Tech Events at NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, Bristol

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A two-hour workshop on getting a CRM working properly: what to track, how to organise leads, and which sales numbers actually tell you something. The Accelerator team hands out a CRM template to work from, and the session covers sales performance indicators, how to build your own CRM and a Q&A with their experts, with founders describing what has worked for them. It is followed by an Action Lab hour where you implement one change with the team and the other founders in the room rather than taking notes home. There is pre-work: download the NatWest Accelerator app and join the Bristol Sales Accelerator group, which is approval-gated. Free, at 2 Avon Street. Why go: most sales advice stops at the principle. This one ends with your CRM actually changed. Best for founders still running sales out of a spreadsheet.

A two-hour hands-on workshop on the three artefacts most early-stage businesses get asked for and few have ready: a 60-second pitch, a one-page summary of what you do and why it matters, and a sales pitch deck. It works through the core elements of each with practical exercises and case studies. Run by the Bristol NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator team, 10:00 to 12:00, with experience from founders and a Q&A with their experts; no individual speakers are named on the listing. It sits in the Accelerator's sales strand, and a one-hour follow-up plus a Growth Lab on pitching confidence are offered alongside it. Free, at the Accelerator hub, 2 Avon Street, BS2 0PT. You are asked to download the NatWest Accelerator app and join the Sales Accelerator group for your area beforehand. Why go: useful if you can explain your product to engineers but lose the room in front of buyers, and you would rather leave with drafted material than notes.

A practical workshop on equity funding: the types available, how each works, how to value your business and what investors look for, with real founder case studies and hands-on exercises. Part of NatWest Accelerator's six-part Funding Accelerator series; speaker bios are still to follow. Welcome from 09:30, workshop 10:00 to 12:00, then a break until 12:30, at the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator, 2 Avon Street. The organiser asks attendees to download the NatWest Accelerator app beforehand and join its Funding group. Free. Why go: a no-cost primer on equity for founders who want to understand the trade-offs before they start a raise. Best for early-stage Bristol founders considering angel or venture investment.

In this workshop we’ll dive into the sales funnel and explore how to optimise each stage of the funnel to convert leads into loyal customers

Loans, revenue-based finance and asset finance — what each actually costs, and when debt beats giving away equity.

NatWest Accelerator sales clinic for early-stage founders on building a customer-obsessed sales approach.

First in the NatWest Accelerator's funding series: how to finance growth without handing over control of your company. Practical workshop for founders weighing their options.

NatWest Accelerator's Grow Your Sales workshop — a hands-on 2-hour session on building customer personas and customer-obsessed go-to-market. Includes an Action Lab follow-on for peer-supported implementation. Useful for early-stage founders and operators sharpening sales fundamentals.

Part of NatWest Accelerator's funding curriculum — a hands-on 2.5-hour workshop on non-dilutive funding: grants, crowdfunding, revenue-based finance, strategic partnerships and alternatives to equity investment. Pragmatic, useful for founders who want to grow without giving up ownership. Delivered at NatWest's Bristol Accelerator space in the city centre.