startups

Digital Shoreditch TechCity Launchpad Matchmaking Meetup

Meet potential partners for the Tech City Launchpad 1 competition on 19th May 2011 at the Digital Shoreditch HQ.

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Date: 19 May 2011
Location: Digital Shoreditch HQ, UK

Mini Seedcamp New York - 14th June

Seedcamp

On June 14, Seedcamp will be hosting the first ever State-side Mini Seedcamp in New York.

Mini Seedcamp New York is a one day event aiming to connect the 20 best web-tech, mobile and software talent with some of the leading entrepreneurs, developers, and experts from the US and all over the world.

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Seedcamp New York

On June 14, Seedcamp will be hosting the first ever State side Mini Seedcamp in New York. We're looking to take the 20 most awesome startups with us to meet with and be mentored by some of the greatest mentors from the East Coast and Europe.

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Date: 14 June 2011
Location: New York City, US

MC ThinkCamp - mHealth

MC ThinkCamp - mHealth is on June 3rd at the Wallacespace St Pancras, London It is FREE to attend, and will bring the healthcare & mobile technology communities together to take a collaborative approach to putting ideas for mobile healthcare innovation into action.

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Date: 3 June 2011
Location: WallaceSpace St Pancras London, UK

Internet of Things & Other M2M Stories from Mobile Monday London

The Internet of Things?! With the kinds of numbers quoted - 50 billion connected devices by 2020 - this looks like it really is "The Next Big Thing". We'll take a look at the vision of what's coming, discuss the practicalities of how this will be implemented & what this means for consumers & entrepreneurs

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Date: 16 May 2011
Location: CBI at Centrepoint, UK

Tech City East meetup

Talk by Eric Van der Kleij, CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation. Eric will discuss the challenges, successes, and opportunities, faced -- including how to attract talent, encourage collaboration, and how to further develop our area as the world's most exciting place in terms of technology innovation.

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Date: 26 May 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Register Your Interest: Digital Mission to Washington DC, July 2011

We’re gathering interest for a digital government and social innovation-focused trade mission to Washington for UK-based digital companies in July. Interested? Read on...

The last few years have seen a dramatic adoption of social media and digital technologies in government, NGOs and campaigning organisations. There’s a highly active community here in the UK, and an equally vibrant counterpart in the United States, centered around Washington DC.

What started as a conversation with our friends at digital government consultancy FutureGov, community builder BrightLemon and digital media consultant Kathryn Corrick, has come together to form concrete plans for a Digital Mission to Washington DC, scheduled the week 11th July 2011.

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Digital Mission to Washington DC 2011

Our highly successful Digital Mission to Washington, DC took place 11th-15th July 2011.

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techpitch 4.5

techpitch 4.5 is an evening pitch event created by 2Pears in order to showcase some of the latest tech startups to have taken part in the UKTI pitch-training workshops in the past 6 months. The evening will kick off with a special keynote - to be announced shortly - and then followed by a number of pitching companies.

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Date: 25 May 2011
Location: The Auditorium, Pinsent Masons, UK

Silicon Milkroundabout: London's Tech Start-ups Join Together To Drive Recruitment

Wanted Posters

London's Tech Start-ups have banded together to better compete against big banks and huge recruiting budgets.

Job opportunities for computer science graduates and experienced software developers looking for their next career move, should not be limited to corporate banks or consultancies anymore, London's tech start-up community say.

The Silicon Milkroundabout event will try to stop the brain-drain of skilled software developers to big corporations by highlighting the opportunities and benefits of working for innovative, entrepreneurial businesses.

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Silicon Milkroundabout

Silicon Milkroundabout will see 30 of London’s most respected tech start-ups offer a total of 100 jobs to software developers on Sunday May 15th in London’s East End.

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Date: 15 May 2011
Location: Bar Music Halll, UK

Mixing Digital with Dinner: Tips from 35,000 Ft

Virgin Atlantic's Social Media and Digital Policy.Claire Higgins is joining us for dinner to share her views and advice on vtravelled's social media strategy and their plans to connect with customers at 35,000 feet.

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Date: 11 May 2011
Location: Ristorante Biagio, UK

DigPen II - The UK South West's Second Web Unconference

Unconference and meetup for web designers, developers, and digital media specialists based in the UK South West

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Date: 14 May 2011
Location: Exeter Phoenix, UK

Echelon 2011

Echelon 2011 showcases the best of Asia’s startup ecosystem over two days. Expect class-leading international speakers, the latest in web and mobile and the much awaited Launchpad that will feature pitches from 10 awesome new companies.

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Date: 16 June 2011
Location: University Cultural Centre, SG

Find Your Ninja Project

Following the success of our 'Off-line Job Board', where development teams can talk about new positions on their teams and developers (and agilists, testers, architects) can announce their availability, Skills Matter and MiniBar have joined up to see if we can take the idea of 'jobs for and by developers' further.

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Date: 5 May 2011
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, London, UK