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FUNDING & PITCHING: 25 February, 2009

Monday, February 9th, 2009

inbizvest and thenextwomen.com are hosting a Funding & Pitching event on the 25th February 2009 aimed at female entrepreneurs.  You can meet, interact and learn from experienced women that know all about funding for both start-ups and the growing business. Spend an evening with us in the intimate setting of the Loyens & Loeff Law Firm offices, London gaining insight into how best to prepare for the finance that you will need.

The evening will include:

  1. Talks by The Investor, The Entrepreneur and The Pitch Expert.
  2. Extensive Q & A session and Discussion
  3. 3 ‘Try-Out’ Funding Pitches with feedback
  4. Networking & Drinks

We offer the exclusive opportunity to five women to try out their funding pitches before a Panel of Experts. It is a unique chance to profit from these experts’ insights, and to receive feedback and suggestions on your funding pitch before you throw yourselves in front of the ‘financial’ lions.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:ANDREA COCKERTON (THE PITCH EXPERT), ANNA SOFAT (ADDIDI BUSINESS ANGELS) PITCHING ENTREPRENEURS: SARAH WATSON (BALINEUM)

Where: Loyens & Loeff in the City (near Bank)
When: February 25, 2009 at 6.30-9.30pm
Costs: GBP 37,50

More details are here thenextwomen

Launch48 – launches 4 new businesses in 48hrs

Monday, February 9th, 2009
80+ individuals got together in London over the weekend to create 4 new web businesses in 48hrs. Friday night started with 21 Dragons’ Den style pitches, of which the following four ideas were selected:
  1. Charity Pie – a system for managing donations to charities
  2. Decision Decision – a system to assist with making decisions
  3. I love you cause – a system for sending messages to people based on a topic
  4. Local Coupons – a system for finding coupons based on your location

 mycharitypie

Individuals selected the team they wanted to be in ready for work to start on Satuarday morning. By 17:00hrs on Sunday 4 new businesses were born. They now had 45 days to move things forward before pitching to a group of business angels for investment.

See www.launch48.com for more details