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Genius Incubator presents Venture Lab on entrepreneurship and venture capital funding on 10th June at Cass Business School. 4 VCs and distinguished entrepreneurs will explain the mechanics of raising venture capital and speak on topics relevant to entrepreneurs on their journey to successful multi-million dollar exits.

Tradeshift is an invoicing platform that is free for small and medium sized companies and at this event we would like to show the ease and benefits from using Tradeshift. Come join us!

On Thursday 10th June there is a Business Plan Workshop at the British Library which is a bit different. Alan Gleeson the Managing Director of Palo Alto and Lawrence Gilbert of Company Partners are talking about the tips and observations of what makes a good business plan, what to include and what not to include.

Today we are announcing a new MiniBar workshop; 'Drupal 101 - Get Started with Drupal and Run the White House'. It will be taught by Peter Brownell, who many of you know as the CTO of the School of Everything, and an organiser of Drupal UK. This course is priced at £189 (a bit unusual for us to do paid course, but it should be worth it).

Today we are announcing a new MiniBar workshop; 'Drupal 101 - Get Started with Drupal and Run the White House'. It will be taught by Peter Brownell, who many of you know as the CTO of the School of Everything, and an organiser of Drupal UK.

Launch48, a conference and entrepreneurial event, is back and running in London from the 4th to the 6th of June with speakers and mentors from Gumtree, Yahoo, PayPal, VMWare, Google, and many more attending and working closely with attendees.

Following April's MiniBar, we already have a full program again featuring a mix of news on Technology Strategy Board funding, the VC fund created by Michael Birch and Brent Hoberman, our friendly lawyers Barry and Danvers will tell what's next for Bootlaw and then we will have a focus on online marketing.

Startup 2010 is a business plan competition and one-day event about entrepreneurship and digital business that will showcase 10 top startups competing for bragging rights, buzz, and a $100,000 prize.

Engage | Invest | Exploit is Informatics Ventures annual showcase of high-quality deal flow spinning out of Scotland's world leading Informatics and Computer Science departments, and hot startups associated with our institutions.

TechCrunch Europe will be co-locating with EIE'10 in Edinburgh on 12th May 2010. Our venue hosts will be holding EIE in the AM and in the PM TechCrunch Europe will be running an interactive afternoon seminar followed by a joint networking party for both events in the evening.

Small business owners will learn how to develop an effective online strategies, personal brands, using social media and blogging to their advantage. The workshop is highly interactive and full of case studies.

Ale 2.0 is a meet up for people who work in digital who like real ale (and other drinks) We meet up once a month to talk about the digital comings and goings of the moment and to drink the best ale on the planet.

The Guardian Activate Summit 2010 Technology, society and the future: Changing the world through the internet Thursday 1 July 2010, London Don't miss this one-day summit for leaders who are building a better future through technology and the internet Book your place before 14 May and save 25% Visit guardian.co.uk/activate today