Startup Social West Midlands

A morning for founders in their first one to three years, at The Jointworks in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. The organiser's framing is peer support rather than pitch-and-swap: no sales pitches, no corporate scripts, just founders comparing notes on what is working and what is not.

Charles Snape speaks on setting up business finances from day one - the decisions that are cheap to make early and expensive to unpick later. Around that, open conversation over breakfast-style refreshments.

Free, 10:00 to 12:30, in person, with free parking at the venue. Run by A Burden Shared.

Why go: one of the few Birmingham rooms aimed squarely at founders who are past the idea and into the grind, where the point is an honest conversation rather than lead generation. Best for first-time founders one to three years in.