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.

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

This is the first Launch48 event to be held in the South West of England and we are excited to be holding it in Exeter.

• When Friday the 2nd of March to Sunday 4th of March 2012. See the agenda for full details
• Where The Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RN. 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

Don’t miss it and we look forward to seeing you in March!

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.

• Panel – The Next Generation of Change in Society featuring David Rowan – Wired, Seb Bishop – (RED), Steve Moore – Big Society Network, Shakil Khan – Spotify and Martin Kelly – IBM
• Panel – The Next Generation of Change in User Interfaces and User Experiences featuring Andy Budd – Clearleft, Claire Rowland – Fjord, Leisa Reichelt – Disambiguity and Aza Raskin – Massive Health
• Peter Vesterbacka from Rovio creators of Angry Birds interviewed by Mike Butcher editor of Techcrunch Europe

There are plenty of other Inspire Conference and Launch48 videos available in our growing video library.

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

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/

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.

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.

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