<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Perhaps of interest to some?<div>David.</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Kath <<a href="mailto:katherinep@bsp-a.com">katherinep@bsp-a.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[Tech-Wednesday] Birmingham Launch48</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">19 January 2012 17:41:02 GMT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:Tech-Wednesday-announce@meetup.com">Tech-Wednesday-announce@meetup.com</a><br></span></div><br><div><div style="color:#333;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif"><p>Launch48 is coming to Birmingham on Friday 16th - Sunday 18th March 2012, with the goal of bringing together people to launching new businesses and products in the web and mobile space. </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><strong>What is Launch48 I hear you cry?</strong></p><p>Launch48 events run for 48 hours and offer attendees the opportunity to pitch business ideas, work on new business ideas with a team, and be mentored by knowledgeable mentors. Previous mentors have come from Google, The Times, Sky, PayPal, Yahoo, and Oxygen Accelerator. </p><p>Launch48 is a great opportunity for attendees to work with people from business, marketing, development and design backgrounds and learn how to successful plan, develop and launch a new business.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><strong>Why should I attend?</strong></p><p>The aim of the event is to build and launch an online business (web or mobile) and anyone who is interested in learning or participating can attend.</p><p>Typically, launching a new business will require the following skills, so if you possess any of these skills please consider attending:</p>
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<li>Management</li>
<li>Design</li>
<li>Development</li>
<li>Marketing/PR/Communications</li>
<li>Finance</li>
<li>Legal</li>
</ul><p>Participants attending Launch48 weekends tell us that they come along to:</p>
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<li>Learn how to start up an online business</li>
<li>Skill up in areas of business and technology with which they are unfamiliar</li>
<li>Work on interesting pitches and ideas</li>
<li>Pitch an idea that they had for an online business</li>
<li>Network with other participants and mentors</li>
<li>Find like-minded people with whom to work on an idea or project</li>
</ul><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>Visit <a href="http://birmingham.launch48.com/">http://birmingham.launch48.com</a> to find out more and purchase your ticket</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>Tickets are available now from £29.95.</p>
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This message was sent by Kath (<a href="mailto:katherinep@bsp-a.com">katherinep@bsp-a.com</a>) from <a href="http://www.meetup.com/tech-wednesday/">Tech Wednesday</a>.<br>
To learn more about Kath, visit his/her <a href="http://www.meetup.com/tech-wednesday/members/11043507/">member profile</a><br>
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