Tech Events at Library of Birmingham, Birmingham

An interactive general business networking session run by the Library of Birmingham business and learning team.

A free Library of Birmingham marketing session on being found by the right customers — channels, basic search visibility and low-cost promotion for a small business.

Start Up Day is the British Library's national programme for new businesses, and the Library of Birmingham runs the local edition from its Business & Learning floor. This year's Birmingham theme is creative businesses: how to protect what you make, how to tell customers who have never heard of you what you actually do, and how to put together a growth strategy rather than a wish list. It runs 11:00 to 16:00 in the library on Broad Street, free, with sessions from the Business & Learning team alongside working creative entrepreneurs on how they got started. No speaker line-up has been published yet. Why go: Birmingham has no shortage of networking and very little practical founder teaching, and this is five hours of the second kind from the people who run the city's business library. Best if you are close to registering something and want the IP, positioning and pricing basics in one sitting.

A free introductory session at the Library of Birmingham on using social media channels for a small business.

A free introductory session on business planning run by the Library of Birmingham business and learning team.

A free Library of Birmingham session on creating a brand identity for a new business — positioning, naming and the visual basics, plus the free resources available through the library.

A free Library of Birmingham session on financial fundamentals for a new business — costing, cash flow and building a forecast you can actually run the business against.

A free Library of Birmingham business-support session on market research: establishing whether there is real demand for your idea before you build it, and the free data sources available to test that.

A free afternoon workshop at the Library of Birmingham for anyone considering self-employment — what starting a business actually involves, run by the library's Business & Learning team.

Monthly networking at the Library of Birmingham — a recurring fixture for Birmingham founders and business professionals. Guest speakers and interactive sessions each month at one of Birmingham's most iconic venues, free to attend.