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Getting it right on the social web isn’t easy. While brands and agencies have more platform and service options these days they also have to face the realities of a crowded social marketplace and increasingly hostile natives. So how does a brand go social when the social web just wants the brands to go home?

Warren Knight, founder of Gloople and Social Commerce Expert, will explain how start ups and entrepreneurs can engage with their online audience.

David Soskin, former CEO of cheapflights.com and Director at mysupermarket.com, will show start ups and entrepreneurs why the time is NOW for digital business.

techpitch 4.5 is an evening pitch event created by 2Pears, in order to showcase some of the latest tech startups, including some of the startups that have taken part in the UKTI pitch-training workshops in the past 6 months. The next techpitch 4.5 will be held on 5th July 2011.

Hosted by Julie Meyer (BBC Online Dragons' Den and CEO of Ariadne Capital) the Entrepreneur Country Winter Forum will help you discover ways to get ahead of the competition with three key discussion points - 'We know who you are', 'Gameology' and 'Is your vision 20:20?'.

Where can you find movies, geeks, entrepreneurs, drinks, snacks and...er...more geeks? #TechHubFriday movie night! This week sees the second TechHub film night, Friday 20th August from 5-7ish pm (so you can still go out afterwards). It's free, just bring yourselves, any drinks and snacks you want (we'll throw in a few).

Where can you find movies, geeks, entrepreneurs, drinks, snacks and...er...more geeks this Friday? TechHub movie night! Vote for the old school tech film you want to see.

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.

On of the hottest companies in one of the hottest sectors right now! Come and hear Playfish founder, Kristian Segerstrale, share his views on the rapidly expanding social gaming sector and, als,o what it's like to be on the inside of a mega-acquisition (Playfish were acquired by Electronic Arts last year for $300m).

Workshop 5: Business Model Development for Web Start-Ups. Building a stable business model online is challenging and has given rise to some pundits heralding the age of ‘FREE’ business to others. This workshop will focus on how to build revenue models ranging from freemium models, subscription, to b2b2c options.

In this workshop, we hope to help you find out ways of fundraising for your company, such as; When and when not to go to a venture capitalist, methods to designing a fundraising strategy, and common issues to look out for (i.e. understanding a termsheet, different classes of shares)

MiniBar Workshop 3: 101 of Online Marketing with Social Media. At this workshop, social media experts will introduce you to several strategies on how to turn social media tools such as, Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere into powerful marketing devices.

MiniBar Workshop 2: Workshop 2: Effective Software Development Management. This workshop will cover different management methods such as ‘agile software management’ and what processes to use to arrive at a web development plan that translates business goals into achievable and workable web implementation.

MiniBar's first workshop in a 5 part series: Search Engine Optimization and Analytics. Join Daniel Sim and Malcolm Coles for a practical non-nonsense workshop on using Google Analytics and Plugin SEO, effective copy writing for search engines and how to use Google sitemaps and website indexing to maximize coverage.