Startup Mini Masterclass - Building your founder-led brand

Our Startup mini masterclasses aim to provide participants with actionable insights, tools, or techniques that they can implement in their startups or daily lives.

Building your founder-led brand

So, you’ve started your own venture—and now it’s time for your audience to meet the person behind it. Your founder story is one of your most powerful assets, shaping how people connect with your mission, your values, and the real human driving the idea forward. 

In this short but impactful session, we’ll explore how bringing more of you into your brand can build trust, strengthen visibility, and connection—even if stepping into the spotlight doesn’t come naturally. 

Hosted by Kimberly Spiers, founder of The New Kind Community, this masterclass will take a podcast‑style format, featuring an open, honest discussion with a panel of inspiring founders who’ll share their own experiences of influence, personal brand and navigating the confidence to become “the face” of what they’ve built.

Why Attend?

• Get a clear understand of what founder‑led branding & marketing really are and why they matter

• Learn how influence and personal brand can help you build trust, credibility and visibility from day one

• Discover practical ideas to shape your founder story and communicate it with clarity and authenticity

• Explore low‑pressure ways to show up as a founder, even if being visible doesn’t feel natural to you 

• Pick up confidence‑building tips to help you share your message without feeling uncomfortable or ‘salesy’ 

There will be time at the end for questions. 

Please book your place on Eventbrite.

This session is one of our monthly masterclasses, but this month we’re excited to bring it to you as part of EnterpriseFest, celebrating enterprise and startups at the University of Portsmouth. Enterprisefest is a vibrant mix of workshops, networking & inspiration - If you would like to attend, more information and booking details can be found here.