Hey everyone! Weather you chose the “entrepreneur-style” of enjoying the holidays or you had the possibility of taking some time off and enjoying some nice, relaxing moments, it’s definitely time for some big action!
If you have a startup, you can start the year by applying to one of Europe’s most important accelerators.
Jon Bradford, managing director of Springboard and initiator of ignite100, held a talk at How to Web 2011 entitled The perfect team: it’s a patchwork quilt. He drew some lines that should be followed by any startup building a team from day zero. In Jon’s opinion you should always look to hire people who are smarter than you, you should search for people who are passionate about what you do and always look for
As you may have a heard, a new accelerator has come to life recently in the North-East of England. ignite100 is a mentorship-led programme with a £1m fund and over 50 mentors from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Here’s how it works: After being accepted into the program, each team receives an initial funding of £5k (up tp £15k). Then, the founders will move to Newcastle and be part of a 13 week programme where they will receive intense mentoring and business support. At the end of the programme, if the teams achieve pre-agreed milestones, they will receive the rest of the £100k in the form of convertible loan.
We took some time to talk to Jon Bradford, ignite100′s Executive Director, the man who also launched The Difference Engine and Springboard. Here’s how it went:
If you are still looking for an extra excellent reason to register at Startup Challenge, at How to Web 2010, here’s one of the best: a very special private workshop offered by our partners UKTI / Global Entrepreneur Program!
How to Web will conduct a half-day session (10:00 to 14:00) where you get to present your start up to Jon Bradford (Founder of the Difference Engine) and Stewart Townsend aka “The man in the shirt” (Former Manager of Sun Startups Essentials) who will supply the tough love and tell it like it is.
Each team registered in Startup Challenge competition will have the opportunity to present it’s business and get direct feedback and advice from Jon and Stewart regarding their product, market and overall strategy. The workshop will take place at Bucharest Hubb, 21 Stelea Spatarul, Bucharest.
Don’t waste this awesome opportunity! Register your start-up now!
We thank our partners UKTI and wish the best of luck to all participants at Startup Challenge!
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Mission
 How to Web aims to support Eastern Europe’s grounbreaking tech experts into becoming web trendsetters, developing the next world-changing, innovative web products. |
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