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Founder of Ideas Forums | Creator of Ideas Fest – the ‘Glastonbury for Business’ | Building Communities & Celebrating Entrepreneurs Shaping the Future
Happy New Year All! 🎉 With so many new faces here, I thought I’d take a moment to reintroduce myself and share what I’m all about. I’m Francesca, co-founder of Ideas Forums with Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE , where we create spaces to celebrate, support, and connect entrepreneurs and ambitious businesses. Here’s what keeps us busy: ✨ The Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community – often called “the Grammys of entrepreneurship”. More than just an awards programme, it’s a platform to champion and connect entrepreneurs. Over the past 13 years, we’ve celebrated thousands of entrepreneurs making an incredible impact in their industries and communities. ✨ The UK StartUp Awards – Recognising businesses in their first three years, we spotlight many businesses that we're sure will become tomorrows household names. ✨ The UK Fast Growth Index Established in Wales in 1999 and now a UK wide programme, The UK Fast Growth Index highlights the fastest-growing businesses across seven regions, showcasing the incredible contributions of scale-ups to the UK economy. ✨ The Great British Industry Awards (new!) – Celebrating mid sized businesses with £10 million to £200 million turnover - often the unsung heroes! ✨ Ideas Fest – Born out of Covid when indoor events seemed unlikely to return as we once knew them, we imagined what a community focused outdoor event might look like. Think talks in tents, food stalls and festival fun. Luckily our community loved it and "Glastonbury for Business" is swiftly turning into a must attend event for entrepreneurs. 🪩 🎪 💃 On a personal note, I’ll also be kicking off 2025 with a 🛺 rickshaw race across India in March (yes, really!) alongside a group of extraordinary women, because why not start the year with a challenge? 💪 What’s next? In 2025, we’re doubling down on building our community. More on that soon! If you’re a founder, entrepreneur, or someone dreaming big, I'm thrilled to be connected and look forward to following your journey on here!
Love this Francesca! Wondering do we have same in Ireland? we do have fast50. Typically tech or tech-enabled SMEs/ start ups Ideafest also great concept.... Keep going, we need in our local economies as things more certain & change gets faster.....!
Love this introduction piece to you . Hope you have lot so videos and photos of the race ! Sam Teale I sure you would love a trip to India ! 🇮🇳 such a great challenge . Want to know what’s the prize for first place 🥇.
Francesca, what a powerful way to champion entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes. From startups to established giants. The rickshaw race sounds like an incredible adventure. Francesca James
Francesca James I hear rickshaw racing can be dangerous. Have you got time beforehand to have some of my award winning first aid training to equip you and the team just in case something happens.
Rickshaw race in India Well if your ganna make 2025 your year why not start with a challenge like that 😮💨😅👏🏼
Oh I've heard about the Rickshaw race, a couple pf people I know are doing it. Exciting times ahead Francesca James
So proud of all your good works. Happy New Year
That race sounds epic, wishing you all the best and look forward to seeing more about it on here! Looking forward to finding out more what is planned for 2025, it’s going to be a good year!!
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2dSome big things coming for 2025, I can’t wait to see them! Good luck with the rickshaw race, that sounds amazing! How on earth did you get into that?!