Lunch + Learn: Brighton
Lunch+Learn is a monthly series at Plus X Innovation designed to support the growth of entrepreneurs, founders, and scaling businesses.
Each session brings practical learning, expert advice, and real-world examples across various topics relevant to the challenges of today’s businesses.
Whether you're looking to scale, improve leadership skills, or understand key funding routes, these sessions are tailored to provide actionable insights you can apply right away.
Sessions include a mix of presentations and Q&A, along with lunch to keep you energised while networking with like-minded individuals.
Join our next Lunch + Learn:
The Founder Story - How Purpose-Led Brands Stand Out
📅 1st July 2026, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Many purpose-led founders are driven by a powerful sense of mission, but it is not always easy to turn that passion into a story that others immediately understand, remember and believe in.
This practical Lunch + Learn will help founders and small business owners uncover the personal story behind their work, and understand how to use that story to build trust, attract attention and grow.
Led by Jon Card, author of How to Make Your Company Famous and founder of Full Story Media, the session will give attendees a simple framework for shaping a founder story that feels clear, credible and compelling.
Through practical exercises and discussion, attendees will explore how their personal journey connects to their business purpose, how that story can become meaningful to customers, and how to use it across marketing, sales, PR, partnerships and fundraising.
What you'll learn
You’ll leave with a clearer, more confident way to tell your founder story and connect it to your business growth.
In this session, you’ll explore:
- How to identify the personal story behind your purpose-led business
- Why founder stories are powerful for sustainability and impact-led brands
- How to turn your founder story into a customer story
- How to use storytelling to build trust, generate sales, attract the right people and support investment conversations
- How to make your story feel authentic, credible and memorable
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Lunch + Learn Experts
Why attend
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The people I have met here make it a dream coming in a few times a week! I don't see myself being able to go back to working from home the same way I did before coming to Plus X Innovation, I don't think I could leave the sense of community behind. It really is something everyone who is working from home should try!
Central Research Laboratory has contributed to our journey in many ways: access to a network, manufacturing, procurement services, and workshop facilities. CRL enables us to feel like a slightly bigger company than we would otherwise be if left to our own devices. Being here at CRL as a cohort member, makes it feel a lot more real and plugged in into the ecosystem.
Besides the workshop facilities, the best thing about working in the Brighton hub has got to be being able to collaborate with people in the same building as you. The variety of expertise and experience in the building is awesome.
We could not be in a better place to grow as a company. We get amazing support from the Plus X Innovation staff, plus collaboration opportunities with the other inspiring residents and companies. We feel like we’re living in the future of workplaces in the present and that is pretty damn cool.
Through my time at Plus X Innovation my business has turned from a student project into a registered R&D company. My favourite thing about being at Plus X Brighton is having a mini family in the office and a beautiful space to be the best you and make the best connections.
The Lunch + Learn experience
What to expect on the day:
- Bite-sized learning sessions designed to fit into a lunch break.
- Engaging mix of presentations and live Q&A with industry experts.
- Complimentary lunch included to keep you energised and support relaxed networking.
- Hands-on discussion segments or peer exchange moments - share your challenges and learn from real examples.
