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Events Menu: 21st – 27th Feb

Posted in Events, tagged , on 21 February, 2011| 2 Comments »

Here’s your quick serving of Events and meetups in Edinburgh this week. [Ed: if you read this before 10.45am on Monday, we missed out the two E-club events – make sure you make note of them!]

PSYBT Elevator, 6.15 for 6.30pm, Mon 21st Feb, Shanghai Nightclub, Le Monde

Elevator events are for people aged 18-30 who are in business or are thinking about going into business.  So if you want to meet like minded people to share ideas with, strike business deals and most of all, have a great night out, then Elevator is for you!

Guest speaker this month is Bob McDowell, Vice President of Microsoft. Bob is going to discuss how to maximize income from your existing clients, win new business and also talk about successful strategies that can be implemented in any business to develop and grow it. Following on from Bob’s presentation there will be a Q&A session. (more…)

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Become an Investor Engagement Ninja – 28th Feb at Alba Innovation Centre

Posted in Events, tagged , , , , on 18 February, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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 here), so you can be an investor engagement ninja by the end of the month. Thanks very much to Ian Stevenson for sending this event our way!

TIPS ON INITIAL INVESTOR ENGAGEMENT – 28th FEBRUARY 2011, 9:30am-1:30pm

Are you the Founder/MD/CEO of an early stage technology company planning to raise equity finance in the foreseeable future? If so, this seminar will provide you with valuable tips and guidance on crucial aspects of initial investor engagement: (more…)

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Live blogging from Tech Law for Startups

Posted in Events, Local News on 16 February, 2011| 8 Comments »

So far, lots of drinks and a great view:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17:52 Things are heating up:

18:14 Talk has started. A broad brush overview of what you have to do to start a business. Half the audience is currently involved in starting a new company.

18:19 Considering the life cycle of an entrepreneurial business. Revenues resemble an inverse bell curve. (i.e. MBM recognises that startups have no budget?) Also, my Peroni is running low.

18:27 Partnerships (as a form of business) are still governed by a 19th century law. Did not know that. Also, limited companies, in practice, often offer little protection to startup founders because banks and others require personal guarantees. Lots of questions from the crowd. (more…)

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Apply by 20th Feb for Springboard – TechStars Partner in the UK!

Posted in Events, Local News, tagged , , , , , , on 16 February, 2011| 2 Comments »

You’ve probably heard of TechStars, but have you heard of Springboard? We’re excited to share there is a startup accelerator in Cambridge which opened last year, and you have 5 days left to get your applications in for Spring 2011. You may know Springboard’s MD Jon Bradford from his fun presentation at TechMeetup, where he spoke about running The Difference Engine (another cool accelerator) in Middlesbrough. Basically Jon is awesome and if you’re considering something like this, then stop what you’re doing and definitely get your applications in! You can check out mentors and details at http://springboard.com (applications here), with more info from Jon below:

Springboard applications due to close 20 February

With less than a week to go, Springboard Cambridge is making its final call for applications to its Spring 2011 intake.

Springboard, the only TechStars Network partner in the UK, have assembled over 100 awesome mentors including serial entrepreneurs, Venture Capitals, Y Combinator alumni and all of the major tech corporates to help your startup achieve their real potential.  Springboard ends with the opportunity to pitch to venture capitalists and angel investors. (more…)

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Hanging out at Night Owls

Posted in Events, tagged on 15 February, 2011| 2 Comments »

Live blogging from Night Owls … come and join us if you’re nocturnal too!

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Events Menu: 14th – 20th Feb

Posted in Events, tagged on 14 February, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Your events guide for this week:

Tuesday, 15th Feb: Edinburgh Night Owls, 7.30pm- late, Favorit

Got a side project that you’re working on? Or don’t fancy working 9-5pm? Come and join us at Edinburgh Night Owls on Tuesday night, 7.30pm-late. At Favorit (just opposite McEwan Hall). [edited: was an earlier time of 9pm] The idea is that its just somewhere that people (developers, designers, writers) hang out and work together.  So if you have somewhere to do some work, or want to get some feedback or just want to hang out with people who love working late nights, then come and hang out. http://edinnightowls.eventbrite.com/

Wednesday, 16th Feb: Tech Law for Startups, 5.30pm for 6pm start, MBM Commerical

‘Tech Law for Startups’ is a monthly meetup for individuals planning, developing and growing high-growth businesses, primarily based around new technologies. By providing an open forum for individuals to come along to share knowledge and experiences, we are building a network of people who can learn and support each other in dealing with business issues.

Follow us on twitter (@techlaw4startup) and feel free to suggest any particular topics that you would like covered at an upcoming meetup.

Wednesday, 16th Feb, Lean startup circle, 7.30pm, Winterwell Offices (more…)

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Edinburgh Night Owls: Late night co-working

Posted in Events, tagged on 14 February, 2011| 3 Comments »

Got a side project that you’re working on? Or don’t fancy working 9-5pm? Come and join us at Edinburgh Night Owls on Tuesday night, 7.30pm-late. At Favorit (just opposite McEwan Hall). [edited: was an earlier time of 9pm]

The idea is that its just somewhere that people (developers, designers, writers) hang out and work together. If you’re on the Techmeetup list, then its exactly like the same idea as Royal Society of Hackers, Designers and Watchmakers … but on a tuesday night … with more Owl jokes.

So if you have somewhere to do some work, or want to get some feedback or just want to hang out with people who love working late nights, then come and hang out.

http://edinnightowls.eventbrite.com/

[N.B. No owls were harmed in the making of this announcement]

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Four news stories for the price of one.

Posted in Events, Local News on 9 February, 2011| 1 Comment »

There’s so much to say, and so little time, so here’s an uber-condensed version of the latest Edinburgh startup news.

Someone new to talk to.
A warm welcome to Alistair Hann, who moved to Edinburgh in January after his two-year-old startup, Zoombu, was acquired by Skyscanner. Watch for Alistair at TechMeetup, Lean Startup Circle, and other events around town. (We met him at Edinburgh Night Owls, so he already has a good handle on the local social scene. Where could he have learned all that so quickly?!)
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Get some Law Advice

Posted in Events, tagged , on 8 February, 2011| 1 Comment »

On Wednesday 16th February MBM Commercial will be running their first workshop and networking event for high-tech entrepreneurs.

This meetup has been in the planning mode for a while now and the last time we talked about it, we got some great responses…

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Scottish Lean Circle offers startups more brainpower – this Wednesday!

Posted in Events, Local News, tagged , , , , , , on 17 January, 2011| 3 Comments »

With a wonderful new meetup on the Scottish startup scenes that we should have spotlighted sooner, big thanks to Gordon Guthrie of Hypernumbers for offering this introduction. Scottish Lean Circle has been going for several months now, and the next monthly meeting is coming up Wednesday 19th January, 7:30pm at 39A Grassmarket (Winterwell HQ). I highly encourage you to familiarise yourself with this group, and jump in if you’d like to learn/share/strategise with other startup folks… More details from Gordon:

It is time to introduce the Scottish Lean Circle to the Scottish startup public properly.

1. What Is Lean?

Lean start-ups are the merger or a number of different ‘traditions’, ranging from Japanese manufacturing techniques (the Toyota Production System and 6 Sigma) to agile (and agile-like) software development and the dramatic drop in cost of starting an internet start-up.

There is a ‘business stack’ emerging:

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