# Event Details - **Event Name**: CEO. Angel. Founder. The lessons Chris Hall learned along the way - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+00:00) - **Event Description**: CEO of the island's phone company. Then an angel investor. Then a founder raising his own money. Chris Hall on what each stage taught him.About this EventThe Isle of Man's phone company launched Europe's first live 3G network. It missed the world first to Japan's Docomo by a matter of weeks. The local headline read "Sushi 1, Kippers nil."The man running it was Chris Hall. At 50 he walked away from the CEO job and started backing other people's startups as an angel. Then he co-founded one himself, and had to go and ask for the money.That startup is Stacuity. It started with Isle of Man angel money and closed a multi-million-pound Series A in 2025.So he's sat on both sides of the table. Tonight we ask him what that looks like from each chair.What we'll get into:Running a corporate from the inside, and knowing when to leaveLife after the CEO job: boards, portfolios and "being a pluralist"What an angel checks before writing a cheque, and what makes him say noWhy he picked Stacuity, and why he joined rather than just investedPitching as a founder after years of being pitched toRaising from island angels, then from a VCWhat you can build from here that you can't build from LondonWho it's for:Founders getting ready to raise. Corporate folk wondering if they've got a startup or an angel cheque in them. Anyone who's ever pitched and wondered what the person across the table was thinking.Free to attend.Where: Launchpad Event Space, Hillary House, Prospect Hill, Douglas, IM1 1EQWhen: Thursday 29 October 2026, 17:30Hosted by Launchpad, the Isle of Man's Builder's Playground. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/douglas/ceo-angel-founder-the-lessons-chris-hall-learned-along-the-way/100002002619166837 - **Event Categories**: business - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Launchpad - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Douglas - **state**: IM - **country**: Man, Isle of - **location**: Launchpad - **lat**: 54.15047980000001 - **long**: -4.4808976 - **full address**: Launchpad, Prospect Hill, Douglas, Man, Isle of ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: CEO. Angel. Founder. 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