Lunch + Learn: Slough
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:
Founder Fundamentals
📅 28th January 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Founding a startup is difficult and complicated. It's easy for first-time founders to spend valuable resources on activities that don't take them where they need to go. Founder Fundamentals helps identify what to drop, what to focus on, and what order to act in. This knowledge is fundamental to achieving fast progress with lower costs and risk.
What you'll learn
- Common startup and product building mistakes
- How to make exceptional progress where it counts
- How to identify and drop low-value work
- What essential questions every startup must address
- How innovative communities can support your startup journey
Who should attend
- First time founders of cutting-edge startups
- Product owners with demanding customers
- Product developers and designers working with deep tech
- Entrepreneurs seeking to maximise their outputs and value generation
- Lifelong learners and innovators
Lunch + Learn Experts
Justin Megawarne helps founders and SME leaders make technology work for humans, eliminating complexity and unlocking real business value. Justin has advised organisations of all sizes and stages, with his work frequently delivering 5x–30x valuation growth. Known for his integrity, technical and strategic clarity, and “skin in the game” approach, he treats every client’s business as if it were his own.
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:
- Monthly, 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.
