The Venturefest Yorkshire Dinner
Tickets £55.00 per person.
Reserve individual tickets by clicking the "Register" option on the above tool bar. For multiple tickets, or tables of 10, please email your request to cwilson@venturefestyorkshire.net
This dinner is a chance to celebrate and reflect on a day of inspiration and energising content. A drinks reception precedes the now popular Venturefest Yorkshire Dinner with a pre-dinner speech from Victoria Brown of The Mount School and following dinner an after dinner talk from Deirdre Bounds.
The Venturefest Yorkshire Dinner and Awards Ceremony 2008 is sponsored by Leeds Metropolitan University.Pre-Dinner drinks sponsored by the Acorn Fund.
The following Award presentations then follow:
• Innovation Showcase winner presented by Simon Hill of Yorkshire Forward.
• Venturefest Yorkshire Investment Competition Winner
After Dinner Speaker: Deirdre Bounds
Proclaimed by the Telegraph as having “Northern grit and determination that represents the perfect role model for business” former stand-up comedienne, world backpacker, English teacher, outback bus driver and mum of two – this down to earth visionary set up ethical travel company i-to-i.com and went from bedsit to exit in twelve years. Not suprisingly she was invited by Channel 4 to be one of eight entrepreneurs who worked with communities in Africa for Millionaires’ Mission. Take this exciting opportunity to hear Deirdre’s experience first-hand.
Deirdre has recently sold her ethical travel company i-to-i to First Choice holidays for ' Enough to make her happy for the rest of her life.... and beyond!' She now acts as a business angel and mentor to start ups.
Deirdre will be talking about how business in the 21st century must be executed differently to succeed in this mad, mad world. Drawing on her experiences of backpacking, getting boo-ed off stage as a comedienne and starting from scratch 'without a bloody clue' how to do business, Deirdre upholds creativity and speedy execution as the new utopia in business.