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February 1, 2012
If you’re thinking of coming to a upcoming Launch48 events you might want to check out our first Launch48 success story from Fashiny.
Fashiny is a fashion recommendation engine who started in June 2011 at Launch48 Kingston. From there they went on to complete Oxygen Accelerator, receive funding, and launch their first product.
You can learn about their journey and they tips for Launch48 and startups in their 10 minute video on the Success Stories page.
by ian |
January 27, 2012
Launch48 is supporting the upcoming Marketing Innovation Expo (MI Expo) as so many of the ideas that come our of Launch48 are either looking to market their startup or in the marketing industry.
The MI Expo is offering startups the opportunity to enter their awards for free, which is a fantastic opportunity considering the exposure winners will receive.
Some of the awards available include:
- Innovative use of social media
- Innovative use of mobile marketing
- Innovative start-up 2012
- Innovative technology 2012
Further they are running a conference which will cover:
- Techniques that are delivering success for marketers
- Digital trends driving the market place
- Which new platforms are hot & set to explode in 2012
- The hot new marketing start-ups for 2012
- New opportunities for marketers in 2012
Speakers at the Expo include representatives from Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, Virgin Media, 10 Downing Street, The British Army, PeerIndex, Adjustyourset, Youtube, Buyapowa & many more.
To enter the awards visit www.marketinginnovationawards.com
Launch48 readers can also get a 20% discount using promocode 20LAUNCH. For full event details & to book your place at MI Expo visit www.marketinginnovationexpo.com
by ian |
January 12, 2012
Launch48 Birmingham will be held on Friday the 16th to Sunday the 18th of March 2012 at Birmingham Science Park – block your diaries now!
Launch48 returns to Birmingham for the first time in over 12 months, and we are looking forward to it for a number of reasons:
- E4F is currently incubating over 20 companies in Birmingham
- Oxygen Accelerator ran in Birmingham and supported 9 new startups including Launch48′s Fashiny
- Over 98 mentors participated in Oxygen Accelerator increasing the amount of technology aware mentors in the city
- Birmingham Science Park has embraced the startup was and now has more tech startups than ever before
- Tech events like the LAUNCH gaming conference and other meetups have sprung up all over the city
In a nutshell, Birmingham has a lot to offer startups right now. So Launch48 is going to help create some new Birmingham startups!
- When Friday the 16th of March to Sunday 18th of March 2012. See the agenda for full details
- Where Birmingham Science Park Aston, Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BB. See the directions for a map and accommodation
- Cost From £29.95 including drinks on Friday and drinks and pizza on Sunday. Purchase tickets now
Tickets start from £29.95 and can be purchased now.
by ian |
January 8, 2012
If you attended the Inspire Conference mid 2011 you may remember a number of panels and interviews taking place. The wait is over, they are now online!
There are plenty of other Inspire Conference and Launch48 videos available in our growing video library.
by ian |
January 5, 2012
Launch48 is returning to London to kick off 2012 with a bang!
Following the success of Launch48 at University College London last year Launch48 is returning to host what will no doubt be an even bigger event.
Last event saw 5 teams develop ideas from car sharing to finding a good lunch. Over 15 mentors attended from Google, Sky, Seedcamp, Oxygen Accelerator, and Timeout.
If you want to start a business in 2012, or meet entrepreneurially minded people, grab your early bird ticket now for just £29.95!
- When Friday the 17th of Februrary to Sunday 19th of February 2012. See the agenda for full details
- Where UCL Engineering Front Building, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE. See the directions for a map and accommodation
- Cost From £29.95 including drinks on Friday and drinks and pizza on Sunday. Purchase tickets now
- Bring Business ideas, creativity, business cards, laptop/tablet
Full details are available on http://london.launch48.com
by ian |
December 23, 2011
Springboard, the 13-week accelerator boot-camp programme, today announced an early Christmas present for start-ups who apply to the Springboard London programme – a virtual goodie bag.
With support from Microsoft, SendGrid, Twilio, Google, FreeAgent and Pivotal Tracker, Springboard has created a virtual goodie bag worth over £350 for any start-up who makes an application for the Springboard London programme, which starts in early 2012.
In addition, start-ups selected to participate in the Springboard programmes both in London and Cambridge will get additional services from a number of these companies. Microsoft, for example, has generously offered £40,000 of free cloud hosting over two years to each Springboard team.
http://springboard.com/
by adil |
November 9, 2011
A video from Launch48 London has been created by the team at UCL Enterprise Society, our gracious hosts for Launch48 London. The video includes some testimonials and highlights from the final presentations:
by ian |
November 1, 2011
The following teams presented at Launch48 Sydney earlier this year, this is another great set of business ideas:
Happy Tribe – A platform to connect charities, individuals and corporations to coordinate and aggregate social contributions. Gives people a place to track their many social contributions to various charities and causes and gives corporates a tool for managing the volunteer effort in their Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR initiatives.
Sitting Social – Connecting pet lovers so they can look after each others pets on holidays and coordinating pet events like get togethers.
Give Teams – A platform to make group gift giving easier, get people together, organise contributions and select a gift all in the one place. Takes the hassle out of chasing people and simplifies the endless back and forth when organising groups to give for 21st birthdays, weddings or farewells at work.
Locongo – Real People. Unreal Experiences. Connecting real locals with travellers looking for an authentic, local experience.
by ian |
October 31, 2011
Thank you to everyone who attended Launch48 London including our fantastic sponsors X.com, Viadeo and our special hosts UCL Enterprise Society. Thanks for the last minute support from Springboard for the pizza on Sunday night too!
The final presentations were a lot of fun with 75 attendees and 5 teams presenting, below are the URLs and a description. Note – the sites are unfinished:
Eat In The Street – The street food vendor directory site collected a number of vendor’s from Bricklane Market and created their own branded stickers which most people at Launch48 on Sunday ended up wearing.
Float My Note – A system to anonymously post content (balloons) online and support anonymous responses. Users have the ability to track a balloon to see other people’s comments.
Beauty Minis – A system that will capture cosmetic preference data from users then work with cosmetic brands to send relevant samples to key users. After the user receives a sample additional data will be collected and fed back to to the brands.
Styletab – A tablet-based system for browsing and purchasing products. It offers a refined interface that is specifically suited to tablets.
CarTime – Attempting to fix car sharing by focussing on specific areas in the UK and adding value to car sharing such as learning French or listening to a genre of music.
If you missed out on Launch48 London you can sign up to our newsletter to be notified when our next event is announced.
by ian |
October 7, 2011
Seedcamp has released a new document designed to help early stage companies start working together.
The Seedcamp web site states the document:
is designed for a newly formed team to agree on what each founder’s shareholding should be as well as how to make sure that each founder puts a continued effort throughout the lifetime of the company in order to keep their equity stake.
You can download the documents now from the Seedcamp web site.
by ian |
