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    30 September 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. University of Edinburgh Funding and Mentoring Experts to Present Tonight
    2. The Silicon Valley Speaker Series Begins Next Week with Stanford's Prof. Jeff Ullmann
    3. Social Entrepreneurship Club Presents Tuesday, October 6.
    4. The Archangel Speaker Series Begins with "Angel Investing In Scotland"

  • 1. University of Edinburgh Funding and Mentoring Experts to Present Tonight

    Are you confused about how best to seek money, legal advice, office space and more for your new business? Would you like to meet some of the students that have benefited from these programs? This event should be of great interest to any new student who would like to find out more about the entrepreneurship opportunities available through the university, whether in terms of a dissertation topic, an informal project or advice and support for a start-up company.

    Tonight, Wednesday, 30 September, 18:30-20:00
    Lecture Theatre 1, Business School, 7 Bristo Square

    Representatives of the main organisations linked with the university which offer help and advice, will give a short presentation about their activities, including:

    Grant Wheeler of the Edinburgh Technology Transfer Centre (ETTC)
    www.ettc.co.uk and Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI) www.research-innovation.ed.ac.uk

    Rebecca Difford of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE)
    www.sie.ed.ac.uk and Launch www.launch.ed.ac.uk

    Michael Clouser of the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club (E-club)
    www.edinburgh-entrepreneur.man.ed.ac.uk/

    Adrian Smith of the Edinburgh Pre-incubator scheme (EPIS)
    www.epis.org.uk

  • 2. The Silicon Valley Speaker Series Begins Next Week with Stanford's Prof. Jeff Ullmann

    Dr. Jeffrey Ullman on “The Google Story”
    Wednesday, 7 October 2009 (11:00-13:00)
    G07, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street

    The first Silicon Valley Speaker Series talk is by Dr. Jeffrey Ullman, an Emeritus Professor at Stanford University. He provides a behind-the-scenes look at the beginnings of Google, what happened, who played what roles, what impediments were overcome, and what role did the Stanford community play in facilitating the growth of Google.

    Ullmann is known globally not only for his prolific success as a computer scientist, but also as the PhD Supervisor to the co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. He has served on the technical advisory board of Google since its founding.

  • 3. Social Entrepreneurship Club Presents Tuesday, October 6.

    If you are interested in social enterprise, FreshSight is always looking for like-minded, enthusiastic and motivated people to get involved with their projects – for more information please go to their website (www.freshsight.org) or email us at contact@freshsight.org. They will also be giving a presentation to the Business School on Tuesday the 6th of October at 1.15pm.

    More about FreshSight:

    FreshSight, formerly known as The Edinburgh Group, is a professional student organisation that provides pro bono consulting services to non-profit organisations. FreshSight is unique in that it links charities and social enterprises with the student community in a way that creates a great deal of value for both groups. They train students to become professional consultants, and place them in teams within client organisations. FreshSight consultants draw upon continual training from our organisation, as well as an established knowledge base, to deliver well researched and insightful solutions to business problems that social organisations encounter. Thus, clients benefit from the hard work and dedication our consultants put into finding feasible and realistic recommendations.

  • 4. The Archangel Speaker Series Begins with "Angel Investing In Scotland"

    “Angel Investing in Scotland” by Barry Sealey and Peter Shakeshaft
    Thursday 8 October, 18:30-20:00
    Lecture Theatre 1, Business School, 7 Bristo Square

    Barry and Peter will explain the role of business angels in supporting young companies, both through investment and practical support. They will also explain how angel investing works and what steps entrepreneurs need to take to secure investment. They will compare angel investment with other sources of finance, highlighting the potential benefits of different approaches. They will also demonstrate the significance that the angel movement has in the Scottish and UK economies.

    Barry Sealey is co-founder of Archangel Informal Investment and Peter Shakeshaft is Chairman of LINC Scotland.

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