Hiring & Team Decisions in Deep Tech | Training Session with ISL Talent
Join us at Science Creates for our first Deep Tech Training Session this Autumn, on Hiring & Team Decisions in Deep Tech with Alan Furley (ISL Talent) — a free event open to Science Creates' members and external registrations.
Deep Tech teams tend to get built from people the founders already knew, and that works until it doesn't. The first hire outside that circle is usually the hard one: a commercial lead into a technical business, or a specialist role with a title that barely exists anywhere else.
Most of the difficulty shows up before anyone starts looking. The role gets defined by a title borrowed from a bigger company — and the advert, the interviews and the decision all inherit the confusion.
This is a practical, interactive session for founders about to hire, about to raise, or working out what the team needs to look like over the next year. You'll spend most of it working on your own business rather than listening to someone present.
You'll leave with a one-page plan including: the capabilities your business needs over the next 12 months, how each one might realistically get solved, and your next significant hire defined properly. Continue networking with the Deep Tech community of the South West at our Deep Tech Mixer downstairs at Bar 1023.
The session will be led by Alan Furley of ISL Talent, one of Science Creates' talent partners. Alan has spent 15 years running his own business and hiring into venture-backed Deep Tech, climate and health companies across the South West and the UK.
📍Location
H2O, Science Creates Old Market, Bristol.
The venue is a 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads train station and close to local bus routes on Old Market Street and Temple Way.
Please note that parking is not available on site. The nearest pay and display car park is opposite the venue at Gardiner Haskins.
Outdoor bike storage is available at the front of the building.
🗓️ Agenda
2:30pm: Arrival with coffee
2:45-3:30pm: Session 1
3:30-3:45pm: Coffee break & networking
3:45-4:30pm: Session 2
4:30pm: Deep Tech Mixer at Bar 1023, Science Creates Old Market
In this session, we'll cover:
What's worked and what hasn't - the hiring experience already in the room
Capability before job title - what your business needs to be able to do over the next 12 months, and whether a hire is actually the answer
Defining your next hire properly - what success looks like in 18 months, and what you'd need to see to believe someone can deliver it
What you'll do differently, and where to get further help
Who this training session is for:
Founders about to make their first significant hire
Teams who have recently raised, or are about to, and need to turn that into a team plan
Earlier-stage and pre-incorporation founders working out what their founding team needs to look like
Ops or people at slightly larger companies where hiring is part of the job