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Think back to last weekend… Friday, Saturday, Sunday… how much did you accomplish? Well ok, it may have been pretty busy, but what if someone suggested you should brainstorm, develop, and launch a startup in a single weekend? In what sounds like SICamp for web apps, Launch48 is coming up in the London area 4-6th June. Tickets are £29.95 for students, or £49.95 for grown ups. Thoughts from Sam Collins of Bloop and TechMeetup below, followed by the Launch48 details – it sounds incredible, so grab your ticket asap if you want to take part…

Launch48 is a really badass event – hackers and startup people get together for a weekend and build and launch a startup in 48 hours. I know there’s a bunch of things *like* this around the world, but Launch48 have been doing it for a while and they do it really well. I was at Seedcamp with a company from Launch48 last year – so yeah, that’s the sort of standard we’re talking about. (more…)

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Tuesday 18th May: Launch Lab, 9am at Renroc (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 each session there is a 5-10 minute presentation on any aspect of entrepeneurship; thereafter we discuss the talk then get down to the business of networking, gossiping, and drinking coffee.It’s a wonderful bunch of folks!

Wednesday 19th May: OpenCoffee Club, 10am at Informatics Forum Roof Gardens

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! (more…)

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There’s a new group on the town, and this one’s all about gathering talented people from different backgrounds and getting things done together. What better cause could you ask for? Initiated by Sam Collins and Hasan Veldstra, I just love the sound of this group and certainly encourage you to go along if you want to make cool stuff happen! The next meeting is tomorrow 15th May at 12pm at the Outhouse (12a Broughton Street Lane). His invitation below!

Hi all,

Tomorrow we’re going to meet again to have another Royal Society of Hackers, Designers and Watchmakers. In short, this “Royal Society” is just a chance for anyone who’s working on side projects, or wants to get involved on some projects to come along and work together in the the ace little web/tech community we have here. It’s not just for hackers, but also designers, product people, whoever really. (more…)

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Tuesday 4th May: Launch Lab Entrepreneurs’ Coffee Morning, 9am at Picture This Creative Photography (65 Brunswick Rd)

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. Since it’s the first meetup of the month, it’s the pitch session this week! Four attendees have stepped up to the challenge to put themselves out there with an elevator pitch. Now we need critiquers to give their valuable advice – as many and varied as possible! Join in at the venue, this week you may want to BYOC (bring your own coffee) so the coffee makers aren’t too overwhelmed. It’s a wonderful bunch of folks!

Tuesday 4th May: ‘Building Your Own Brand’ by Marco Protano, 6:30pm at LT1, UofE Business School, 7 Bristo Square

E-Club is back with a May lineup of speakers, and all startups, students, investors, faculty, and interested folks are welcome to attend. Marco Protano is a visiting professor of marketing, based in the US, who is in Edinburgh this week to teach the Business to Business marketing course. In this talk, Marco will provide insights into building your brand. (more…)

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Java User Group Scotland (brilliantly abbreviated JUGS) has moved its meetings to Appleton Tower to accommodate more folks, so you can check them out tonight 7pm, room 6.01 if you’re interested – I am trying so hard not to make a horrible pun about checking out JUGS in Appleton (oh man, I slipped).

Tonight Andrew Williams will be talking about writing webapps in a non-scary way, and you’ll find more details from him below 🙂 JUGS meetings take place monthly on the last Wednesday of the month, so if my math is correct, mark your calendars for 26th May as well!

Our next meeting will be held in Room 6.01 in Appleton Tower (map) at 7pm on 28th April. This month Andrew Williams will be talking about “Building Object Oriented WebApps with Wicket” there will be some demos and a (more…)

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