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West Midlands Business Festival

How to Win Your First 10-50 Customers as a Tech Start-up

12 February 2026 | 09:30 to 13:00
Location: Eleven Brindleyplace Business Centre, 2nd Floor, Eleven Brindleyplace, 2 Brunswick Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2LP

AI, New Technologies & Innovation

Winning your first customers is one of the most challenging - and exciting - milestones for any tech start-up.

This half-day workshop is designed to give you practical strategies, proven tactics and a clear action plan you can start using straight away.

Through hands-on guidance and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to move from early conversations to paying customers with confidence.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to identify and understand your ideal early adopters.
  • Low-cost, high-impact channels for reaching your first 10–50 customers.
  • How to craft messaging and outreach that gets a response.
  • Turning conversations into paying customers.
  • Building a simple, practical action plan you can implement immediately.

Who should attend?

This workshop is ideal for early-stage tech founders who are pre-revenue or already working with a small number of early users and want to grow their customer base with clarity and confidence.

Book your place now


Location

Eleven Brindleyplace Business Centre, 2nd Floor, Eleven Brindleyplace, 2 Brunswick Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2LP