After registering for The Gloucestershire Business Show as an exhibitor, we had a sudden panic - how can we make electronics fun, exciting and appealing to other people?

After a few cups of tea and emptying the biscuit tin (twice), we settled on doing something different - manufacturing our electronic business cards live on the stand. Little did we know how popular they’d be.

On Tuesday 16 May, we headed to Cheltenham Racecourse and began setting up our stand and noticed that our stand was drawing attention from other exhibitors. Once set up, we were eager to see what the delegates thought the next morning.

The first morning of the trade show was hectic as our production manager struggled to keep up with the demand for our electronic business card game. We had accounted for around 150 business card games over the two-day event but by lunch time on day one we had already given out over half.

The second day began with beautiful sunshine and one less member of our team. Paul Mullen, travelled south to the University of Plymouth’s Project Showcase where he met last year's intern Ryan and his fellow cohort.

The remaining team took to the stand, building and handing out more business cards and making new connections. We even made it into the Gloucestershire Business Show’s official video. 

Throughout the two-day event, we met some fantastic people and made lots of new connections in and around the South West region.

Looking ahead, we’ll be setting up our stand at the South Gloucestershire Business Show at the Bristol and Bath Science Park in October 2017. We look forward to seeing you there!