A Seven Rungs Series · Scotland’s First Breakfast
The Bootstrappers’ Breakfasts™ Comes to Edinburgh.
A free morning for female founders building their first £1M — in front of women who have bootstrapped past it. By registration only.
Date4 November 2026Time8:30–10:30amVenue[Venue TBC], EdinburghInvestmentFree to attend
Places are limited. You’ll receive an email with all the details to add to your diary.
The Room
Who You’ll Be in Front Of.
Three women. 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
Darina Garland
Co-Founder, Ooni
Darina is Co-Founder of Ooni, the global product business best known for its pizza ovens and Halo Pro Spiral Mixer. Founded in 2012, Ooni has built a worldwide following — fans include Barack Obama, Beyoncé, and Dolly Parton — and now operates across the USA, Australia, Germany, China, and Sweden. Darina grew up in Edinburgh and bootstrapped Ooni from her kitchen table. Her growth conversation: what it takes to go from a Kickstarter project to a company with world-class employee engagement scores — and why she counts culture as her proudest achievement, above every award and exit multiple.
Local Host & Panellist
Nathalie Agnew
Founder, Muckle Media
Nathalie founded Muckle Media in 2012 after senior roles at Fleishman-Hillard and Porter Novelli. A chartered Fellow of the CIPR, she has led her team to win PRCA DARE Large Agency of the Year (2022) and CIPR Scotland PRide Outstanding PR Consultancy (2018). She specialises in helping brands build marketing programmes that drive measurable business results — creative approaches, rigorous ROI.
Panellist
To Be Announced
We’re finalising our panel. More to come soon.
Panellist
To Be Announced
We’re finalising our panel. More to come soon.
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.
Edinburgh is Scotland’s first. 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 | £310bn untapped female-founder value | Free to attend, by registration |
The Morning
| 8:30 | Arrive & breakfast Coffee, food, time to settle in |
| 9:00 | Welcome Geeta Sidhu-Robb opens the room |
| 9:15 | Keynote Darina Garland, Ooni |
| 9:45 | Panel Conversation Hosted by Nathalie Agnew |
| 10:15 | Open Floor Questions 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.
Edinburgh is where we name it in Scotland, for the first time, 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 — Edinburgh, 4 November |
| 4 | Arrive at 8:30am. We’ll take it from there. |
Register for Edinburgh
4 November 2026 · Edinburgh · Free
By registering you'll receive a confirmation email with diary details.
