Scaling Businesses With AI: Growth, Fundraising & Workshop

About this event

What happens after you've built something with AI? How do you get customers? How do you raise funding? How do you turn an impressive demo into an actual business?

AI rewrote how businesses grow, get funded and run. Teams of three now ship what used to take thirty. Brands test, learn and scale in days, not quarters. And the old question “how do I raise?” now has a rival: “do I even need to?”

This is an evening for founders, marketers, operators and investors who’d rather build the future than read about it. Real stories, straight talk and tools you can use the next morning.

The agenda

6:30pm · Doors open & ice-breaker Please, come early so you can meet the room before the room gets busy.

7:00pm · Welcome

7:05pm · From 0 to $$$: the ResQ storyHow a startup grew to being an established company with real revenue through AI-powered marketing and relentless experimentation. What worked, what flopped, and what they’d do again tomorrow.

7:45pm · Panel: AI and the real work of growing a business

What has it actually changed for the people growing companies? This panel skips the hype and goes straight to practice.

Expect honest answers, real examples and the lessons nobody puts on a slide.

Panel:

Laura CortesFounder & CEO, VelaiaLaura spent 20 years leading award-winning creative work for Google, Netflix, Disney and Adidas, and was Head of Digital Creative at Warner Bros. Records. She is a BAFTA and Webby nominee and a Cyber Lion winner. Today she is building Velaia, a maternal mental wellness platform for mothers of young children. On the panel, she brings the founder’s view: what it takes to build a brand people trust and how AI is changing the way a new company gets noticed.

Sarah SommersguterBusiness Angel & Investor Coach, YangelSarah supports investors in building their business angel careers and works closely with early-stage founders. On the panel, she brings the investor’s view: what angels look for in the AI era, how AI changes the case for raising money, and what f

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