business & innovation

RewireLondon

Work for yourself in the creative industries? Interested in new ideas and models? Want to meet like-minded creatives? RewireLondon is a one-day co-created, experimental and energising event to celebrate creativity, provide inspiration and explore new ways of working.

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Date: 8 June 2010
Location: Rich Mix, UK

Win Tickets for London Startup Weekend, 4-6th June

Startup Weekend

UPDATE: Win £1,500 worth of shared office space rental.

Summer's here, although saying that alone has probably jinxed the bank holiday weekend to three days of drizzle.

For budding entrepreneurs, the weekend offers some time free of distractions to focus on developing their startups, which is why the London Startup Weekend, sounds intriguing.

The team at Startup Weekend have very kindly offered Chinwag readers a chance to win two tickets to the event (enter here), and if you can't wait there's also a special 25% discount (use code chinwag00).

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Venture Lab on Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Funding on 10th June, Cass Business School, London

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.

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Date: 10 June 2010
Location: Cass Business School, UK

Social Art Field Trip

The day will take the form of a field trip in which we go out together, explore a space and use social tools to capture and reflect on the experience.

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Date: 3 June 2010
Location: Centre for Creative Collaboration, UK

Video Interview: Alex Stanhope from TSB on £18m Collaborative R&D Fund

Partnering for Innovation BrochureAs anyone whose tried knows, getting grant funding from the government can be an arduous task with forms that sap your will to live.

Fortunately, the process for securing a slice of the £18m Collaboration Across Digital Industries fund recently announced by the Technology Strategy Board is much less painful.

I caught up with Alex Stanhope, who is leading this project to get the background on the TSB's work and the Digital Testbeds that led to this £18m competition.

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Free e-invoicing comes with free drinks! ;)

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!

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Date: 9 June 2010
Location: Corbet Place Bar, UK

Business Plan Workshop London

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.

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Date: 10 June 2010
Location: British Library, UK

Get Yourself Connected

Get Yourself Connected is a half-day unconference-style social media event, exclusively for internal communications practitioners. It takes place in mid June in London and Cardiff.

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Date: 22 June 2010
Location: The Hub, UK

Get Yourself Connected

Get Yourself Connected is a half-day unconference-style social media event, exclusively for internal communications practitioners. It takes place in mid June in London and Cardiff.

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Date: 14 June 2010
Location: Craft in the Bay, UK

MiniBar Workshop 'Drupal Rocks' (2nd part)

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).

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Date: 30 June 2010
Location: Space Studios, UK

MiniBar workshop: Drupal Rocks

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.

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Date: 23 June 2010
Location: Space Studios, UK

Launch48 Conference and Weekend

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.

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Date: 4 June 2010
Location: PayPal Headquerters, UK

Like: like me, love my data

This special mashup* event will be less structured than most mashup* events with more emphasis on discussion and debate.

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Date: 24 May 2010
Location: British Computer Society, UK

Win Tickets for The Guardian Activate Summit 2010

Guardian Activate 2010

UPDATE: 10% discount, use code 'Chinwag' when registering.

Don't say we don't spoil you!

On 1st July, The Guardian's Activate Summit is back, and we've hooked up with the lovely folks at Guardian Towers for a competition to win two tickets to this high-profile conference, worth over £600.

After an incredible first year, this powerful gathering of global visionaries returns for a day of ideas and inspiration, providing insight into how the web and associated technologies are reshaping our world.

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Wired Conference: Disruptive by Design

At the second WIRED Business Conference, presented in partnership with MDC Partners, you'll hear from industry leaders on how to respond to change, and how to use it to your advantage.

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Date: 14 June 2010
Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, US