Martha Lane Fox: 'He said, "We're done with women"'
Martha Lane Fox is a tech trailblazer who first made her name in the dot com era. Thirty years on, she still encounters gender bias in her industry
Watch HereAuthor
Dougal Shaw
Date
06 March 2026
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- Meet a small group of other ambitious founders and CEOs
- Sharpen your priorities and clarify your next stage of growth
- Learn more about our growth programme
- No cost to attend and no obligation
World-class learning for leaders scaling serious businesses
We bring you inside the thinking, systems and real experiences of leaders who've scaled far beyond where you are today.
- When
- 26th March
- Where
- London
- Tickets
- Public £395.00 + VAT (Free for Members)
- Company Visit
- When
- 10 March, 12pm - 3pm, Crewe
- Where
- Crewe
- Tickets
- Members only
- Micro-learning webinar
- When
- 23 April
- Where
- Online
- Tickets
- Members only
- Micro-learning webinar
- When
- 13 May
- Where
- Online
- Tickets
- Members only
- Company Visit
Inside Sephora: an insight with Chris De La Puente, Former Executive of LVMH and CEO of Sephora
- When
- Tuesday 28 April
- Tickets
- Members only
- Micro-learning webinar
- When
- 13 May
- Where
- Online
- Tickets
- Members only
- Company Visit
- When
- 20 May
- Where
- London
- Tickets
- Members only
- Business Masterclass
- When
- 21 May
- Where
- London
- Tickets
- Members only
- Company Visit
- When
- 16 June
- Where
- London
- Tickets
- Members only
Great British Billion-Pound Businesses
Meet Britain’s entrepreneurial elite. Here are the leaders who have managed to create a UK business worth £1bn – and kept going. These are people who have built ventures spanning everything from artificial intelligence and virtual reality to hoodies and craft beer.
Insights & Perspectives
Clear thinking for leaders navigating growth, from sharp journalism and informed opinion to podcasts, masterclasses and real-world case studies.
A week that changed the economic outlook
Formula 1’s pivotal year, US tariff uncertainty and more in our weekly newsletter
Read ArticleAuthor
Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack
Date
05 March 2026
Inside FlightStory: the company scaling Steven Bartlett’s podcast empire
Behind one of the world’s biggest podcasts is a fast-growing company betting on long-form storytelling, technology and human creators
Listen HereAuthor
Dougal Shaw
Date
03 March 2026
Inside leadership’s most underrated partnership
The right executive assistant will save time, filter out noise and make everyone more productive. They might just be the most important hire your business makes
Read ArticleAuthor
Josh Dornbrack
Date
16 February 2026