BOOTSTRAPPERS Business ACADEMY · The First Breakfast
The Bootstrappers' Breakfasts™ Comes to Bristol.
ÂŁ7M in combined annual revenue. Built without VC.
Now build your first ÂŁ1M in the room with the women who already did it.
Bootstrappers' Breakfasts™ brings together 40 female founders building towards their first £1M — with superscalers whose businesses have generated £7M in combined annual revenue without giving away control.
Date19 November 2026Time8:30–10:30amVenueVenue TBC, BristolPlaces40
The Room
Who You’ll Be in Front Of.
Women at different stages, different paths — all past the point you’re building toward.
Host
Geeta Sidhu-Robb
Founder, Seven Rungs · Growth Advisor
Geeta Sidhu-Robb is a CEO Growth Advisor and founder of Seven Rungs, the structured growth programme for women building companies without venture capital. She created and hosts The Bootstrappers’ Breakfasts™️, the UK’s first national platform for female founders reaching their first £1M on their own cashflow. She built her own first company, Nosh Detox, without outside capital. She advised Sam Smith of finnCap from £15M in revenue to IPO and a £52M exit, and Mia Drennan, who founded GLAS Agencies with £6,000 and closed a partial exit at around $1.8B in January 2026, thirteen months after becoming a client. She founded the WCorp certification, holds five Entrepreneur and Businesswoman of the Year awards, and spoke at TEDxBerlin on how healthcare systems fail Black and brown mothers.
Keynote & Co-Host
Celine Aloe
Founder & CEO, UKLC Education Group
Celine is the Founder and CEO of UKLC Education Group, a group of education businesses dedicated to helping people learn English, develop their potential, and experience the transformative power of different cultures through travel and study. Starting with summer language programmes in 2000, she has grown UKLC into one of the UK’s leading providers of language and educational experiences over more than 20 years. Her focus has evolved to encompass learning, leadership and human potential — driven by a belief that meaningful experiences unlock what people are truly capable of at every stage of life.
Panellists
More Speakers Coming
Our full Bristol panel will be announced shortly — women who have built in Bristol’s ecosystem and can speak to what bootstrapping past your first milestone actually looks like.
What This Is
The Room for Women Building Differently.
The Bootstrappers’ Breakfasts™ is a national series for female founders building their first £1M without external investment — sitting in front of women who have done it, past £1M, past £5M, past £200M.
Bristol is next. Each Breakfast names the Bargain most female founders have been making without realising — and gives you the language, and the room, to claim what you have already paid for.
No pitching. No networking theatre. Just women who have built, talking to women who are building.
| 1.3%of UK VC reaches all-female teams | ÂŁ310bnuntapped female-founder value | Freeto attend, by registration |
The Morning
| 8:30 | Arrive & breakfastCoffee, food, time to settle in |
| 9:00 | WelcomeGeeta Sidhu-Robb opens the room |
| 9:15 | KeynoteSpeaker TBC |
| 9:45 | Panel ConversationHosted by Local Host TBC |
| 10:15 | Open FloorQuestions and conversation |
| 10:30 | Close |
The Framework on Stage
The Bootstrap Bargain™
Every Breakfast names a trade most female founders have been making without realising. It is not a punishment — it is the bargain most women would make again, even when they made it without knowing.
Bristol is where we name it next — in a room, out loud.
CLAIM YOUR PLACEThe Cost You Pay
Slower scale
Harder cashflow
Less external leverage
Slow press, slow recognition
The Return You Collect
Sovereignty
Higher margin
A life that fits a body
A founder still operational at 55
Register
Secure Your Place.
Places are limited. Register and you’ll receive a confirmation email with everything you need to add to your diary.
This event is free. It is for female founders currently building their first £1M — without external investment.
What Happens Next
| 1 | Fill in your details and submit |
| 2 | You’ll receive an email with the full event details |
| 3 | Add it to your diary — Bristol, 19 November |
| 4 | Arrive at 8:30am. We’ll take it from there. |
Register for Bristol
19 November 2026 · Venue TBC · Free
By registering you'll receive a confirmation email with diary details.
