Founders' Friday
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Gain practical advice & insights on funding, investment, sales, marketing & tech to grow your business (from the people behind @ukstartupweek + @Platform_UK) ⭐️
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined March 2012
Keep Going or Pivot? How did this week go for you? Did it go to plan? Did you achieve everything you wanted to? Are you ahead or behind? Do you know? As a self-employed business owner I find it helpful to structure my week by giving each day a different theme focus on ⬇️⭐️
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Did you know most people struggle with sales & selling? From the 100+ conversations I had with business owners & leaders last year, almost everyone said they weren’t selling enough, needed help to generate more qualified leads & advice on how to convert interest into sales! 1/2
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Our 30th PLATFORM event of this year (& final of 2025) is in Newcastle on Friday (19th December) ⭐️ If you’re free on Friday morning, come along to be inspired & spend time with good people who can help you grow your business in 2026 (link to tickets in comments below) ⬇️✨🚀
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I’M LOOKING FOR some UK-based entrepreneurs, business owners & leaders who want to work with me & my business partner Neil Stephenson (leading tech business angel investor) next year… 1/3
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On Friday (12 Dec), we're delighted to have @IanKinnery (aka 'The Scale-Up Coach') doing the fireside chat / interview at our PLATFORM event at the Flok Co-Working Space in Middlesbrough! ⭐️ Join us by booking your FREE ticket(s) at https://t.co/ZMxtpms7rw
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Feeling stuck & overwhelmed? Too many ideas in your head that you can’t bring to life? Follow us & come to our monthly PLATFORM events in Newcastle upon Tyne (& other parts of the North East of England & Edinburgh) to learn how to start & grow your business ⭐️ #PlatformUK
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RECRUITMENT IS BROKEN! Calling all Hiring Managers, Talent Partners & Recruitment Consultants… Please complete this survey to help develop a new AI-powered platform that will improve candidate matching plus save time & money on the recruitment process https://t.co/lnrFZtrdRf
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[VIDEO] From Fast Jets to Fractional COO: Cheryl Burgess (Opexcell Limited) on how to achieve people-centric operational excellence (link below) ⬇️⭐️
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As well as our Eventbrite page & social media channels, we now have a dedicated website for all our PLATFORM events & related activities (including our 'PLATFORM Premium' Mastermind Groups starting in January. Get a flavour of what we have in store via the link below ⬇️⭐️
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We only have 3 x PLATFORM events left this year (Sunderland this week, Middlesbrough next week & Newcastle on 19 Dec)! We've also just added the first 6 months of Newcastle events for 2026 to our Eventbrite page at https://t.co/TmCli995Hl so you can plan your diary now! ⬇️⭐️
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We've run 26 x PLATFORM events (so far) this year in Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough & Edinburgh with another 4 to go before the end of December! ⭐️ (Last year it was 20 in Newcastle & Sunderland) 1/2
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What’s the #1 benefit of being self-employed & running your own business? To me it’s not money. For me, it’s more important to have the freedom & flexibility to work where, when & with who I want to, on the projects that interest & excite me & provide value to others… 1/2
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Only 5 x PLATFORM events left this year (including in Middlesbrough this Friday)! Book your ticket(s) to be inspired, build your network & learn how to grow your business! FREE tickets are on our Stellar Business Events Eventbrite page here ⬇️⭐️ https://t.co/TmCli995Hl
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We run inspirational & educational events for ambitious business owners & leaders in the North East of England, Teesside & Scotland. Find out more athttps://platformevents.ai
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Do these stats surprise you? ⬇️⭐️
92.7% of respondents to our UK Startup & Scaleup Survey 2025 say they regularly use LinkedIn to be inspired or find information about starting or growing their business. 40% say YouTube, 38.2% Podcasts, 36.4% Instagram & 30.9% Facebook. Only 12.7% say X/Twitter. Surprised? ⬇️⭐️
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“Action conquers fear. The fear is never gonna go away until you actually start actioning it” (from my conversation with Anna Brand for her ‘B. with Anna Brand’ podcast) ⬇️🎤🎧⭐️🙏 #action #actionoverfear #actionoriented #fearless #podcast #podcasts #UKSSW
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Did you know The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK’s leading membership organisation for small businesses & the self-employed? Howard Little (FSB) will be speaking at our PLATFORM (Sunderland) event on Friday! Book your FREE ticket to attend at https://t.co/N20N7INFFl ⭐️
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Want to know how to use Data, IoT & AI to solve your business / organisation problems? Come & hear Paula Merifield (Co-Founder, Triform Digital Limited) speak at our PLATFORM (Sunderland) event on Friday (7 Nov)! Book your FREE ticket to attend at https://t.co/N20N7INFFl ⭐️
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On Friday (7 November), Paul Harrison (Founder & Creative Director, The Shape Strategic Marketing & Branding) will share how you can better engage with your target audience using a strong brand identity at our PLATFORM (Sunderland) event... 1/2
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Want to know how to use AI in an ethical, human-centred & commercially viable way that doesn't alienate your people or risk destroying your business? Book your FREE ticket to attend our PLATFORM event on Friday (7 Nov) to learn about this ⬇️ at https://t.co/N20N7INFFl ⭐️
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We ran 20 x PLATFORM events last year. We've done 23 in 2025 so far & it will be 30 by the end of this year. 1,420 different people have attended since January 2024 (mostly ambitious business owners & leaders). If you've not been to one of our events yet, isn't it time you did?
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