Networking and Pitching event
Starting a business is never a straight line, especially when the odds feel stacked against you. Nearly sixty percent of new businesses close within their first three years. Less than three percent of UK venture capital goes to all-female teams. Most young people can’t even name a single high-profile female entrepreneur. Still, every day, founders across our community are rewriting that story.
What’s on
🎤 Inspirational Speaker
Hear from Sonya Barlow - the award-winning founder & CEO of the Like Minded Females (LMF) Network, a global social enterprise empowering underrepresented women in business and tech. She is a BBC presenter of The Everyday Hustle, author of Unprepared to Entrepreneur, and a recognised LinkedIn Top Voice for Gender Diversity. Through LMF’s mentoring and inclusion programmes, she has supported over 100,000 professionals in 24 countries with a 90% success rate of achieving their career goal, working with brands like Vodafone, PwC, and LinkedIn. Sonya is also a passionate advocate for neurodiversity and resilience, sharing her own journey to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
🚀 Founder Pitches
Have a bold idea or a challenge you’ve overcome? Want to share your mission with a room full of supportive peers? Apply for your chance to pitch your story live. Chosen pitches will be coached by TopBird consultants for free!
Apply until the 19th September here.
🤝 Community Networking
Our events are famous for genuine conversations and a friendly, welcoming vibe. Meet founders, collaborators, investors, and mentors who get what it means to keep going.
About Businettes & this event
It’s easy to feel like you’re building your business alone, especially when most advice comes from a screen. Deep down you know that nothing compares to the energy in the room when founders swap stories face to face.
At this event, you’ll find people who get it, who know what it’s like to hit walls and keep going, and who are ready to share what actually works (and what doesn’t).
Businettes is a genuine community, built on trust and genuine support. Here, you’re not expected to have it all figured out. You’re invited to show up as you are, connect with others who care about helping you move forward, and leave with fresh ideas, new friends, and that little lift every founder needs.
If you’re ready to feel supported and inspired in a way that’s hard to find online, this is your space.
Come and see what it feels like to be part of a founder community that has your back.