Ready to go Forward, Faster?
Welcome to the Forward Faster Accelerator community- a space built for ambitious, female-powered businesses ready to scale with speed. This is your hub for connection, opportunity, and growth as you join an extraordinary network of bold founders and industry enablers shaping the future of business.
dates for diaries
Module 1: Accelerate Your Growth: Profile, Sell, Scale
Debt & Equity Masterclass - 16th Jan
A deep-dive into the funding landscape: a UK economist briefing and Q&A, followed by HSBC on debt options and BGF on the equity landscape and investor essentials.
Kickstart Your Year - 21st Jan
Kickstart 2026 with networking, toasts and talks from eight powerhouse women across career, finance and health. Leave inspired, connected and energised, with fresh insight, conversations, wine and sky-high London views.
Pricing Clarity for Founders - 30th Jan
Articulate your outcomes, understand how customers perceive value, and communicate your worth confidently. Gain practical steps to strengthen pricing conversations and unlock long-term revenue growth. Led by Claire Wang.
Selling to Big Business – Procurement Masterclass with HSBC - 6th Feb
Masterclass on how to sell to big businesses with Rhian Longley, Supply Chain Sustainability Manager at HSBC and Jaxx Nelson, WeConnect, UK and Ireland Country Manager.
Webinar: How to Coach Accountability - 10th Feb
A masterclass with Sandra Pinnington teaching practical coaching tools to build accountability, clarify outcomes, explore reality, drive ownership and secure action, helping individuals and teams move from intention to execution.
Risk, Resilience & Reality with AXA: What Every SME Needs to Know Now - 13th Feb
AXA-led workshop for SMEs covering emerging risks, insurance essentials, and how to protect your business in an unpredictable world.
Investment Readiness: Structuring for Growth - 24th Feb
An expert-led session on investment readiness, covering valuation, investor priorities and incentives, followed by a practical workshop to refine your value drivers, sharpen messaging and prepare your business for growth.
Virtual: How to Create A Pitch Deck Using AI - 10th of March
Learn how to create a killer pitch deck using AI with founder & advisor Brooke Treseder. Live demo, step-by-step guide, and insider tips on what investors want to see.
Virtual: Scaling with confidence - 12th of March
Considering growth capital? BGF investors break down what it is, how it differs from other funding, and when it's the right fit. Plus founder insights from Anita Dougall.
Forward Faster Accelerator Bootcamp - 26th of March
An expert-led session on investment readiness, covering valuation, investor priorities and incentives, followed by a practical workshop to refine your value drivers, sharpen messaging and prepare your business for growth.
Health & Resilience: Protecting Yourself & Your Workforce - 27th March
A deep-dive into business health and wellbeing: expert briefings on founder mental health, workforce health and female health, followed by practical guidance and Q&A on supporting high-performing, healthy teams.
Closing Event - 22nd April
At our closing celebration, we’ll reflect on this six-month adventure, hear powerful stories from founders and driving forces, celebrate the wins, and raise a toast to the bold community scaling further, faster, on their own terms.
catch up
How to Coach Accountability
Catch up on this masterclass where Sandra Pinnington teaches practical coaching tools to build accountability, clarify outcomes, explore reality, drive ownership and secure action.
Pricing Clarity for Founders
Claire Wang teaches how to define your value, understand how customers perceive it, and communicate it with confidence. Walk away with clear, actionable pricing.
Risk, Resilience & Reality: What Every SME Needs to Know Now
AXA-led workshop for SMEs covering emerging risks, insurance essentials, and how to protect your business in an unpredictable world.
JamHut Masterclass
JamHUT delivers rapid strategic intelligence. Learn to use AI for confident decisions when speed, clarity, and commercial insight matter most.
Nicole Soames - Masterful Negotiation
A masterclass packed with practical tools and techniques to help you negotiate with confidence so you can secure funding and grow your business
Re-FFinc Your LinkedIn
Master LinkedIn with Dan Shale. Build your personal brand strategically—goals, audience, storytelling and results. The platform everyone hates, done right.
sherloc Masterclass
Unlock sherloc to build funder-ready forecasts, boost strategic confidence, and make smarter business decisions - no finance degree needed.
Part 2: sherloc Masterclass
Unlock sherloc to build funder-ready forecasts, boost strategic confidence, and make smarter business decisions - no finance degree needed.
Styling to win
Discover how to use style as influence—make strong impressions, balance credibility & authenticity, and win clients with confidence.
Staying in touch
Join the conversation and reach us directly for support, updates, and community connections.
The FFinc Flight Crew
If you have any enquiries, please stay in touch with our FFinc Flight Crew. Ed, ed@ffinc.co and Fatima, fatima@ffinc.co.
PHONE A FOUNDER
Kick off the community channel by sending in a 90-second voice note about your biggest growth blocker right now.
Funding roadblocks, hiring headaches, scaling pains, investor prep… whatever it is, share your woes and our Driving Forces, mentors and experts will help you find your Fast Forward Fix.
HOW IT WORKS:
• Record a 90-second max voice note with the one question or challenge you want our Driving Forces to help you crack.
• Then WhatsApp it straight to FFinc on 07354 821 375.
We’ll route it to the right Driving Force and get their wisdom back to you.
champions
“Everyone has a great idea. But it’s really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea.”
Jack Dorsey
Block Head + Square Head