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Hubdub Ltd closes Hubdub to focus on Fanduel

23 April, 2010 by Kate Ho

It’s with sadness that we’re reporting that the Hubdub team has decided to close their first product – news prediction site Hubdub – to focus on their second product – Fanduel. As Techcrunch reports here, Fanduel (which was launched around 6 months ago) has become a much more lucative opportunity for the 5-person team.

I have to confess, I did spend a substanial amount of time on Hubdub and am left missing my hubdub dollars. To give them a good send off, here are my three favourite prediction markets:

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60 Second Interview: Hilary Singer

22 April, 2010 by Kate Ho

This week, one of our favourite blog followers (and previous guest blogger) Hilary Singer is in the hot seat for our latest 60 second interview.

Hilary is originally from Alaska (we normally try and not mention the Sarah Palin jokes …) She moved to Washington, D.C. for an International Relations degree at American University – but everything changed when she came to Edinburgh in 2006 on a study abroad programme and ended up transferring into Physics! For the last two years, she’s worked for Launch.ed and the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) to promote and support entrepreneurship at Edinburgh Uni. Recently, she was one of the award winners for SIE’s New Ideas competition – for her new startup – Bullfrog Labs.

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SIE Summer Bootcamp: Ideas into Startups

21 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Did you get the invite? Students – of all Scottish unis, degree levels, disciplines, and fitness levels – have the chance to spend the summer in Bootcamp developing an awesome business or social enterprise. Hey, this summer could change your life! Get your parents off your back, stop wondering ‘what if I…’, and get your applications in by 9am FRIDAY (via www.sie.ac.uk/bootcamp) if you are interested. Details below:

This summer, do something different. All students at Scottish higher education institutions are invited to apply for a place on SIE’s Bootcamp 10, an intensive entrepreneurial training programme that gives you the unique opportunity to take your idea for a new venture from concept to creation in a summer. Continue Reading »

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Events Menu: 19-25 April

19 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Tuesday 20th April: Launch Lab Entrepreneurs’ Coffee Morning, 9am at Renroc

The Twitter Episode: Love it or hate it, it’s there. Douglas Holmes gives an honest talk about how and why to use twitter to your advantage. Short presentation starts at 9:15. 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.

Tuesday 20th April: Trade Marks – Creating Brand Value, 9am-2pm at Stirling Management Centre

Would you like to better understand the importance and relationship between trademarks and brands? Do you need to find out how to make the most of your business’s Intellectual Property? Are you also aware of other forms of intellectual property such as patents, designs and copyright? This FREE event is being organised by the Intellectual Property Office and if you want find out the answers to the above questions and much more then you should not miss this event.  This event will provide a great opportunity to speak with other local businesses, professionals in intellectual property and business support organizations. RSVP on the event site. Continue Reading »

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Enterprisers: A World of Possibilities!

15 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

I’ve taken a week off from the world to spend time at Enterprisers, a fabulous creation of Cambridge University and MIT. It’s a bit business bootcamp meets American summer camp, and this rendition is taking place in nearby Stirling. Walking into the room, you’d have little sense of being in Scotland though as the remarkably international group has left the Brits a minority.

So, what is actually taking place here? You might say it’s a four day workshop to develop entrepreneurial skills. You might say it’s a business rendition of Obama’s ‘Yes we can’. Or you might say it’s a social opportunity for computer science, business, and artsy students. But more noteworthy than the actual activity is the bit of magic in the air – the world has come together and it feels like anything could happen. Continue Reading »

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Events Menu: 12-18 April

12 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

I’m a bit short on time at the moment, but thought I’d resort to an abbreviated form so you can at least check out the main events this week. [P.S. I’ve  added the links now! :)]

Monday-Thurs 12th-16th April: Enterprisers at Stirling Management Centre

A four day residential programme for students of all disciplines and degree levels, Enterprisers is about building entrepreneurial confidence and a can-do attitude! Run by Cambridge University and sponsored by Informatics Ventures, this is sure to be a fantastic week for anyone who’s come along – I’ve facilitated a couple times and am very excited to be back!

Monday-Tues 12th-13th April: MIT Workshop – Building Management Teams – at Stirling Management Centre

A two-day workshop sponsored by Informatics Ventures, and the theme this time is helping tech startups build world class management teams.

Tuesday 13th April: Launch Lab (aka Entrepreneurs Coffee Morning), 9 am at Renroc

The Entrepreneurs Coffee Morning has rebranded, so welcome to Launch Lab! Love the name, love the new faces, go along if you’d like to chat informally to a supportive group of other folks starting up businesses. Ian Cander of 3Cap Consulting will be giving a presentation on the topic of how small- to medium- size enterprises can grow their capital and value. Continue Reading »

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Edinburgh Startup Scene Featured on US Radio

8 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

The spotlight was on Edinburgh this week for a US radio show covering entrepreneurs. The BusinessMakers Show recently paid us a visit to investigate the entrepreneurial activity in our lovely capital and speak with a handful of local startups. [listen to interview online here]

Russ Capper – one of the hosts of The BusinessMakers Show – flew over from sunny Houston, Texas, where the show is based. Previous guests on the show have included Steve Wozniak of Apple, Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point), and Carly Fiorina (former CEO of Hewlett-Packard)… so I’ll just let you conclude what great success lies in our futures.

I filled Russ in on why Edinburgh is so awesome, life at the exciting startup TenBu Technologies, and of course StartupCafe. You may notice I was caught off guard when he asked ‘So what do you do in your spare time?’. Continue Reading »

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Events Menu: 5-11 April

5 April, 2010 by Jessica Williamson

Monday 5th April: The International Science Festival has begun!

Whether you’re observing Easter Monday or already back at your desk/armchair/coffee shop, I hope you’ve noticed that the Science Festival is livening up Edinburgh for a couple weeks. The Informatics Forum will be hosting several cool talks and events, including the intriguing Huxley’s Lab play you may have seen dancing on the Forum roof gardens. Also we’re really excited for a multi-touch Science Festival app to debut in the Forum, but I’ll let Kate fill you in on that later 🙂

Tuesday 6th April: Entrepreneurs & Freelancers Coffee, 9am at Renroc (think again, and go!)

Adding a twist to the newest coffee morning, the first meetup of the month – ie. this one – will feature a few startup elevator pitches so the group can provide feedback to the brave volunteers (before they meet with investors, funding bodies, clients, etc). Getting the freelancers combined with the startups also seems like a very productive mix, so I’m excited to see the collaboration. While I initially questioned the need for another coffee group, this meetup is certainly proving its worth and I would like to publicly withdraw my skepticism. See you there! Continue Reading »

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Creator of Games Developers Conference (GDC) to give talk

4 April, 2010 by Kate Ho

Chris Crawford – one of the original organisers of the Games Developers Conference (GDC) is speaking at Glasgow Caledonian University on Thursday 29th April. Details below.

The Phylogeny of Play
Speaker: Chris Crawford
Venue: Glasgow Caledonian University (room C001)
Date: Thursday 29th April
Time: 1.00 – 2.00

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Getting Digital Roadshow

3 April, 2010 by Kate Ho

AmbITion Scotland  – an organisation promoting communciation, collaboration and creation in digital in the arts – is running an event on June 10th.  Details below.

Getting Digital Roadshow South (Edinburgh)

University of Edinburgh, 10th June ‘10

This event will be broadcast live!

A day of exploration, exposition, conversation and critical thinking around the digital opportunities for organisations as you think about artistic practice, organisational and audience development and business models in our digital age.

This Roadshow Central is the third of four similar events happening across Scotland between March and June this year. This event will feature a keynote speaker Bill Thompson, case study presentations from Festivals Edinburgh and Simon Bedford, Hoipolloi, as well as the opportunity to get hands-on with our Get Immersed! seminar and workshop session.

Further information and sign up will be available 6 weeks prior to the event.

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