Ready to connect with growing businesses?
Connect directly with ambitious small-business owners and founders who are investing in solutions to accelerate their growth.
By exhibiting at the Festival of Entrepreneurs, you will find yourself among driven individuals ready to scale, eager to adopt new strategies, and actively seeking trusted service providers. This is your chance to position your brand at the heart of a thriving community determined to move their businesses to the next level.
Why Exhibit?
Engage Serious Buyers: Our attendees are decision-makers prepared to explore innovations that help them surpass important growth milestones.
Showcase Your Expertise: Demonstrate how your products or services tackle real-world challenges faced by dynamic SMEs.
Build Lasting Connections: Tap into multiple networking opportunities to meet entrepreneurs looking for growth solutions and strategic partnerships.
Enhance Brand Visibility: Gain from pre-event publicity and a high-profile exhibit space, cementing your status as a key partner for success-driven enterprises.
Engage face to face
Who will you meet at the Festival of Entrepreneurs if you exhibit?
Delegate job titles:
Founder, Co-Founder, CEO, Managing Director, CFO, Director
Turnover:
<£1m, £1m - £10m, £10m>
Industries:
B2B, B2C
Geography:
Midlands, National
Get the media pack
Want to lead the conversations? Then get involved in the seminar programme.
5 Stages, 7 tracks: A fully comprehensive content agenda focusing on all the key areas that drive sustainable growth
Join a panel: With over 90 sessions drawing on the considerable expertise and experience of the speakers, there are turnkey opportunities to demonstrate your expertise
Design your workshop: Better suited to a live demonstration for your solution? We can create workshops and interactive sessions.
Maximise Your Presence
Design an Attention Grabbing Stand: Offer demonstrations, live Q&As, or mini workshops so visitors can experience the impact of your solutions first-hand.
Align with Core Themes: Highlight how you address crucial areas such as funding, technology, or team-building—the topics most valued by attendees.
Capture Leads Efficiently: Have sign-up forms, scanners, or QR codes on hand, and prepare to follow up promptly to turn keen interest into solid results.
Tips on preparing for a successful event (pre, during and post)
Pre-Event
Start by defining your main objectives—whether that is lead generation, brand awareness, or building strategic alliances. Develop a stand concept that aligns with these aims, and spread the word about your attendance on social media and through email campaigns.
Equip your team with clear messaging and relevant marketing materials that speak to the priorities of your ideal visitors.
During the Event
Make engagement your top priority. Ensure your stand looks inviting, and have a proactive team ready to initiate conversations. Listen to each attendee’s challenges and connect them with tailored solutions from your offering.
Scan badges, or use digital sign-ups to keep track of high-potential prospects.
Post-Event
Timely follow-up makes all the difference. Send personalised emails thanking people for visiting, share any materials promised, and schedule calls or product demos. Review your event successes—did you meet the right people, secure enough leads, and maximise networking opportunities?
Use these insights to refine your approach for future exhibitions, turning a few intensive days into lasting commercial relationships.
The Festival of Entrepreneurs organising team is on hand and ready to help you maximise your return of investment. Take a look below at the last time Event Director James Ashwood and Content Director Alex Chisnall organised a business event at the NEC.
