David Pannell

David Pannell

Co-Founder of Vegan Business Tribe and Host of Vegan Business Tribe Live

David Pannell is the co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe, a website that offers support and mentorship (or help to get started!) to anyone with a vegan business.

David is a successful vegan entrepreneur who has launched, built, and sold numerous businesses over the past 20 years. In his past life, David was a sector-specific ambassador for The Chartered Institute of Marketing and (with his partner Lisa Fox) runs vegan consultancy Promote Vegan – helping high-street brands and food companies better understand and engage vegan customers.

Lisa & David also write the monthly business column for Vegan Food & Living Magazine and is the official UK agent for The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark scheme.

Saturday
11:00am

Workshop: How to start a vegan business

Have you got an idea for a vegan business but you don’t know where to start? Or have you recently launched and you want to know how to grow quicker? In this session, Vegan Business Tribe founder David Pannell will show you how to start a business that aligns with your vegan ethics – from testing your idea to the realities of getting funding and investment.

Vegan Business Tribe Live full timetable

Sunday
11:00am

How to find more customers for your vegan business

Regardless of what your business does, it cannot grow (or even survive) if it does not have enough people spending money with you. In this session, Vegan Business Tribe founder David Pannell explains what makes people buy and shows you how to lead customers from first knowing about you to then buying from you.

Vegan Business Tribe Live full timetable

Sunday
4:00pm

Drop-in vegan business clinic

End Vegan Business Tribe Live by dropping in to speak to our vegan business experts! Maybe you have an idea for a business and you want to get our feedback? Or maybe you are looking for help to scale your business to the next level? Come have a chat with David Pannell & Lisa Fox (founders of Vegan Business Tribe) and Keith Lesser (owner, Vegan Accountants) to answer your business problems.

Vegan Business Tribe Live full timetable