CodeBase Edinburgh Meetup - Ecosystems

Kindly sponsored by Creative Informatics

Details

Hi! We're going to be running a series of Meetups in 2020 that are all about bringing together the tech community and learning best practice in building startups.

Our first meetup will be on the 28th of January, and the topic will be ecosystems. What makes a startup ecosystem? Entrepreneurs, investors, academia, and government, all play their part - but can you just combine all these things in a city with decent infrastructure and expect a startup scene to thrive? How can entrepreneurs leverage an ecosystem to give their company the best chance of success? And should we all be thinking more widely about what an "ecosystem" actually is?
Who better to talk about such things than Natalie Novick from tech.eu who spends her life (not to mention a PhD) investigating what makes ecosystems around the world tick. This talk will be followed by a panel chaired by Natalie featuring:

Briana Pegado, Director of Creative Edinburgh. Briana has been a key player in building the Edinburgh creative and tech ecosystem
Matt Farrugia, Founder of Bemo. Matt is a Founder and Investor in several Edinburgh tech businesses. His podcast Startupification recently focused on the topic of ecosystems
Abhishek Lahoti, Business Development & Partnerships at Dropbox. Abhishek will be giving us the scale-up view of how companies that grow rapidly from startup to small enterprise create and maintain a collaborative and efficient ecosystem

Agenda

17:45 Door Open - Hot pizza (with GF/Vegan options), cold drinks, and warm intros
18:30 Introduction & Housekeeping
18:30 Keynote: Natalie Novick, tech.eu - There is only one Ecosystem
18:55 Break
19:00 Panel discussion with audience Q&A
19:50 Closing remarks
20:00 Talks finish - more time for drinks and chat
20:30 Event finishes

Code of Conduct

We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free meetup experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of meetup participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any meetup event, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the meetup without at the discretion of CodeBase

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