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Business Academy: Building your first Board

10 June 2026 - 11:00 am • 10 June 2026 - 12:00 pm • Online

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Understand how to get the governance right for founder-CEOs on the start of their journey.

What you’ll learn
  • What governance really means
  • What roles you have as a founder-CEO
  • When to start to build a Board

Governance should not be a dirty word, or one that is just for big corporations or for having “your homework marked”.

It should be about maximising success at every stage of your journey and creating options for yourself as you grow and as your business grows.

This webinar sets out the “why” and the start of the “how” of getting governance right for founder-CEOs on the start of their journey.

Speakers

Nick Sturge MBE CDir FRSA FIET
Portfolio Non-exec, chair and adviser to growing companies, The Founders Journey

After co-founding and floating a tech business on the London Stock Exchange, Nick ran the SETsquared Business Incubator in Bristol to become part of the world’s leading university backed business incubator in 2015,18 and 19.

He founded the Engine Shed innovation hub in 2013 and since 2019 has had a portfolio of non-exec, advisory and consultancy roles for tech, creative, university and local government clients.

He now runs workshops on board governance for founder-CxOs and board evaluations for growing and venture-backed businesses.

Organised by

Business Academy

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This event is part of the Business Academy’s Business Skills Series. See below for other events in this series.