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31 May, 2010 by Kate Ho

If you haven’t heard, Barcamp Glasgow is being run on 18th June! This year, Barcamp is being held in conjuction with Interactive Scotland and will feature a list of high profile speakers from STV, RealTime Worlds, Mediacom, Spotify, Facebook (TBC), Scotsman.com, Dog, Line, Whitespace, Innovation Digital, Spider Online, New Media Corp, Wildfire, w00tonomy, ISO Design, University of Abertay and the Scottish Government, with music from those cools chaps at Radio Magnetic.

The event is free to attend with no sign ups. Hashtag is #BarcampGlasgow. Details are:

Friday, 18th June, 4.30pm – 8.30pm, at STV (Pacific Quay)

In addition, Startupcafe are leading an ‘Ignite’ style session from 7.30pm to 8.30pm.

We have 10 slots for inspiring people to share their expertise/passion/story – and we want to hear from you! We think that there is Continue Reading »

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Events Menu: 31st May – 6th June

31 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Tuesday 1st June: iDEA Lab Showcase & Lunch, 10am-3pm at Informatics Forum

Talks, posters, networking, demos and lunch! This event brings researchers in medicine and biology, with large and/or complex data sets, together with informaticians with experience of handling and analysing large and complex data sets. Listen to cool talks (11am-12pm & 2-3pm) and/or join in for lunch and poster viewing (12:20-2pm). Sign up free on the eventbrite site.

(I believe the next Launch Lab is next week, not this Tuesday)

Thursday 3rd June: TechMeetup West Lothian, 7:30pm at The Black Bull (West Calder)

Great to see TechMeetup expanding! The kickoff meeting for TechMeetup West Lothian is this week, so any developers, startups, or other interested parties in the West Lothian area can check this out. No planned talk for this meeting, just beer + food and finding out what people are interested in for future meetups. Please contact @james_lucas or @dazzaontheroad with any questions. Continue Reading »

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More startup weekend goodness!

27 May, 2010 by Kate Ho

As if one startup event isn’t enough, London is playing host to another startup launch event – Startup Weekend London from 4th-6th June:

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. Continue Reading »

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Want to get some friendly feedback on your idea?

27 May, 2010 by Kate Ho

The Launch Lab – the brainchild of Mirren Fischer and Georgia Artus – is looking for pitchers for their monthly pitching event on 8th June. The idea is that each pitcher stands in front of the group to give a 3-5min pitch on who they are and what their business is. Then the rest of the group will give constructive feedback about the content and presentation skills. There’s 3 spots open.

Sign up on meetup.com, and contact Mirren if you’re interested.

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60 Second Interview: Jack Perry (Scottish Enterprise)

26 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

This week we are especially excited to interview Jack Perry, former Chief Exec of Scottish Enterprise 2003-2009. Having brought about many positive changes at SE, he is now running Perry- Net Limited and serves on the board of Robert Wiseman Dairies (check your fridge). Born in the states but settled in the UK, Jack has a cool accent and is a delightfully friendly guy. One of our favourite quirky facts as well!

What’s your startup/organisation? Perry- Net Limited

Give us your company culture in 3 words: Insight, Disproportionate  Value

What’s the next big challenge or hurdle the organisation needs to overcome? Winning new business!

What’s the personal dream (in one sentence)? Continue Reading »

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Top Tips for IP related issues

25 May, 2010 by Kate Ho

You’ve had a great business idea. You’ve drafted out a rough plan of how it’s going to work. You’ve done a ton of research, you’ve even managed to scrape enough money together to buy some basic equipment to run the business. You’ve found loads of info about setting up a company online, and found a free advisors to tell you about company formation and funding. Now, people keep on mentioning intellectual property rights being important to nearly every business out there, but not yours…right? Probably wrong.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are often potentially the most valuable thing that a company owns. And yet many people (a) don’t realised this, (b) can’t identify the IP in their business, (c) may know it’s there but don’t keep a track or record of it, (d) don’t protect it and (e) don’t exploit it. Crazy eh? Think – “Hello sir – you appear to have a pot of gold sitting in your unlocked room here – mind if I take it? Thanks…” Similar thing. Continue Reading »

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Events Menu: 24th-30th May

24 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Plenty going on this week, but do check out the upcoming ‘Sign up now for…’ list at the bottom too if you want first dibs on tickets!

Monday 24th May: ELEVATOR Business Networking, 6pm at Why Not? (George Street)

A free monthly event from PSYBT, ELEVATOR is for anyone 18-30 involved in a startup or who’d like to set up a company. Mingle with like-minded people, learn from the evening’s presenter, shout out in the quick pitches, and enjoy free drinks and a light supper too! I’ve somehow never made it but hear great things from folks who have gone. For more info, contact Rosie Dowie on 0131 347 9831 or edinburghelevator@psybt.org.uk, but I think you can just show up from 6pm.

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Free Startup Pitch Workshops in London: TechCrunch + UKTI

21 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Pitching, pitching, pitching… It’s a subject we hear about endlessly, yet pitching performances locally rarely seem to satisfy an investor audience. Want to blow someone’s socks off next time you’re trying to sway new customers, getting investors to part with their cash, or even recruiting for your team? TechCrunch Europe and UK Trade & Investment have teamed up to offer free pitch training in London on Monday 7th June – so go sharpen your skills and give us a new standard to aspire to!

Info from Mike Butcher’s recent post on TechCrunch, so thanks Mike:

TechCrunch Europe and UK Trade and Investment are organising a series of pitch workshops to help startups hone their pitch for events. These are free.

The next on is on 7th June 2010. It is free to attend for qualified UK-based startups, which means any startup in Europe that also has a UK base of course. It gives you a chance to possibly pitch at a forthcoming TechCrunch Europe event as we tend to look at those startups coming through this UKTI filter.

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The Converge Challenge: Time for Researchers to think Business!

21 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

The latest Business Plan Competition from Heriot-Watt is trying to pull innovations from researchers and academics. If you recognise any of these acronyms as research pools you’re a part of – ERPem, ScotCHEM, SISCA, SIPR, SIRE, MASTS, SUPA – then you’re eligible! Get your applications in by 11th June 2010, with more details below.

Heriot-Watt Business Plan Competition – The Converge Challenge

Are you a member of Heriot-Watt or a Heriot-Watt Research Pool?
Do you have an idea for an innovation?
Would you like to win an award to the value of £10,000 Continue Reading »

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Want to launch a web business in 48 hours?

20 May, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

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. Continue Reading »

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