Vodafone contacted me yesterday very excited because they had just announced the 2010 Mobile Clicks competition. What makes this competition really interesting is:
- The team of judges is fantastic and include Om Malik from GigaOm, Russell Buckley from Admob, Peter Vesterbacka from Mobile Monday and Rudy de Waele from Mobile 2.0 Europe.
- The prizes; €100,000.00 first prize, €50,000.00 second prize!
Vodafone awarded Layer with the main prize last year and, according to the video on the Mobile Clicks web site, really helped them to gain traction in their industry.
Registration for Mobile Clicks is now open and the award ceremony is being held at Picnic in Amsterdam on the 24th of September 2010.
If you are developing a mobile app or service you may want to consider applying.
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Launch48 Showcase is a new event designed to highlight the talent in startups. We provide a platform for teams to demo their products in a relaxed and fun environment.
The event is being held at PayPal’s London office in Richmond on the 2nd of September 2010 starting at 5:00pm.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT ON TH
E NIGHT?
The evening will include a series of product demonstrations, Q&A with exhibiting startups, a guest speaker, an awards ceremony, followed by pizza and beers.
During the event you will have the opportunity to network and speak with the startups, Launch48 Speakers and Mentors, and our special guests including venture capitalists and angel investors.
Make sure you bring your business cards!
CAN MY STARTUP DEMO/EXHIBIT?
First you’ll need to fill out the application form. The most impressive entries from startups will be selected to speak. The application process closes mid-August 2010, and is open to ANY startup – just sign up via the application form. Please note that preference will be given to Launch48 startups and members of the Launch48 community
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Tickets are £10.00 and can be purchased now. There is a limited number available, so be sure to grab yours fast!
Find more information about the Showcase event on the Launch48 dedicated website.
PayPal X, our fantastic sponsors and on-going supporter, along with Yahoo Developer Network, also great supporters of Launch48, have announced a massive competition.
In a nut shell, you could win $50,000.00 as the grand price, many other $10,000.00 prizes, and 1 of 10 iPad’s just for registering!
If you’re a developer, or have friends who are developers you can convince to work with you, or want to learn to code then you should definitely look at the PayPal X Developer Challenge web site.
If you want some more information you may want to visit the Paypal and Yahoo Developer Challenge demo evening on Tuesday the 20th of July. It is being held at TechHub in London. The event is a great way to learn about the PayPal and Yahoo technologies available, and the competition.
Applications for Seedcamp, the pan-european seed fund will be closing on June 30th, less than a week from today. Here is some info about this from our friends at Seedcamp.
Applications for Seedcamp close on 30th June!
Seedcamp is a micro seed fund which invests in startup internet companies and also provides mentoring from a top tier selection of company builders. Applications for Mini Seedcamp London close on 30th June and are the last chance to apply for Seedcamp funding this year. For more details and to apply check out http://seedcamp.com/pages/london10
Also for folk who are looking to form a company but not quite there yet we are running Founder Dating, which is an awesome opportunity for startup founders (business and technical) to meet.
Finding a cofounder is tough. But at Seedcamp and Techhub we believe that all it takes is to bring together some of the smartest technical and business minds in the world, and help them form fantastic companies.
At Founder Dating we will select 20 of the best founders and combined with a bit of matchmaking, enable cofounders to meet and beautiful startups to form.
The event will take place on 12th July at TechHub. If selected, attendance costs just £10 covering drinks and snacks for the event. Apply here and we’ll be in touch.
I spoke with Kevin today from IBM about an exiting new global entrepreneurial programme IBM has put in place called SmartCamp. In Kevin’s words:
Launch48 is an IBM Global Entrepreneur ecosystem partner. As part of its Smarter Planet vision, IBM is looking to collaborate with entrepreneurs to solve enterprise clients’ biggest challenges. IBM Global Entrepreneur opens new doors and resources to early stage technology startups looking to bring the next big idea to market.
What can you get from participating in IBM Global Entrepreneur?
- No charge access to IBM’s software portfolio on-site or through the cloud to accelerate software development
- Unlimited technical support from IBM Project Resource Managers to assist in product development
- Mentoring and networking through IBM SmartCamp events and IBM Innovation Centres
- Access to IBM industry insights and education to better understand the enterprise customer
- Visibility as part of the IBM Smarter Planet agenda to set yourself apart from the competition
- Access to a new social networking community on IBM developerWorks to connect with more than eight million IT professionals around the world.
We encourage you to learn more and register for IBM Global Entrepreneur at www.ibm.com/isv/startup
The London event is being held on the 21st of July 2010. I hope some Launch48 participants find this information is helpful and please let us know if you are one of the winners!
Launch48 announces 30% off all general admission tickets to Launch48 London on Friday the 4th to Sunday the 6th of June 2010. Don’t miss your opportunity to pay only £34.95 for your Launch48 Conference and Launch48 Weekend tickets.
The Launch48 Conference includes speakers from Clearleft, WAYN, Yahoo Developer Network, PayPal, Eden Ventures, and more.
The Launch48 Weekend is an event spanning 48 hours where attendees turn ideas into businesses. Participants pitch business ideas, develop them, and launch them while working together, meeting great people, and being mentored by people from Google, UberVu, PayPal, Yahoo Developer Network, and more.
This offer is limited and finishes on Monday the 24th of May 2010 so don’t wait, purchase your tickets now.
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The first 2010 Launch48 London event is going to take place between the 4th and the 6th of June 2010. The event will be held at the PayPal Offices in Richmond, more details about the venue can be found on the venue page.
We have a dedicated Launch48 London website that will be continuously updated with the latest information. You can access this website at http://london.launch48.com
It’s a frantic, energy fuelled, entrepreneurial event designed to engage all participants while offering the opportunity to learn and meet new people. A Launch48 Conference will take place on Friday 4th June, 2010. The theme of the conference will be ‘The Lifetime of a Startup’. The Launch48 Weekend will kick-off right after the conference, bringing you an exciting and intense 48 hours to work towards launching a web app.
A limited number of Early Bird Tickets are available so grab them while they last!
We will be announcing the speakers and mentors shortly, so stay tuned!
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Launch48 strives to create sustainable web businesses, therefore we are offering all Launch48 Weekend teams the opportunity to present their progress at the Launch48 Follow-up Event.
The Birmingham Launch48 Follow-up Event will take place on Thursday, 27th May starting at 18:30pm the venue will be announced shortly. The event is intended to bring Launch48 Weekend attendees back together for some drinks, networking and to see how each web business has weathered life after launch.
The Launch48 Follow-up Events will offer:
- A presentation from each group
- Networking with Launch48weekend attendees
- An opportunity to catch-up with mentors and sponsors
If you would like to join, register here!
We look forward to seeing you there!
As many of you are already aware, Launch48 started charging for tickets at the second Launch48 event which was held in October. Also, recently Launch48 announced a Launch48 Birmingham event, we will also be charging for this event as well as our forthcoming events and we wanted to explain to you the reason behind this.
When Launch48 was started, it was voluntarily run by a team of dedicated volunteers. After the success of the first event, it was clear that the start-up and entrepreneurial community wanted Launch48 to continue running more events and we realised that to run more successful Launch48 events, we will need some strong dedicated skills. This would ensure that we are able to deliver more events, and maintain the high quality that the attendees have come to expect.
In October 2009 we introduced our first conference with a focus on helping early stage entrepreneurs learn what other successful business people have done to deliver a successful business. Through this process we learnt that involving excellent sponsors, mentors, and speakers took a lot of time to do it right.
Therefore in 2010, Launch48 intends to improve by becoming more stable by introducing professional help to ensure the quality of the events is maintained. We also want to work more closely with our mentors, sponsors, and speakers for the benefit of the Launch48 attendees. To achieve this Launch48 will be looking to ensure it is financially stable, able to deliver events that are better for everyone involved, and expand our efforts so we can help more entrepreneurs. We also hope to introduce on-going support services.
We intend to achieve this through working closely with sponsors and charging a small ticket price to attendees.
It is hoped the ticket price is seen as great value, as the feedback we received from many Launch48 attendees is that they receive significant, long-term value from attending our events. The intention is to be very competitive compared to other events in Europe and exceed attendees expectations.
We welcome your feedback, please post any comments against this blog post.
We look forward to seeing you at an event in 2010!
Launch48 Team
