Wired to Build: Neurodiversity & the Entrepreneurial Edge

About

With support from The Institute of Neurodiversity, this panel brings together a group of neurodiverse founders who have done the hard work — started companies, secured investment, built teams, and are actively scaling across different sectors. They'll speak candidly about how their neurological wiring has shaped the way they think, lead, and grow their businesses — the advantages it's given them, the barriers they've had to dismantle, and what the entrepreneurial world gets wrong about minds that work differently. This isn't a panel about overcoming adversity. It's a panel about competitive advantage.

Who Should Attend

Founders and entrepreneurs at any stage — particularly those who identify as neurodiverse or suspect they might. Also relevant for investors, accelerators, and ecosystem builders who want to better understand and back a hugely underrepresented group of high-potential founders. Anyone who has ever felt like they don't fit the conventional founder mould will find something here.

Why It's Relevant

Research consistently shows that neurodiverse thinkers — those with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and others — are disproportionately represented in entrepreneurship. The traits that make life harder in traditional structures — hyperfocus, pattern recognition, risk tolerance, unconventional thinking — are often exactly what it takes to build something from nothing. Yet neurodiverse founders remain largely invisible in funding conversations and on conference stages. At a time when the startup ecosystem is working hard to address access and representation, this is a conversation that's long overdue.

What You Will Get From It

Honest, unfiltered perspectives from founders who are building real businesses across real sectors — not a theoretical discussion. You'll leave with a clearer understanding of the strengths neurodiverse thinking brings to entrepreneurship, practical insight into navigating systems and structures that weren't built for you, and — if you're a neurodiverse founder yourself — the kind of visible, relatable proof that your way of thinking is a genuine asset worth backing.