Celebrating startups locally; promoting them globally!
Posted in Events on Apr 19th, 2012
Fancy going to Dublin but can’t justify a trip purely for pleasure? Why not take the opportunity to demo your startup, FREE, to a new audience at a Dublin Beta startup demo event on 30th April? Dublin Beta is a quarterly get-together of founders, developers, designers, students, investors and similar. I haven’t been along to [...]
There is still a week left if you would like your web or mobile-based startup to apply to Springboard London, a start-up accelerator programme that offers seed capital, office space, a community of entrepreneurs as well as introductions to investors and mentors. For 13 weeks you will be put through your paces whilst receiving intensive [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on May 27th, 2011
StartupCafe is a fun and happy place to go to find out about other startups in the scene so that when you encounter folk at coffee mornings, tech meetups, networking evenings, presentations or even the local pub, you might recognise your fellow entrepreneurs (aspiring or otherwise) and feel a connection! Yes we like to offer [...]
Posted in Local News on Apr 1st, 2011
Here at StartupCafe we know how difficult it is for startup founders to find love. We know the score. You work all day and all night getting your MVP ready; you have to spend time surveying and talking to potential users; you have to spend ages refining your pitch, and you have get land those [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on Mar 28th, 2011
Launchpad is a startup incubation programme which culminated in an event last week hosted at Google’s London office where the three teams that survived the four month mentoring programme gave presentations to a roomful of mentors, startups, investors and other interested parties. The programme was run by Launch48 who did not take a stake in the [...]
Posted in Guest Blogger, Local News on Mar 16th, 2011
About the author: Rob Clymo writes on behalf of www.officegenie.co.uk, the UK’s first proper online marketplace for desk space and shared office space. Starting up a new business involves sorting out all manner of priorities, not least of which is finding office space where you can run the operation. Of course, many start-ups don’t require [...]
Posted in Events on Feb 18th, 2011
Planning to bring onboard investment for the first time? Want to be more confident with your approach? Alba Innovation Centre is running an event to help you learn the ropes of engaging investors so you can knock their socks off. Don’t forget “Pitch Doctor” Bill Joos is also presenting on 23rd February at E-Club (details [...]
Posted in Local News on Feb 4th, 2011
Hi folks Remember how a few months ago Silicon Valley’s own Valley Girl came to town? Well, now the results are back. You can watch Edinburgh’s own on the infamous Valley Girl show. At the moment, you can check out (links go straight to video): Colin Hewitt and Phil Roberts from Float Tim Willis from Flexpansion [...]
Andrew Scott from Rummble gave an amusing talk at a recent event aimed at entrepreneurial folk interested in mobile and tablet technologies. He talked about the DIRTY DOZEN – the name he’s given to mistakes he has made – and offered some advice to those wanting to develop mobile apps. Depending on your perspective, Rummble [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on Nov 22nd, 2010
We were blown away last week by the Student Market, the new place for young entrepreneurs to get seen and promoted. We covered the project earlier this month, and their launch event last Thursday evening was absolutely superb. The event was a chance for student entrepreneurs to exhibit their businesses, ranging from web apps to [...]
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