Turn Your Journey Into a Business People Care About. Learn the exact framework to craft, tell and refine your founder story so it resonates.

All attendees must complete this Build A Business Registration Form to be able to join the workshop. If you have not previously submitted a Build A Business Registration Form, please complete after booking your place.

Please arrive between 9:30-10:00am for networking and registration. Workshop starts at 10:00am.

Please note: To be eligible for this workshop you must be a Greater Manchester resident or the owner of a Greater Manchester located business.

PR Story Sell: Turn Your Journey Into a Business People Care About

Every founder has a story that matters. Most never learn to tell it in a way that makes strangers care enough to invest or buy.

You might be experiencing this:

Do you feel self-indulgent talking about your own journey?

Do you struggle to articulate why your business matters beyond what you sell?

Do investors or clients not quite "get" what makes you different?

In this three-hour workshop, you'll learn the exact framework to craft, tell, and refine your founder story so it resonates with the people who matter most.

Led by Richard Ford, an executive communications strategist who helps founders stop sounding like marketers and start sounding like themselves, this workshop teaches you the narrative structures that turn your entrepreneurial journey into your unfair competitive advantage.

At this session you will learn how to:

Identify the turning points in your journey that build credibility with your specific audience

Structure your origin story so it creates trust and differentiation, not just connection

Communicate what makes you different in a way that feels authentic and compelling

Overcome the discomfort of "selling yourself" while staying grounded in your values

Adapt your story for different audiences: investors, customers, team members, media

Deliver your story with presence and confidence so people actually remember you

By the end of this three hours, you'll walk away with:

A draft of your founder story, structured and tested and ready to deploy

Three proof points that validate your positioning

Confidence that your story is an asset, not an indulgence

Whether you're pitching investors, building your brand, or scaling with intention, this workshop transforms how you talk about your business, so investors, customers, and partners finally understand what makes you different.

To join this workshop you or your business needs to reside within one of the ten GM authorities: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan.

You also need to be:

The owner of the business

OR

An aspiring entrepreneur with a business idea you want to develop.

PLEASE NOTE: The Build A Business programme of funded workshops have limited places. Failure to attend on two separate occasions without prior cancellation will result in you being blocked from attending future workshops. This is due to the cost of setting up each workshop and making preparations based on the number of sign-ups. This includes Know Your Customer; IP - Protect Your Assets; Business Basics; and Marketing: The Essentials.

For more information about Build A Business, go to:

www.buildabusinessgm.org

Build A Business in GM Libraries is partly funded by the UK Government.

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