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Lunch and Learn: How to turn a business idea into a reality

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In this Lunch and Learn, Gabriel Unger and Abhilash Jobanputra of Chai Guys explain how to turn a good idea into a great business.

The pair became good friends when they were working in the corporate world at Deloitte. Then a trip to India essentially changed everything.

They stayed up until 3am every single night discussing this idea. On the last day of the trip, they came back with a suitcase full of tea and experimented for eight months afterwards, finally launching their business, 

. They now have two central London sites and run a successful e-commerce business.

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Lunch and Learn: How to turn an idea into a reality – with Chai Guys founders

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Lorna Bladen is the Head of Marketing at Enterprise Nation. Lorna has over ten years of experience working in marketing. Previous roles include:
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<li>Head of Marketing at Escape The City</li>
<li>Head of Partnerships at Moneypenny</li>
<li>Working as a freelance marketing consultant.</li>
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Lorna is based in Brighton, West Sussex and is open to supporting small businesses across the UK.
Lorna&apos;s mentoring experience
Lorna has over ten years of experience working with small businesses at a senior level. She is excited to use their expertise, along with their leadership and management skills to support a small business to grow.
Lorna has also recently undertaken training with the Association of Business Mentors.
How Lorna can help your business
Lorna can help you with social media, digital marketing, content production and partnership building. Lorna has experience working with small businesses across a number of different sectors - including fashion, homewares, food and service-based businesses.
Lorna will act as a sounding board and guide you through 1:1 mentoring. Lorna will be a good listener, ask the right questions, and be passionate about helping you achieve your business goals.

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About Me
For over 25 years, I&apos;ve worked for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups, to multinational corporations in C-level and senior management positions.
?Common to every role, I have had responsibility for increasing revenue, scaling operations, and providing insight and analysis that has shaped the growth of the business. For the last ten years, I have been a founding management team member for a successful Climate tech SaaS business. Some of my achievements include the following:
- Pivotal to scaling the business and driving growth: &gt; 5 employees to 55. &gt; 0 customers to 50+ global enterprise customers. &gt; £0 revenue to multimillion subscription-based ARR. - Fundraising experience from Seed to Series B. - Driving transition from project-based revenue to SaaS subscription model. - Driving productization pivoting from bespoke analytics to repeatable data products. - Overseeing geographic and sector market development with North America as #1 market. - Creating and executing successful growth strategies across marketing, sales, and partners.
I now work with early-stage businesses that want to scale their business through investment. I help create investor-ready materials that ensure that your investment story is compelling and that fundamental investor questions are addressed.
Why work with me
I&apos;m not a typical consultant. I&apos;m not here to tell you how to run your business; you are the expert on that. What I can do is help you with challenges related to growing and scaling your business. Maybe you have an engineering or technical background and need help with attracting and winning new clients. Maybe you want to raise money through grants, an investment round, or a loan and you need to ensure that you have a compelling pitch or business plan, or that your business is investor-ready.
Often founders and management teams are busy running their businesses with little or no time, or perhaps little experience. This is where I can help.
I&apos;ve spent years scaling businesses, growing revenue, and building teams. If you&apos;re looking to raise money I can help prepare pitches and investor materials that present your business with the aim of securing investment at different stages from Seed to Series B. With a background in sales and marketing, I can help you prepare an investor pitch that is compelling and exciting, clean and simple, and answers those questions that investors will expect you to know.
I&apos;ve worked across a wide range of industries and engaged with cross-functional teams bridging commercial, financial, scientific, and technical to drive cohesive, compelling investor materials.
Based near Oxford, I work with founders and management teams of early-stage companies from all over the UK.

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Business plan review

For more detailed discussions with investors, I can review and help create a robust and clearly articulated plan which addresses all elements of your business including: 

- Value proposition

- Market sizing

- Competition

- Business model

- Financials & projections

- Use of proceeds.

Hannah helps startups and small businesses get the attention they need for success, through brand messaging, marketing strategy, and expert support. Through her business <a href=&apos;https://upmarketry.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Upmarketry</a>, which she founded in early 2018, her clients have access to a wealth of incredible freelance and consultancy talent in the UK at an affordable price.
Having started in PR, working with new businesses, FTSE100 organisations, and everything in between, she has since built countless new brands, run highly successful B2B and B2C digital marketing campaigns, and made it her mission to help UK startups find their own growth hack to success.
Her experience includes: Keltbray (Head of Communications); Quidco (Head of PR); Barclays (PR support); RSA (External Communications Consultant); RankedRight (External Head of Marketing); MGM Advantage (PR support), Clydesdale Bank (PR support); London Luton Airport (PR support); OnePlan (branding, strategy and content); Jackson Remediation (branding, strategy and content); My Gator Watch (branding, strategy and content); McCormickCo Security (branding, strategy and content); Lupovis (branding, strategy and content); Intruder (content), Connexity (content), Lodge Court (content, PR and strategy); Immortal Fitness (content), The Point.1888 (branding, strategy and content); and Yooogroup (content).
How can she help you? Why not send a connection request and then book a time for a quick consultation?

Small Busjness Branding and Marketing Specialist

Hannah Brice

Hannah helps startups and small businesses get the attention they need for success, through brand messaging, marketing strategy, and expert support. Through her business <a href=&apos;https://upmarketry.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Upmarketry</a>, which she founded in early 2018, her clients have access to a wealth of incredible freelance and consultancy talent in the UK at an affordable price.
Having started in PR, working with new businesses, FTSE100 organisations, and everyth

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