Future Ready Founders: Starting, Protecting & Scaling Tech Ventures

A strong idea is only the beginning

Turning that idea into a viable venture requires founders to make decisions about how to develop it, protect what they are creating, prepare for investment and build for sustainable growth.

For the 6th Edition of the BTLS Future Ready Series, we are bringing these conversations together in:

Future Ready Founders

Starting, Protecting & Scaling Tech Ventures

This practical online session will explore the founder journey from different perspectives, helping aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs better understand what happens between having an idea and building something with real commercial potential.

What we’ll explore

• Launch it.
  Understand how founders move from an idea towards something that can be tested, developed and taken to market.
• Protect it.
  Explore what founders should know about intellectual property and protecting ideas, innovation and commercial value.
• Fund it.
  Learn more about what investors consider and how founders can begin thinking about investment readiness.
• Scale it.
  Explore the decisions, challenges and opportunities involved in growing an early-stage venture.

What to expect

• The session will bring together practical perspectives on:
• the realities of building a venture
• founder lessons and early-stage decision-making
• protecting intellectual property
• funding and investment readiness
• preparing for growth
• live discussion and audience Q&A

Featuring insights from

Kamdilichukwu Okonjo
Founder, KEDAI
Founder journey: building and scaling an EdTech venture

Marks & Clerk
Intellectual property: protecting your ideas and innovation

Investor speaker
Investor perspective: what investors look for and how founders can prepare for funding

Who should attend?

• aspiring entrepreneurs
• early-stage founders
• STEM professionals
• researchers and academics exploring commercialisation
• students and graduates interested in entrepreneurship
• anyone considering turning an idea into a business

You do not need to already have a business to attend.

Event information

Saturday, 7 November 2026
10:45am–1:30pm
Online
Free to attend

Register

Save your place:
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