Bootstrappers Breakfasts — Europe Series
The Bootstrappers’ Breakfasts™ Comes to Lisbon.
A free morning for female founders building their first €1M — in front of women who have bootstrapped past it. By registration only.
Speakers
Who you’ll be in front of.
Women who have built past the point you’re heading toward. Speaker details to follow once confirmed.
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.
A female founder who has bootstrapped past €1M, sharing the conversation every builder in the room needs to hear.
A Lisbon-based founder or connector who will host the room and join the panel conversation.
A confirmed female founder who has bootstrapped past €1M will join the panel. Details to follow.
A confirmed female founder who has bootstrapped past €1M will join the panel. Details to follow.
What to Expect
Two hours. Sixty women. No fluff.
No pitching. No networking theatre. Just women who have built, talking to women who are building. A keynote. A panel. An open floor. All before 11am.
The Morning
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.
The 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.
Secure Your Place
Register for Lisbon.
10 November 2026 · Venue TBC, Lisbon · Free to attend
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