startups

MiniBarLabs CodeMaker Course

MiniBarLabs ‘CodeMaker’ one-day coding course for anyone who needs to understand the digital world better

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Date: 6 March 2013
Location: Mother London, UK

Paul Stack's Continuous Integration & Delivery workshop

Continuous Integration is a fundamental pillar of running an Agile project. With the recent popularity of continuous delivery and continuous deployment, it is becoming even more common to ship fixes and features to customers more quickly. In this 2-day course, you will learn how.

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Date: 14 March 2013
Location: Skills Matter at MWB Business Exchange, UK

Tech Business MiniMBA #11: Go Mobile – How to Use Apps to Grow Your Business

Tech Business MiniMBA #11: Go Mobile – How to Use Apps to Grow Your Business presented by Jonny Kaldor, Managing Director of Kaldor Group (creator of Pugpig)

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Date: 28 February 2013
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Tenshi Two Day Bootcamp powered by Unreal Engine

Intense sessions and mentoring to prepare new studios for success in the modern games industry. Aiming at: o Early stage, or even pre-launch o Looking to explore new markets or new business models o Developing commercial knowhow and business development skills We recommend 2 attendees per company but welcome individual CEOs

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Date: 12 March 2013
Location: Grant Thornton, UK

Crowd Funding - A Seminar for Entrepreneurs and Businesses Seeking Funding

Crowd funding is increasingly gaining popularity in the UK. This free seminar, hosted by Jeffreys Henry LLP, Manches LLP and Seedrs, aims to introduce the concept of crowd funding, tackle some of the legal issues and discuss how to incentivise investors.

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Date: 26 February 2013
Location: Jeffreys Henry LLP, UK

Lightening Lean Startup: How to take your idea from lightbulb to launch

Keen to start your own business but don't know where to begin? We'll teach you how to be up and running all in one morning.

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Date: 15 February 2013
Location: My Hotel, UK

All Street UnConference

The event aims to provide an alternative to the traditional one-way conferences through a more collaborative social framework where attendees can be the speakers.

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Date: 23 February 2013
Location: Innovation Warehouse, UK

Droidcon London 2013

This conference is a must for anyone who wants to keep ahead of the curve on Android innovations, find out about the latest advances and tech, hear from top thinkers, and socialise with fellow developers. We’re bringing the future to you: don’t miss out!

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Date: 24 October 2013
Location: Business Design Centre, UK

Sweet Retweets: How to write for social media

An essential workshop offering practical advice for businesses, start-ups and freelancers on writing effective social media updates.

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Date: 5 March 2013
Location: Google Campus, UK

Tax-Friendly UK Startup Scheme Extended to 2014

Kate Jackson, explains how social dining and Digital Mission delegate, TableCrowd took advantage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and its sibling SEIS to secure investment.

Hoorah for the announcement that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) exemption for investments in SEIS companies will be extended.

EIS and SEIS are tax relief schemes designed to encourage investment into early stage, high-risk businesses. A high number of technology and digital startups fall within this catchment and should pay close attention to the benefits. The CGT exemption is now valid until the end of 2014. 

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London New Finance Monthly Seminar - Challenger Banks

The London New Finance monthly evening seminar on Financial Innovation through Technology, interesting speakers, question time session and networking opportunities, food and refreshments are included. Please see the link for more details.

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Date: 18 February 2013
Location: Cass Business School, UK

CukeUp! 2013

We are proud to present the third annual CukeUp!, poised to take place on April 4th at Skills Matter London. Under Cucumber creator Aslak Hellesøy's expert guidance, we're putting together a fast-paced day packed with 30-minute talks on the latest developments, ideas, and best practices in Cucumberworld!

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Date: 4 April 2013
Location: Skills Matter eXchange, UK

TableCrowd: A Start-Up’s Diary

Table Crowd

TableCrowd is a social dining network where like-minded people can meet and eat. Kate Jackson is Founder.

Monday. Frantic. Meet designer to work on responsive technology, factoring in improvements which come from user feedback on our beta site.

Our application to Chinwag’s Digital Mission to New York was accepted, so we join 20 other companies to gain insight into the New York tech scene. UK Trade & Investment London is helping some companies with a grant towards the trip; I’m hoping we’re one of the chosen ones.

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London Android User Group: The new Gradle based Android Build System

The London Android User Group will present and demo the new Gradle based Build System for the Android SDK.

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Date: 12 March 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

The F# 3.0 SQL Server Type Provider - Very Cool, and Very Useful

A practical walkthough of F# 3.0's SQL Server Type provider, and the query {} expression. How to get started. How to write efficient queries. When to use it - and when not to

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Date: 28 February 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK