Workshops
Clarity doesn't always come from thinking alone. Sometimes it needs space to come alive in a room full of other people doing the same hard thinking.
Our workshops are built for exactly that. Accelerators, co-working spaces and universities looking to give their founders, members or students something genuinely useful: focused, facilitated thinking that moves things forward when they're been stuck. Whether that's a brand strategy that's never quite been articulated, a marketing approach that needs rethinking for how growth actually works now, or a cohort that needs to understand what's coming next.
Our Workshops
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A brand foundations workshop for accelerators and co-working spaces.
When you’re building something that doesn’t exist yet, you can’t prove it will work. So, you need to get people to believe it will. You need to drag them into your vision of the future.
Most founders don’t lead with belief, they lead with spreadsheets and forecasts if they’re raising finance, or features and functions if they’re launching a product.
This doesn’t work. You need to get people to feel something if you want to stand out and be remembered.
This workshop fixes that from the ground up. Each founder works through the foundations of their own Brand DNA - their purpose, what makes them genuinely different, and who they're really building for - using the same framework we use with every Palmer&Co client, from first-time founders to funded scale-ups.
Founders leave with the start of their own brand strategy: a clearer sense of purpose, a first attempt at their only-ness, and the beginning of a brand that's built to last rather than just look good for a launch deck.
2 hours, in person
6-30 founders
Delivered by: Richard Palmer, CEO & co-founder of Palmer&Co
FREE to accelerators, co-working spaces and universities
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A growth workshop for accelerators and co-working spaces.
The marketing funnel is dead. The founders winning right now aren't the ones spending the most on advertising, they're the ones with the strongest ecosystems. Networks of customers, partners, advocates, and allies who believe what they believe and help carry it further than any budget could.
This workshop is where you build yours.
In three focused hours, we map your ecosystem, the relationships that already exist, the alliances worth building, and the opportunities you're currently leaving on the table. We'll identify what you have to trade, who you should be talking to, and how to create the kind of mutual value that turns contacts into genuine advocates.
You'll leave with a draft ecosystem map and access to a Canva board to complete in your own time. Practical, specific, and ready to act on.
3 hours
1:1 with Richard Palmer
Ecosystem map in Canva included
FREE for accelerators, co-working spaces and universities.
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£450 - exclusively for Shoots: Circle graduates
Shoots: Circle gives you the foundations. The Distillery makes them solid.
In four weeks you've covered a lot of ground. You've had ideas that excited you, answers that surprised you, and probably a few sections that still feel slightly unresolved. That's not a failure of the process, or you, it's the nature of doing genuinely deep thinking in a short time.
The Distillery is your chance to sit down with Ruth and Richard and work through it together. We'll review your complete brand framework, resolve anything that still feels unclear, and make sure everything holds together as a coherent whole before you take it out into the world.
You'll leave with a summary deck capturing your complete brand framework, any changes made during the session, and clear recommendations for next steps.
2 hours • 1:1 with Ruth and Richard • Summary deck included
Available to Circle graduates within 60 days of completing your cohort.
Group Bookings
Workshops are available for group bookings, accelerators, co-working spaces, corporate innovation teams, and university entrepreneurship programmes.
Group workshops are a powerful way to give a cohort of founders the strategic thinking they need at exactly the right moment. Contact us to discuss format, pricing and availability.
Get in touch about group bookings →
Kind words from our ecosystem
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Simon Devonshire OBE, Entrepreneur, Investor, Non-Exec Director, Chair
“Richard is an inspiration to anyone with a dream, and the drive to realise it.”
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Damian Milkins, CEO & Founder, Earn It
"When we came to Palmer&Co we knew what we were building, but we were struggling to communicate why it mattered.
Ruth and Richard helped us find the story that had been there all along, the one about what's broken in the world of work, and what becomes possible when you fix it. The brand strategy process gave us the clarity to articulate our vision in a way that resonated with everyone we spoke to, investors, potential clients, and the employees we're ultimately trying to help.
The identity, website, animations and pitch deck they created gave us something we're genuinely proud of. For the first time, the outside of the business matched the ambition on the inside. Ruth is simply the best marketer I've ever worked with, and I've worked with a lot."
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"Richard's mastery of product and communication drove a wave of publicity that we could never have dreamed possible. Richard's technical ability is only surpassed by his understanding of marketing. I have never seen anyone possess such acumen in both realms before. This is a potent combination. As an entrepreneur, it is lethal (to the competition)!"
Phil Shettig
VP Product + Marketing, Vertical Supply Group (previously GM / Business unit Director Spyder Active Sports)
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Tim Brown Director and COO Rheon Labs (previously COO, D3O)
"Ruth was wholey responsible for creating D3O's brand strategy and executing the formation, communication and embodiment of the brand. It is difficult to find the most appropriate level of praise for her work and attitude; "Utter brilliance" is the closest I can get."
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Janinie Boyer, Director, Beancount
"By the end of the workshop I had a clear vision about what my business brand statement is, what values and processes underlie it and how I can make it work for me. It was great to have such a creative and supportive space in which to really focus on my own branding as it's all too easy to overlook its strategic importance when you're busy!"
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Kevin Nicholas Executive Partner BMNT
In my trade I come across many people who claim to be 'innovators', 'disruptors', 'design thinkers' and the like. A precious few of them are the real thing, and Richard is one of them. He is also great to work with and an all around good guy. I'd work with him again any time!
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Michael Kleinwort Founder & CEO Kora Outdoor
“Ruth is a tireless self motivator whose experience, commitment, creativity and positivity helped kora come to life. She supported us through our startup phase, wearing multiple hats throughout - project management, copy-writing, web design, research, spreadsheet crunching, financial analysis, email marketing campaigns... She is painstaking in her approach to each task, and her dedication to ensuring that the task is completed on time and to the required quality is exemplary. Do not overlook her design skills either, as these are fantastic. She created kora’s logo - which is a thing of beauty and brains.”
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Cindi Bussenhart Founder & CEO, MERGE4 B-CORP
During my time at Sessions. Rich Palmer was a driving force in D3O's product innovation and leadership. His visionary guidance fostered a culture of excellence, pushing boundaries and inspiring teams to achieve their best.
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Amaya Albisu - Vice President Communications, Branding & Marketing, Dormer Pramet
"It was a pleasure to work with Richard and Ruth on this important project for Dormer Pramet. This was a challenging Global project with multiple considerations and stakeholders to manage. Their ability to create a strong brand strategy, and align the visual identity, tone of voice and our brand behaviours left us feeling we were in safe hands.
Richard and Ruth were very keen to equip the team internally with the ability to tell stories and encourage behaviours that would continue to bring the brand to life. The global launch internally and externally at the trade-show was very well received and the supporting videos helping to bring this together were superb.
There was a huge amount of work involved from copywriting to video, website redevelopment and design during this project, which the Palmer&Co team delivered on time and to a high quality. The President, Senior management and our parent company Sandvik were all very happy with the work."
