MADE Festival

MADE Entrepreneur Festival, the UK’s premier business event for entrepreneurship, will be returning to the Crucible in Sheffield on the 9th November. A world-renowned line-up of experts and peers will be at MADE to educate, inspire and motivate new and experienced business leaders a-like by sharing their stories, advice and experiences on growing and succeeding in business.

Having been voted in the top 10 worldwide entrepreneurial conferences, this year MADE will be even better than ever.

MADE 2017 Highlights Reel from MADE on Vimeo.

Returning to host this year’s event is past keynote and audience favourite, Geoff Ramm, customer service and marketing expert. Alongside him will be:

  • Brad Burton - The UK's #1 motivational speaker
  • Phil M Jones - World leading sales trainer
  • Sahar Hashemi - Founder of Coffee Republic and Co-Chair of the Governments 'Scale-Up Taskforce'
  • Simon Biltcliffe – Founder of Webmart
  • James Brown - Founder of Beer 52
  • Ruth Nic Aoidh - Shaping the future strategy of McLaren Automotive
  • Emma Cooper - Inspiring the next generation of digital creatives

Our line-up includes Phil M Jones, a best-selling author and multiple award-winner who is highly regarded as the world’s leading sales trainer. From working with small business owners that are looking to increase sales to globally recognised companies that want to drive more activity from their staff – Phil’s unique skillset allows him to serve a vast mix of people with entirely different goals.

Sahar Hashemi, who was recently appointed Co-Chair of the Government’s new Scale-up Task Force, brought the coffee cafe culture to the UK in the 90′s with her chain Coffee Republic. Alongside her brother they built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with 110 bars and a turnover of £30m. Hear Sahar’s entrepreneurial story which has led to her being nominated by Director magazine as one of its Top 10 Original Thinkers, alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Jonathan Ive.

Our speakers all bring an inspiring story or skill to help enhance your business. In the words of our host:

“You have 3 choices on November 9th.  Stay at home.  Stay in your office.  Or Stay in your Crucible seat at the #1 voted entrepreneur event in the UK.  The choice is yours.

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