BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250101 TZNAME:UTC TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:A strong idea is only the beginning. Turning a start-up into a growing business means finding the right customers\, building credibility\ , making confident commercial decisions and knowing where to find the righ t support and investment at the right time.Scale with Santander X is a pra ctical 90-minute session designed to help founders move from ambition to a ction. Bringing together experts in customer acquisition\, business growth \, funding and innovation support\, the session will explore three of the questions founders face as they grow:&bull\; How do you turn visibility in to customers and revenue?&bull\; Where can you find the funding\, expertis e and support to help your business grow?&bull\; How do you prepare your b usiness for investment and the next stage of scale?Speakers will share pra ctical approaches\, first-hand experience and lessons founders can apply i mmediately - from building a stronger route to market and using platforms such as LinkedIn to generate real commercial opportunities\, to accessing the funding\, networks and expert support available across the UK innovati on ecosystem.Hear from:&bull\; Chris Taylor\, Co-Founder\, Silla: Having w orked with more than 1\,000 businesses\, and supported campaigns generatin g more than £\;150m in tracked client sales\, Chris will share practi cal ways to use LinkedIn\, social selling and live events to turn attentio n into leads\, customers and revenue.&bull\; Karen Souza\, Senior Inclusiv e Innovation Communities Partner\, Innovate UK Business Connect: Karen wil l help founders navigate the funding\, grants\, specialist advice\, networ ks and programmes available through Innovate UK and the wider innovation e cosystem\, with practical guidance on finding the right support to grow an d scale.&bull\; Matt Adam\, Founder &\; CEO\, Ideas Lab: A serial entre preneur who has built a business to £\;7m revenue\, raised £\;10 m+ across multiple funding rounds and delivered 10x returns for early ange l investors\, Matt will share practical lessons on raising investment\, un derstanding the funding journey and what founders need to consider as they become investment-ready.Through three focused expert sessions\, a chaired conversation and an extended audience Q&\;A\, founders will have the o pportunity to ask questions\, hear different perspectives and leave with c lear next steps they can apply to their own business.What Founders will ga in:&bull\; Practical ways to use LinkedIn and social selling to reach pote ntial customers\, build credibility and generate leads.&bull\; A clearer u nderstanding of how to turn online visibility and audiences into commercia l opportunities.&bull\; Greater awareness of the funding\, grants\, networ ks\, advice and growth support available through Innovate UK and the wider UK innovation ecosystem.&bull\; Insight into different routes to investme nt and what founders need to consider as they prepare to raise capital.&bu ll\; First-hand lessons on the decisions\, challenges and opportunities th at come with moving from start-up towards scale-up.&bull\; Practical actio ns they can take immediately to strengthen their route to market\, growth strategy and investment readiness.&bull\; A clear next step through the to ols\, opportunities and community available via Santander X.Already applie d? If you&rsquo\;ve successfully registered for the webinar\, you&rsquo\;l l receive a calendar invitation from the team shortly with details on how to join the live event. DTEND:20261021T133000Z DTSTAMP:20261012T230543Z DTSTART:20261021T120000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Scale with Santander X: How to win customers\, attract investment a nd grow your start-up UID:RFCALITEM639274431431709750 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A strong idea is only the beginning. Turnin g a start-up into a growing business means finding the right customers\, b uilding credibility\, making confident commercial decisions and knowing wh ere to find the right support and investment at the right time.

Scal e with Santander X is a practical 90-minute session designed to help found ers move from ambition to action. Bringing together experts in customer ac quisition\, business growth\, funding and innovation support\, the session will explore three of the questions founders face as they grow:

&bu ll\; How do you turn visibility into customers and revenue?

&bull\; Where can you find the funding\, expertise and support to help your busine ss grow?

&bull\; How do you prepare your business for investment and the next stage of scale?

Speakers will share practical approaches\, first-hand experience and lessons founders can apply immediately - from b uilding a stronger route to market and using platforms such as LinkedIn to generate real commercial opportunities\, to accessing the funding\, netwo rks and expert support available across the UK innovation ecosystem.


Hear from:

&bull\; Chris Taylor\, Co-Founder\, Silla: Having worked with more than 1\,000 businesses\, and supported campaigns g enerating more than £\;150m in tracked client sales\, Chris will shar e practical ways to use LinkedIn\, social selling and live events to turn attention into leads\, customers and revenue.

&bull\; Karen Souza\, Senior Inclusive Innovation Communities Partner\, Innovate UK Business Con nect: Karen will help founders navigate the funding\, grants\, specialist advice\, networks and programmes available through Innovate UK and the wid er innovation ecosystem\, with practical guidance on finding the right sup port to grow and scale.

&bull\; Matt Adam\, Founder &\; CEO\, Ide as Lab: A serial entrepreneur who has built a business to £\;7m reven ue\, raised £\;10m+ across multiple funding rounds and delivered 10x returns for early angel investors\, Matt will share practical lessons on r aising investment\, understanding the funding journey and what founders ne ed to consider as they become investment-ready.

Through three focuse d expert sessions\, a chaired conversation and an extended audience Q&\ ;A\, founders will have the opportunity to ask questions\, hear different perspectives and leave with clear next steps they can apply to their own b usiness.

What Founders will gain:

&bull\; Practical ways to us e LinkedIn and social selling to reach potential customers\, build credibi lity and generate leads.

&bull\; A clearer understanding of how to t urn online visibility and audiences into commercial opportunities.

& bull\; Greater awareness of the funding\, grants\, networks\, advice and g rowth support available through Innovate UK and the wider UK innovation ec osystem.

&bull\; Insight into different routes to investment and wha t founders need to consider as they prepare to raise capital.

&bull\ ; First-hand lessons on the decisions\, challenges and opportunities that come with moving from start-up towards scale-up.

&bull\; Practical a ctions they can take immediately to strengthen their route to market\, gro wth strategy and investment readiness.

&bull\; A clear next step thr ough the tools\, opportunities and community available via Santander X.

Already applied? If you&rsquo\;ve successfully registered for the webi nar\, you&rsquo\;ll receive a calendar invitation from the team shortly wi th details on how to join the live event.


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