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First-time founders: the leadership skills no one told you you'd need
Hosted by techSPARK
When
Monday 9 November 2026
1:35pm – 2:00pm
Where
The Station - Creative Youth Network
Silver St, Bristol
Price
free
about this room
A 25-minute session on what changes when you stop doing the work and become responsible for the people doing it.
Two people who reached the CEO seat from opposite directions compare notes. Katie Martin of Hidden Signals moved from finance into the top job. Duniya Moore of Illumo Digital went from CEO to co-owner, and had to lead founding partners rather than a team she had built herself. The brief is the specifics rather than the principles: what broke, what worked, and what they would tell themselves on day one. Part of Brazen's Community Track at The Station, 13:35 to 14:00.
two different routes into the same chair, which is rarer than it sounds, and short enough to fit around the rest of the festival. Best for first-time founders and anyone about to start managing instead of doing.
Katie Martin · Hidden Signals
Duniya Moore · Illumo Digital
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The Station - Creative Youth Network, Silver St, Bristol
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Date & Time
Monday 9 November 2026
1:35pm – 2:00pm
Price
Free
Organiser
techSPARK
About this event
Speakers
Katie Martin
, Hidden Signals
Duniya Moore
, Illumo Digital
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