A Multi-Million Pound Events Empire, Survived COVID & Created Glastonbury of Business | Frankie James
Female Founders Rise ShowShow Notes
Frankie James co-founded Ideas Community, the team behind the UK StartUp Awards, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Ideas Fest, now a multi-million-pound turnover business. This week Frankie sits down with Emmie and Mae to talk about building a portfolio of businesses without losing focus, closing an investment round three days before the world shut down, and the networking question that will completely change how you work a room. Honest, warm, and full of things you can actually use. In this episode: → Why over £3M got raised in a field — and how you engineer serendipity → How to test demand with a waitlist before you commit a penny → Surviving COVID as an events business and the pivot that became Ideas Fest → How to build a portfolio of businesses without losing the thread → The one networking question to ask instead of "what do you do?" → Why the founders who win go deep on AI and deep on human connection Download the free one-page playbook for this episode at https://femalefoundersriseshow.com/
RESOURCES MENTIONED → Ideas Community: https://www.ideasforums.com/ → Great British Entrepreneur Awards: https://greatbritishentrepreneurawards.com/ → Ideas Fest: https://greatbritishentrepreneurawards.com/ideas-fest-sign-up/ → UK StartUp Awards: https://startupawards.uk/ → Daniel Priestley: https://www.danielpriestley.com/ → Female Founders Rise: https://femalefoundersrise.com/
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