BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260525T141349Z UID:n3cO6w DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200129 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20191118T105112 DESCRIPTION: 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 prac tice in building startups. \n\n Huge thanks to our pals at Creative Inform atics for sponsoring this meetup! \n\n Our first meetup will be on the 28t h of January\, and the topic will be startup ecosystems. What makes a star tup ecosystem? Entrepreneurs\, investors\, academia\, and government\, all play their part - but can you just combine all these things in a city wit h decent infrastructure and expect a startup scene to thrive? How can entr epreneurs leverage an ecosystem to give their company the best chance of s uccess? And should we all be thinking more widely about what an "ecosystem " actually is? \n\n Who better to talk about such things than Natalie Novi ck from tech.eu who spends her life (not to mention a PhD) investigating w hat makes ecosystems around the world tick. This talk will be followed by a panel chaired by Natalie featuring: \n\n Briana Pegado\, Director of Cre ative Edinburgh. Briana has been a key player in building the Edinburgh cr eative and tech ecosystem \nMatt Farrugia\, Founder of Bemo. Matt is a Fou nder and Investor in several Edinburgh tech businesses. His podcast Startu pification recently focused on the topic of ecosystems \nAbhishek Lahoti\, Business Development &\; Partnerships at Dropbox. Abhishek will be giv ing us the scaleup view of how companies that grow rapidly from startup to small enterprise create and maintain a collaborative and efficient ecosys tem \n\n Agenda \n\n 17:45 Door Open - Hot pizza (with GF/Vegan options)\, cold drinks\, and warm intros \n18:30 Introduction &\; Housekeeping \n 18:30 Keynote: Natalie Novick\, tech.eu - There is only one Ecosystem \n18 :55 Break \n19:00 Panel discussion with audience Q&\;A \n19:50 Closing remarks \n20:00 Talks finish - more time for drinks and chat \n20:30 Event finishes \n\n Code of Conduct \n\n We are dedicated to providing a harass ment-free meetup experience for everyone\, regardless of gender\, gender i dentity and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, religion (or lack thereof)\, o r technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of meetup participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any meetu p event\, including talks\, workshops\, parties\, Twitter and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled f rom the meetup without at the discretion of CodeBase \n LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T080337 LOCATION:CodeBase\, Edinburgh ORGANIZER:mailto:info@thisiscodebase.com SUMMARY:CodeBase Edinburgh Meetup 1: Ecosystems URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/codebase-edinburgh/codebase-edinburgh-meetup-1 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/codebase-edinburgh/codebase-edinburgh-meetup-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260525T141349Z UID:n3cO6w1029622 DTSTART:20200128T174500 DTEND:20200128T203000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20191118T114728 LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T114728 LOCATION:CodeBase Edinburgh\, 38 Castle Terrace\nEdinburgh\nEH3 9DR ORGANIZER:mailto:info@thisiscodebase.com SUMMARY:[CodeBase Edinburgh Meetup 1: Ecosystems] Meetup URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/codebase-edinburgh/codebase-edinburgh-meetup-1 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/codebase-edinburgh/codebase-edinburgh-meetup-1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR