Dine with founder of Pure Gym: launching, scaling and selling, a British business success story

Enjoy dinner drinks and a chance to meet…
Peter Roberts is the founder and former CEO of the UK’s largest private gym operator, Pure Gym from 2008 to 2015 and from then to November 2017 was Non-Executive until the company was sold. When Peter launched Pure Gym back in 2008 he wanted to start a business which removed the typical barriers to ‘gym entry’ and to heavily disrupt a market dominated by mid to high end operators. Peter will share all on this fabulous British success story, offering valuable advice to any founder looking to grow and scale their own business.

This dinner is perfect for…
Business owners, CEOs and management level.

If you'd like to join but don't fall neatly within the above categories, please email us at hello@tablecrowd.com to discuss whether this is the right dinner for you. Also feel free to check out our other dinners as another might match you perfectly!

The dinner conversation will be…
Peter has a long-standing entrepreneurial career rivalled by few and he has a wealth of experience working in the leisure and hospitality sector. He is keen to support fellow entrepreneurs and pass on his knowledge on growing and scaling a business. He is therefore perfectly placed to speak about:
✓ Growing and scaling your own business and the typical mistakes you can avoid.
✓ The importance of finding the right team.
✓ Ignoring the naysayers.
✓ The story of Pure Gym - from disrupting the gym industry, to exit.
Take this opportunity to meet and dine with Peter, to leave with ideas and inspiration for your own business, as well as the opportunity to speak to others facing similar industry challenges and opportunities as you informally over dinner.

Who is Peter Roberts?
Peter Roberts is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished career in the leisure and hospitality industry. He is founder and former CEO of the UK’s largest private gym operator, Pure Gym, the UK’s leading gym chain and a pioneer of the low cost, high quality fitness experience, now operating over 230 gyms with more than one million members. Peter has sold or IPO’d multiple businesses he’s founded.

What’s included?
You get a private dining experience with a knowledgeable speaker, 2 course dinner with wine or 2 soft drinks plus highly curated and relevant crowd. This is a dinner, not a dropin event, so we ask that guests turn up on time and don’t leave until after the Q&A.

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