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

Date: Friday March 26th to Sunday March 28th, 2010

Venue: Birmingham Science Park Aston

Tickets: Available now

For all the latest updates related to the Birmingham event, please visit the Birmingham Launch48 web site at http://birmingham.launch48.com

Launch48 works with some large brands such as Google, PayPal, Yahoo, Microsoft, Adobe, and others.  If you would like to be associated with Launch48 and are keen to help make Launch48 a success please contact Launch48.

Launch48 wants mentors to bring a wealth of advice to the event, and therefore we screen our mentors carefully.  Qualities we look for in a mentor include:

1. Ability to engage with groups of people
2. Self-starters who are keen to help
3. People who are actively mentoring and assisting entrepreneurs
4. Successful entrepreneurs with experience and knowledge that will help Launch48 attendees

If you think you fit into this category please contact Launch48 and we will be in touch.

If you do want to pitch, it is best if you cover the following points:

1. Name
2. The Idea and the problem it is solving
3. Business model and monetisation strategy
4. The target market & competitors

If you do pitch your idea please keep in mind this event is about learning and networking, we encourage you to share your ideas but please do realise that Launch48 cannot offer any protection for your ideas or what other people will do with them.

For more information please see the Launch48 Weekend agenda.

If you have experience running events, want to travel, and want to work with a great group of sponsors, volunteers, and attendees please read the job outline.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Launch48 Event Manager

An event manager is needed to manage and execute a minimum of 10 events in London and across Europe.

Some European travel and weekend work required.

This role requires:

• Liaison and collaboratively work with the Launch48 Management Team
• Full pre, during and post -planning event management for the successful running of events
• Understanding, managing, implementing, updating and coordinating a localised event web site (training will be provided)
• Managing, implementing and reviewing all aspects for the Launch48 booklet
• The creation of presentation(s) to promote sponsors and explain event
• Organising of all materials
• Organising the volunteers
• Promoting the event
• Working with organisers and volunteers to confirm roles and tasks
• Scheduling the event preparation
• Organising the mentors
• Organising the sponsors and partners
• Organising the venue, catering, etc
• Reviewing the venue
• Preparing the venue
• Running the event
• Ensuring the event is successful
• Following up after the event with everyone organised

Candidate must be:

• friendly, positive, outgoing, personable
• good customer service skills
• fluent in written and spoken English
• good references or others who can vouch for you
• full working VISA’s
• able to commit for a 12 month period

Contact us for a full job description, to find out more, or apply.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Register your interest for future Launch48 events on the right of this web site.

Complete our survey if you attended the October Launch48 London event and make sure your feedback is included in future events.  Launch48 London Attendee Survey.

Offer your assistance by emailing Launch48 via the contact form and tell us who you are and what you would like to help with.

For those who speak English, this includes shots from the Romanian event so you can see what it was like.

I really enjoyed the commercial structure question, the twitter feed, and the effort all the teams went to. The promotional videos and demos were fantastic.

A big thanks go to Google who hosted the event. The grass-coloured carpet, pizza, and beers meant no one wanted to leave!

If you want to help Launch48, don’t forget to email us via the contact us page with what you want to help with. We will be contacting all interested parties in 2010.