--- title: durhamlane invited to speak at Venturefest 2016 description: At VentureFest 2016, industry leaders share advice tailored to help innovative companies make new connections, raise finance and explore opportunities. image: https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/venturefest-1.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.durhamlane.com/durhamlane-invited-to-speak-at-venturefest#content) [durhamlane-logo durhamlane | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment durhamlane Logo | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment](http://durhamlane.com/) - [What We Do](http://durhamlane.com/sales/) - [Outsourcing](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/) - [Training](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/) - [Recruitment](http://durhamlane.com/sales/recruitment/) - [How We Work](http://durhamlane.com/how-we-work/) - [About](http://durhamlane.com/company/) - [About Us](http://durhamlane.com/company/about-us/) - [Our Team](http://durhamlane.com/company/team/) - [Blog](https://blog.durhamlane.com/) - [Careers](http://durhamlane.com/company/current-vacancies/) - [Our Work](http://durhamlane.com/our-work/) - [Contact](http://durhamlane.com/company/contact-us/) +44 (0) 191 481 3800 - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.twitter.com/durhamlane) - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.linkedin.com/company/durhamlane) - - [tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800](tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800) # Blog ![](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hubfs/Janine%20Rupf.png) ##### durhamlane invited to speak at Venturefest 2016 Posted by [Janine Rupf](https://blog.durhamlane.com/author/janine-rupf) on 01/11/16 12:00 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In a week, [VentureFest North East](http://venturefestnortheast.com/) is hosting the region’s innovation conference that brings over 700 business people together to create successful business opportunities. Growing companies of all sizes, structures and sectors will find plenty of inspiration and practical support to take their ideas further. ![venturefest-1.png](https://blog.durhamlane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/venturefest-1.png?width=378&name=venturefest-1.png) **During practical workshops, industry leaders are going to share hands-on advice tailored to help innovative and ambitious companies make new connections, raise finance and explore opportunities.** Richard Lane, Managing Partner of durhamlane, has been invited to run a session on how to create and access new markets, which is undoubtedly a key success factor to value creation for businesses. In this workshop, attendees will begin to understand the importance of sales in the future success of a business. Richard will provide tools and techniques that help sales and non-sales people to deepen their understanding of the sales process and to increase their commercial mindset. 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It's free to attend, so [register to VentureFest 2016 today](http://venturefestnortheast.com/)!     ##### Topics [News,](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/news) [growth](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/growth) [event](https://blog.durhamlane.com/topic/event) [durhamlane-logo durhamlane | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment durhamlane Logo | Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment](https://blog.durhamlane.com/) Sales Training, Sales Outsourcing & Sales Recruitment - [What We Do](http://durhamlane.com/sales/) - [How We Work](http://durhamlane.com/how-we-work/) - [Our Work](http://durhamlane.com/our-work/) - [Blog](https://blog.durhamlane.co.uk) - [Company](http://durhamlane.com/company/) - [Contact Us](http://durhamlane.com/company/contact-us/) - [Our Team](http://durhamlane.com/company/team/) - [Current Vacancies](http://durhamlane.com/company/current-vacancies/) - [Sales Outsourcing](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/) - [Market Intelligence](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/market-intelligence/) - [Data Building & Cleansing](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/data-building-and-cleansing/) - [Outsourced Sales & Lead Generation](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/outsourced-sales/) - [Early Stage Business Development](http://durhamlane.com/sales/outsourcing/early-stage-business-development/) - [Sales Training](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/) - [Our Methodology](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/our-methodology/) - [Sales Strategy & Process Review](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/sales-process-review/) - [Sales Masterclasses & Bespoke Training](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/sales-masterclasses-and-training/) - [Consulting & Leadership Development](http://durhamlane.com/sales/training/leadership-development/) - [Sales Recruitment](http://durhamlane.com/sales/recruitment/) - [Experienced Sales Hires](http://durhamlane.com/sales/recruitment/experienced-sales-hires/) - [Sales Graduate Programme](http://durhamlane.com/sales/recruitment/sales-graduate-programme/) ##### Send a Quick Message - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.twitter.com/durhamlane) - [Created with Sketch.](http://www.linkedin.com/company/durhamlane) - - [tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800](tel:+44%20(0)%20191%20481%203800) © 2011 - 2016 durhamlane Ltd. brand & web design by [Powerhouse Software](http://powerhouse.software/)