Everything Digital: Unplugged Part III

Why you should join - You are learning from people who have walked the walk. This is lived experience — the highs and lows of scaling, the reality of marketing on a budget, the discipline of doing less but achieving more, and the emotional resilience it takes to keep going. You’ll leave with practical insights and human stories that remind us of one truth: it takes a community to build a business.

This event is for founders, leaders, and doers who want more than surface-level hacks. It’s for those ready to slow down, think deeper, and design businesses and communities that don’t just survive but endure.

Here’s what we’ll explore together - we’ll explore how to scale with intention, how to market with clarity in a noisy world, and how to build resilience from lived experience. From cathedral thinking building with a vision that stretches beyond our own time to the courage of sharing vulnerable journeys, this event asks us to slow down, think deeper, and design businesses that don’t just survive, but truly endure.

Session 1 – Scaling with Purpose: Defining Growth on Your Own Terms

Because it takes more than drive to grow, it takes a community.

Speaker: Fiaz Sadiq

After 8 tech ventures, 3 exits, and years spent coaching founders across the globe, one thing’s clear: growth isn’t just about numbers.

It’s about alignment with your values, your vision, and your capacity to thrive long-term - Cathedral Thinking....He has seen the highs of scaling fast and the lows of burning out. The lesson? Growth that costs your health, relationships, or joy isn’t worth it.In this talk, we’ll rethink what scaling really means.

We’ll challenge default success metrics.

And we’ll explore how to build businesses that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside.Because scaling with purpose isn’t soft it’s strategic.

Session 2 – Marketing That Scales: Doing More with Less

Speaker: Fatima Farah

Fatima has worked with emerging and established brands to elevate their presence, with a particular strength in identifying where focus is required and driving growth through strategic partnerships and collaborations. With a career grounded in international luxury hospitality and high-profile restaurant groups, Fatima has extensive experience engaging high-net-worth individuals and discerning audiences. Her expertise lies in positioning brands as thought leaders and leveraging events as powerful lead magnets, combining commercial acumen with creative strategy. She now applies this approach to help businesses move beyond the start-up stage, building brands with clarity, resilience, and lasting impact.

Session 3 – From Survive to Scale: Building a Growth Roadmap that Lasts

Speaker: Oly Newton

Oly Newton is an international speaker and mental health trainer. After years of battling severe OCD, anxiety, and depression, Oly turned to running in July 2017 as a coping mechanism. It became a powerful catalyst for change, pushing him to embrace discomfort and step out of the shadows onto the stage. Inspired to spark conversations often left unsaid, he has shared his story with over 40,000 people worldwide. Oly has worked with some of the largest organisations globally and led impactful CSR projects in schools, reaching over 20,000 young lives. He is the founder of Run4YourMind and Lights On Wellbeing.

Session 4 – Networking

Finally, we’ll come together as a community. Because ideas are only as strong as the connections we build around them and it’s in these spaces that collaboration, resilience, and future growth truly take shape.

Important Information

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• Prohibited Items: Weapons, outside food/drinks, and large bags may not be allowed. Check venue rules.
• Personal Belongings: Organizers are not responsible for lost or stolen items.
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