for growth? Learn how effective governance can boost investor confidence, support funding ambitions, and help your business achieve its growth goals.
What you’ll learn
- Getting your governance right for investment
- How governance should be an accelerator not a brake
- What roles you have as a founder-CEO
Description
Governance isn't just for large corporations. Done well, it can help your business to maximise success, strengthen resilience, and support sustainable growth.
As you prepare to scale and seek equity or debt investment, investors will be looking for a business that is well-managed, robust, and capable of delivering on its ambitions. A strong governance framework can help build that confidence.
This webinar explores why good governance matters and provides practical guidance for founder CEOs on how to put the right structures in place before, and in the early stages of, securing investment. It will help you create a business that is investment-ready, growth-focused, and positioned for long-term success.
Speakers
Nick Sturge MBE CDir FRSA FIET
Portfolio Non-exec, chair and adviser to growing companies, The Founders Journey
After co-founding and floating a tech business on the London Stock Exchange, Nick ran the SETsquared Business Incubator in Bristol to become part of the world’s leading university backed business incubator in 2015,18 and 19.
He founded the Engine Shed innovation hub in 2013 and since 2019 has had a portfolio of non-exec, advisory and consultancy roles for tech, creative, university and local government clients.
He now runs workshops on board governance for founder-CxOs and board evaluations for growing and venture-backed businesses.