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HOW FAST BUSINESSES BEAT BIG BUSINESSES

ALEX

DEPLEDGE

MBE

KIA MARKETING

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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How smaller businesses can outmanoeuvre larger competitors

Learn how speed, adaptability and decisive execution can create advantages that even the biggest companies struggle to match.

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How to build a culture that supports rapid growth

Discover the leadership principles, team dynamics and decision-making approaches that help high-growth businesses scale successfully.

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How to use innovation to create competitive advantage

Gain practical insights into identifying opportunities, embracing change and building businesses that can thrive in fast-moving markets.

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"I think a lot of my advice to everybody is to spend money on the things that have to work the hardest and that are going to last."

Alex is the first-ever Entrepreneurship Adviser to HM Treasury, advising on the barriers facing high-growth businesses and bringing a founder’s perspective into national economic decision-making.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

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SCALED HASSLE TO £25 MILLION

CO FOUNDER

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CO AUTHOR

 START UP SCALE UP

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Taskforce on Women-Led High Growth Enterprises

HM GOVERNMENT

Awarded an MBE for services to the economy, Alex was appointed in 2025 as the Chancellor’s Entrepereneurship Adivisor.

all about

ALEX

Alex Depledge MBE is one of the UK’s most dynamic entrepreneurial voices: a founder, CEO and business leader known for her candour, energy and hard-won insight into what it really takes to build and scale a company.

 

She co-founded Hassle.com, scaled it across Europe and sold it to Helpling in a reported €32 million deal, before going on to found Resi, the technology-led architecture and home-improvement platform transforming the way people approach residential design and renovation.

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"I’m always asked how to start a business and have success. But I use my story as evidence that there’s no recipe or rules. Just fucking start."

ALEX DEPLEDGE MBE - STYLIST

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Michael Heppell

Sunday Times No.1 Best Selling Author, Speaker & Coach

Practical, applicable learning is the lifeblood of any successful business and this event delivers exactly that. It’s brilliantly organised, packed with passionate, like-minded people and focused on real-world business growth. I love it - so will you

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