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G'wan, come along and cause more open source (/free software)
startups in Liverpool :-)<br>
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<td>[GeekUp] Liverpool DoES Startups 18-20 May - still have
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<td>Wed, 9 May 2012 11:13:54 +0100</td>
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<td>Francis Fish <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:francis.fish@gmail.com"><francis.fish@gmail.com></a></td>
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Hello everybody<br>
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I'm one of the organisers of Liverpool DoES Startups. It's a
bootstrapped startup weekend that we're hoping to be the first of
many around the region.
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<div>A brilliant opportunity to bang heads together with other
people who want to create something amazing. Be the change you
want to see in the world and come along and play with others in
the sandpit of turning seemingly impossible ideas, into amazing
adventures.</div>
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<div>The summary of what we hope attendees will leave the weekend
with is:<br>
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<li>Realising business isn’t hard to do as long as you have
understood your market and goals.</li>
<li>Able to pitch an idea.</li>
<li>Able to do some research – going out of the building into
Liverpool 1 and asking people about the product (only 100
metres from DoES) or web–based if appropriate.</li>
<li>Understand why and how to pivot an idea, and explore many
options.</li>
<li>Knowing what a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is and why it
means you can really get to a workable business model without
bankrupting yourself, plus being much more convincing when you
look for funding.</li>
<li>Able to test their model with real people.</li>
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<div>The main site is here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://liverpool.startupbunker.co.uk">http://liverpool.startupbunker.co.uk</a>
and the programme is at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://liverpool.startupbunker.co.uk/?page_id=47">http://liverpool.startupbunker.co.uk/?page_id=47</a></div>
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<div>Eventbrite tickets are here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://livdoesstartups.eventbrite.co.uk/">http://livdoesstartups.eventbrite.co.uk/</a></div>
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<div>If you can't make it but know someone who can and would
benefit from this, please share it with them.</div>
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<div>And (of course) anyone who would like to help with
sponsorship is more than welcome.</div>
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Thanks and regards,<br>
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Francis<br>
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