Tuesday 20th July: Launch Lab, 9am at Renroc (89-91 Montgomery St)
The Launch Lab is a weekly session geared toward anyone who owns or is starting their own business. A highly varied group of energetic, intelligent people gather to exchange ideas, share critiques and encouragement, and feed each others’ vitality. At the beginning of most sessions there is a presentation on any aspect of entrepeneurship; thereafter we discuss the talk then get down to the business of networking, gossiping, and drinking coffee.
Tuesday 20th July: .CO Domain Names Go on Sale!
Think .co is going to make it big? FYI if you want to register your startup’s domain name on .co, or if you want to try for some cool .co web addresses, today’s the first day you can buy them for normal prices. So far I’ve seen £18.99/year on Fasthosts, but holler if you find a better deal!
Wednesday 20th July: OpenCoffee Club, 10am at Appleton Tower 8th Floor
This is the Edinburgh branch of the OpenCoffee Club which is an informal setting where entrepreneurs, developers and investors can drop in and network. Tea and biscuits aplenty!
Friday 23rd July: Edinburgh Coffee Morning, 8am at Centotre (George Street)
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, and well worth the early arrival (you can trickle in 8-9am if that helps). It’s hard to get out of bed, but whenever I manage I’m always so happy I went!
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ScotGovCamp: 31st July, 10am-4pm at Informatics Forum
With an unconference format, GovCamp enables those who are interested in developing innovation and technology in government to come together in an informal setting to share their ideas. Think BarCamp with a Government flavour… 12 tickets left!
Ken Morse is returning to offer another 2-day workshop, and as usual Informatics Ventures is fully subsidising (£495) spots for high-growth startups/spinouts and SMEs. Global Sales Strategies is a high quality seminar and workshop for Entrepreneurs, CEOs and their business executives from innovative, fast-growing companies, featuring case studies and lectures, interactive discussions, participants presentations, “hands-on” exercises, and the opportunity to practice “elevator sales pitches” to potential customers.
Girl Geek Scotland: Residential Workshops on Creativity, Funding, and Negotiation
Girl Geek Scotland are running three intensive residential workshops aimed at providing budding Scottish female entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to run a successful start-up. The call for participation is now open! Events include Creativity in Business 17-19 Sept 2010 facilitated by Sara Shinton, Funding Strategy 15-17 Oct 2010 facilitated by Michael Clouser , & Negotiation 19-21 Nov 2010 facilitated by Christina Ioannidis. Attendance is FREE if you meet their eligibility criteria, and you can download the info from their website: www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk
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Just a wee question: The TechMeetup website says the Glasgow event is on Wednesday 28th. Could anyone confirm this please?
Hi Peter,
Yes, Glasgow techmeetup is on next week rather than this week. Sorry for the confusion!
Apparently I had a bug in my paper planner, sorry for the TechMeetup false alarm folks. Somewhere along the line, I must not have synched properly… But look out for the real deal next Weds!
P.S. Thanks so much for flagging it up! Likewise, please feel free to add on anything else you think deserves a mention 🙂