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Start-Up Day 2025 - Bristol
Ready for business success?
Join BIPC Bristol at Bristol Central Library for Start-Up Day on Monday 17 November for a live screening of inspiring talks with renowned industry leaders, panels of successful entrepreneurs and market experts, broadcast from the British Library.
You can choose what sessions to attend, depending on what times work for you. However, numbers are limited, so booking is required.
During the day, a BIPC Information Specialist will be available for drop-in business & intellectual property enquiries, and staff will be on hand to help you navigate BIPC Bristol’s valuable business electronic resources – Mintel, IBIS World, COBRA, and Kompass EasyBusiness.
Please note that the evening Fireside Chat with fitness entrepreneur Joe Wickes will not be broadcast after library closing time, but you can attend remotely. Contact us at BIPC@bristol.gov.uk for free tickets.
Live stream in the Public Meeting Room
10:00-11:00 Mintel’s Richard Shepherd: “How to understand today’s customers and key market trends”
11:20-12:50 Start Up Stars: “How to start up and what I wish I had known”
Break
14:15-15:00 Martha Keith: “How to use social media to supercharge your business”
15:00-15:40 Jeremy O’Hare: “How to Protect and Capitalise on your Business Idea”
16:00-16:40 David Horne: “How to Finance Your Start Up”
Close
Watch at home during or after the session:
18:15-19:25 In conversation with Joe Wicks and Nikki Wicks, The Body Coach.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.
When the event is sold-out, some drop-in spaces will be available on the day, and we will also have a "silent screening" with subtitles in the main BIPC area of the library.
