Monday, 1st February: MoMo Edinburgh lunch, 12:30-2pm at Centotre
Mobile Monday Edinburgh’s monthly affair at Centotre, featuring good mobile discussions and a bit of prep as folks get ready for Mobile World Congress coming up in Barcelona. Buy a ticket online to RSVP, does cost £10.95 but that covers a pasta, glass of wine and espresso – a tasty deal.
Tuesday, 2nd February: Stanford’s Director of Technology Transfer, 6:30pm at Business School LT1
Hosted by E-Club, this talk looks at how to build an innovative and vibrant academic-industrial community. What does technology transfer and new venture creation at Stanford University look like? What practices make it successful, and what can we learn from its model? Why has it had such an impact on Silicon Valley? Come and learn from Katherine Ku, Director of Stanford’s Technology Transfer Office. No need to RSVP, and free wine and crisps from 8pm…
A terrific 2-day training course with tech startups getting in free (well your £495 is covered by Informatics Ventures). If you missed the boat this time, look out for the next one – every two months the subjects rotate.
Wednesday, 3rd February: CompSoc Open Learning Session, 6:30pm at the Forum
The less-intimidating-than-Tech Meetup-gathering aimed at students and organised by CompSoc (University of Edinburgh’s Computer Society). I hear these are going really well and am planning to join in this week for the first time, come along if you’re up for it! [Note I thought this was the same as Student Tech Meetup, but I was wrong – that will be 17th Feb]
Friday, 5th February: Edinburgh Coffee Morning, 8am at Centrotre (George St)
Lovely bunch of digital media, social media, and just generally fun folks chatting away and making new friends. The best way to start your Friday, if you can manage the arrival. I generally make it for 9am and stick with the hard-core coffee junkies.
Friday, 5th February: Entrepreneurship in Games Development, 11-12:30 at Informatics Forum G.07
Shanna Tellerman, Founder of WildPockets, a highly successful company that has developed an advanced online environment for games design, development and implementation.
Again Shanna Tellerman, Founder of WildPockets… ‘Attendees should feel free to bring a Windows laptop for hands-on experimentation. WildPockets will soon also be available for the Macintosh platform.’
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iDEA Lab lunch: 23rd Feb, 12-2pm Informatics Forum
Mike Fourman is always up to something exciting… find out what projects are getting funding here, and perhaps be inspired to think up your own crazy idea. Plus it’s free, there’s lunch, and you may just learn something darn cool.
Enterprisers: 12th-15th April in Stirling
A great 4-day programme to build entrepreneurial confidence and can-do spirit (see previous posts Enterprisers Day 2 and A Clueless Facilitator’s Experience). For students and recent grads from any Scottish University, any degree level, any discipline. Kind of feels like American summer camp, all the best bits anyways. Not so much relevant to current entrepreneurs, but tell your friends if they want to be more like you.
EIE Investor Showcase: 12th May, 9:30-2:30
It’s back! Mark your calendars… it’ll be invite only for the guest list, so start thinking how to make yourself useful. Startups/spinouts looking to exhibit (specific to tech, web, mobile, informatics, computer science) – the application is now open, so get approved early for a valuable spot.
TechCrunch Edinburgh: 12th May, 3-6:30pm
Hey, TechCrunch heard how cool we are up here in Scotland, so they’re crossing the border! Early bird tickets sold out within a couple days, so don’t delay if you want to be part of this startup madness – £60, but trust me, you won’t be able to blag your way in any other way.
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