BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:976@siliconbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T210000 DTSTAMP:20250210T170624Z URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/building-the-brighton-entrepreneuri al-ecosystem/ SUMMARY:Building the Brighton Entrepreneurial Ecosystem DESCRIPTION:Join me for an unconference-style discussion to find the best w ay to help build the startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brighton. šŸŽÆ\n I feel very lucky to have met and been introduced to lots of awesome peopl e already working in this space over the past year. šŸ˜Š\n\nMy goal is to gather everyone I have met so far\, as well as others who are interested a nd already working in this area\, to hear ideas and suggestions for what i s needed. šŸ¤—\n\nBarclays Eagle Labs are very kindly hosting us.\n\nI wou ld 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.\n\nUltimately\, i want to see if I could start a new organisation\ , support existing ones\, create new partnerships or whatever else can dri ve the local startup agenda forwards! šŸš€\n\nVery excited to meet (or re- connect) with you to help me in this endeavour! šŸ™\n\nTopics from my dis cussions so far:\n\n Business type focus: 'tech' 'startups'\, SMEs\, free lance and micro-businesses\, sustainable business\, sectors\n Awareness-a nd market-building in B&\;H\n Product-led v. agency &\; freelance t ime-for-money models\n Technical skills development and hackathon platfor ms\n Partnerships\, collaboration and ecosystem joining up\n Skills & \; labour divide\n Entrepreneurship and business model skills development \n Structured course or programs v. networking\, community-building\n\n-- ------------------\n\nHi šŸ‘‹\n\nIf we haven't already met\, I'm Amanda Gr een šŸ˜Š\n\nšŸŒŠ I moved to Brighton last year after 8 years working in ea rly stage tech startups.\n\nI'm a coach\, angel investor and now moving in to the community and ecosystem-building arena. šŸ—\n\nšŸ‘€ I want to comb ine my VC-backed\, high-growth\, tech startup background with my wider bus iness 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. šŸŽÆ\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://siliconbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/pexels-flodahm-699459-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Community Event LOCATION:Barclays Eagle Labs Brighton\, 1 Preston Rd\, Brighton and Hove\, Sussex\, BN1 4QU\, United Kingdom GEO:50.83374;-0.139375 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Preston Rd\, Brighton and Hove\, Sussex\, BN1 4QU\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Barcl ays Eagle Labs Brighton:geo:50.83374,-0.139375 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR