Building the Brighton Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Join me for an unconference-style discussion to find the best way to help build the startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brighton. 🎯

I feel very lucky to have met and been introduced to lots of awesome people already working in this space over the past year. 😊

My goal is to gather everyone I have met so far, as well as others who are interested and already working in this area, to hear ideas and suggestions for what is needed. 🤗

Barclays Eagle Labs are very kindly hosting us.

I would love to hear your views on where the gaps are, what initiatives could be created and where you might want to partner/collaborate with myself or others.

Ultimately, i want to see if I could start a new organisation, support existing ones, create new partnerships or whatever else can drive the local startup agenda forwards! 🚀

Very excited to meet (or re-connect) with you to help me in this endeavour! 🙏

Topics from my discussions so far:

• Business type focus: ‘tech’ ‘startups’, SMEs, freelance and micro-businesses, sustainable business, sectors
• Awareness-and market-building in B&H
• Product-led v. agency & freelance time-for-money models
• Technical skills development and hackathon platforms
• Partnerships, collaboration and ecosystem joining up
• Skills & labour divide
• Entrepreneurship and business model skills development
• Structured course or programs v. networking, community-building

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Hi 👋

If we haven’t already met, I’m Amanda Green 😊

🌊 I moved to Brighton last year after 8 years working in early stage tech startups.

I’m a coach, angel investor and now moving into the community and ecosystem-building arena. 🏗

👀 I want to combine my VC-backed, high-growth, tech startup background with my wider business interests in sustainability, responsible tech/tech ethics, digital wellbeing and a wider variety of funding and business models and find the best way to help build the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Brighton and the South East. 🎯