This week I Was Gonnaes guest is Bruce Walker joint founder and CEO of Future X.

In 2011 Bruce started his first business, WeAreTheFuture aged 17 from a high school classroom in Scotland, with a mission to inspire and connect entrepreneurs from around the world. Bruce tells us, ‘he has been on this crazy journey, reaching out to the most successful people he can think of’, he started his business off by sending ‘Lord Sugar an email and then Michele Mone, and Tom Hunter he was asking if they would attend one of the events he was organising. Eventually, his persistency was rewarded, and he received replies from some of the most successful people in the world and also received an endorsement from Lord Sugars company.

He tells us a story of a friend who sent a tweet to Richard Branson and got a reply to say that he may be at a charity and suggested that if she attended the event, she may meet him. After raising $2000 to attend the event she did meet Richard Branson and persuaded him to invest $1m into her company. The same friend then invited Bruce over to the states which really ignited his entrepreneurial spirit and continued developing connections with businesses within Silicon Valley and all over the world.

Moving forward Bruce has delivered global summits and programmes in Edinburgh, London, Berlin, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, partnering with global brands.

Hear more of his life story now on the I Was Gonnae podcast..