The Business Boot Camp for Digital Entrepreneurs

Accelerator, London’s Business Incubator, will be running a 2-day specialised boot camp for Digital Entrepreneurs on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February 2012.

Who are we?

The Accelerator Business Incubator houses 25 digital businesses. We’ve helped to create 5 millionaires in the last 3 years and now we’ve condensed all our knowledge in to a 2-day Accelerator boot camp to kick start new ventures.

What is it?

The 2-day boot camp will be practitioner led training by some of the key players in the heart of the Silicon Roundabout/Tech City start up scene. This great team of entrepreneurs will focus on YOURbusinesses and challenge you to develop, improve your concept and create a clear road map for execution.

At the end of the 2 days you will know exactly what you are going to do, how you are going to do it and who can help you to make it happen with a new network of contacts to help you overcome the challenges that lie ahead.

Who is it for?

The Business Boot Camp is open to 30 individuals who are planning to or have recently set up a business. It is ideal for internet startups, creatives working in digital or business focused in the digital space.

Past attendees include

99pshopper.com and 99pwholesaler.com

www.cupof3.com

www.invoiceberry.com

www.spoonfedsuppers.com

Confirmed Speakers

• Sarah Wood, Co-Founder Unruly Media
• Richard Celm, Manager Accelerator
• Tom Jeffs, Founder and CTO Lucidica
• Bill Morrow, Founder Angels Den
• James Swanston, Founder Carbon Voyage

http://acceleratoruk.eventbrite.com/

This year’s National Student Enterprise Conference, proudly sponsored by Google and Shell LiveWire, is the place to explore disruptive innovation and business models.  Discover how you can ride the disruptive wave to entrepreneurial success!

• £1,000 will be given away to the student with the best business pitch at our pitching competition courtesy of Shell LiveWire
• keynotes from top entrepreneurs
• workshops with industry experts
• panels of movers and shakers
• Q&A sessions
• startup crash courses covering everything from financing to building an all-star team
• master classes taking you a step further…

1. Leading for Business Growth:                  

2nd February                  

2pm-5pm                  

@ UCL

Do you have a business model and management team that can achieve the type and amount of finance to fund high growth.  Not sure then you should consider signing up to this workshop led by specialist from  the world renown Warwick Business School  http://capitalenterprise.org/event-details/?eid=123

2. Angel Fun: 

13^th Feb                 

4pm-7pm                 

@ The British Library Conference Centre

The British Business Angel Association in partnership with Capital Enterprise will be running through why now more than ever is a good time to look at Angel Finance to fund growth-http://www.bl.uk/bipc/workevents/angelfun.html

We will look at the how the Government’s new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) initiative will work in real life When launched in April this year SEIS will offer angel investors up to 50% tax breaks for a total of £100k invested in start-ups and each start-up that meets the criteria can receive up £150k equity investment under this scheme. There will be also an opportunity to question Angels on what they look for, how best to approach them and how they value an early stage business. On the latter point I do recommend you look at a recent blog by Seed Camp  or the following slide-deck

3. Next Generation of Finance – Launch Event

17^th Feb

10:30-12:30

@UCL

Capital Enterprise, Angel Capital, Crowd Cube, People Fund it, CDFA and North London Community Finance have all come together to launch a series of events that will give you the insider know-how and fast track routes to finding non- traditional bank finance to fund your entrepreneurial venture. Not to be missed so to get your free ticket here http://ngfle.eventbrite.co.uk/

4. Business Bootcamp Lounge

21^stFebruary

6-9pm

@O2 Workshop Tottenham Court Road.

The next Business Bootcamp Alumni Lounge will feature short presentations and a Q&A sessions with a number of London entrepreneurs who have recently raised investment funding from Angels and VC’s. If you have not been before and enjoyed the drinks, nibbles and good company then please check up out here.  http://www.meetup.com/BB-Lounge/events/49243982/

5. The Beginners guide to the “Lean Start-up”. (or How to bootstrap a high growth business).

23^rd February

10am- 12-30pm                  

@ O2 Workshop Tottenham Court Road  

The Lean start-up method is now the preferred method used by Silicon Valley start-ups and high growth USA entrepreneurs. If you want to know what it is, why it could give you a way to reduce the risk and cost of starting an ambitious business and how you can use tools such as the Canvas Business Model to get going, then enrol now for this free introductory workshop.

6. Pitching for Management:

27^th Feb     

5-7pm                                    

@ Nabarro’s Holborn WC1.

Capital Enterprise has joined forces with Angel News to co-sponsor a pitching for management event for those potential high growth companies that need to find the right management with the right customer contacts to enable them to scale their business.  To find out more please check out http://pitchingformanagementlondon17-eorg.eventbrite.com.

7. Special Offer- Free  1-2-1 Business Planning support

Capital Enterprise has secured a deal with its member CEME, to provide registered businesses in London who are looking to raise money, with a business consultant in order to help them complete their financial forecasts and finesse their business plans and pitches. If you are interested then please e-mail john@capitalenterprise.org

We provide seed capital, office space and – most importantly – that magical ingredient of “smart-community” with mentors and other entrepreneurs.

Springboard comes in the shape of an intensive 13 week programme originally based at the inspirational ideaSpace, part of Cambridge University’s state-of-the-art Hauser Forum and is now in London from early 2012.

Historically, over 50% of the starts up who enter these programmes have succeeded in raising capital in the next round of funding.

What we’ve learned is that at the heart of Springboard should be the exchange of experience, advice, know-how and counselling provided by over 100 great mentors including experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

Alongside this we provide each founder with £5,000 (up to a maximum of three founders per startup). The founders move to Cambridge or London for the 13 week programme where they receive intense mentoring and business support.

Springboard culminates in an Investor Day where the teams get to present to venture capitalists and angel investors.

Rackspace are sponsoring Springboard during 2012 in both London and Cambridge with providing cloud hosting for applicants and winners, more details to follow shortly.

Applications for our Spring 2012 intake are open now.

Go to www.springboard.com for more infor

From student to environmental entrepreneur: Neil Jennings
12th January 2012, 6pm, Rialto, RHUL SU

The ‘Student Switch Off’ is a campaign that aims to encourage students to save energy when living in UK University halls of residence. It is run as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company. The campaign runs at 43 universities across the UK and employs 6 full time staff.

The idea for the Student Switch Off came about in October 2005 while Neil Jennings was studying at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia. Neil will be speaking about how to start an ethical business using just your University research – and a green lycra costume…

Attendance is free and you do not need to register – just turn up.