# Event Details - **Event Name**: Startup Social West Midlands - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 10:00 am – Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 12:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Not your typical networking. Real conversations, practical support & genuine connections with fellow founders who truly get the journey.About this EventWhether you're celebrating a breakthrough or navigating those 3am challenges, you'll find people here who get it. No sales pitches, no corporate BS - just honest conversations with founders in their first 1 - 3 years who are building something meaningful.Come ready to share, learn, and connect authentically. Because the best businesses aren't built in isolation - they're built with the support of people who understand exactly what you're going through.Ready to find your founder tribe?Co-Working AvailableSo many of our attendees stayed on after the last event to cowork, take meetings, or just sort of… hang out and soak up the space (which, fair - The Jointworks is gorgeous), that we're making it official this time.You can add on a full co-working day at The JointWorks for just £14.40 - use it 08:00 - 17:00 on the day, work alongside your new people, and turn a two-hour networking event into a whole day of building something. Just tick the option when you book. Simple as that and we will send across an invoice. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/birmingham/startup-social-west-midlands/100001987127695429 - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Birmingham - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Jointworks - **lat**: 52.4858482 - **long**: -1.9127094 - **full address**: The Jointworks, 45 Frederick Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Startup Social West Midlands - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/c1144068fbb5b9f7b127e8c91da25973a016187ea38a892702ead389ead7b6ff-rimg-w1200-h630-dcf2bd91-gmir.jpg?v=1775834343 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Startup Social West Midlands being held? - **A:** Startup Social West Midlands takes place on Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 10:00 am to Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 12:30 pm at The Jointworks, 45 Frederick Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Startup Social West Midlands? - **A:** Startup Social West Midlands is organized by A Burden Shared Limited. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Startup Social West Midlands", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/c1144068fbb5b9f7b127e8c91da25973a016187ea38a892702ead389ead7b6ff-rimg-w1200-h630-dcf2bd91-gmir.jpg?v=1775834343", "startDate": "2026-05-13T10:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-05-13T12:30:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/birmingham/startup-social-west-midlands/100001987127695429", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Jointworks", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "45 Frederick Street", "postalCode": "B1 3HN", "addressLocality": "Birmingham", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "52.4858482", "longitude": "-1.9127094" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Not your typical networking. 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