Want to Fast Track Your Startup? Start Building a Community!

In order for any startup large corporation to be successful, they must have a community. This can be a virtual community, a fan base, or even a consumer community. Whatever type of community is relevant to you, your business needs its support. At this Masterclass, attendees will learn how to build a community from the ground up. Join us for snacks, drinks, top notch education and strategic networking!

Our Speakers:

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/6/0/e/event_175830222.jpegShawn is a Technology Entrepreneur having done his first startup in High School and exiting 3 years later. He then worked in Enterprise IT for over 20 years beforechucking it all in to launch TechMeetups.

TechMeetups started by launching The London Silicon Roundabout Group in Dec 2010 which grew close to 3000 members in 20 months. TechMeetups is now a global tech community across 20 cities with over 6000 members planning to do over 200 events in 2013!

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/6/f/4/event_175830452.jpegRichard Millington is the founder and managing director of FeverBee Limited, a community consultancy dedicated to improving how organizations develop communities. He is also the founder of The Pillar Summit, the world’s first and most comprehensive course in Professional Community Management.

Richard has worked on dozens of successful community projects, and his client list is one of the most impressive in the industry. Clients include The United Nations, Oracle, The Global Fund, BAE Systems, AMD, OECD, The RSPCA, Future Publishing, The British Medical Journal, EMC and a variety of youth and entertainment brands.

Richard’s blog, www.feverbee.com, is widely cited for introducing best practices in developing communities. Richard is the author of Buzzing Communities: How To Build Bigger, Better, And More Active Online Communities.

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/e/2/4/event_179732292.jpeg Leon Tong has over 10 years experience devising and creating highly successful, engaging digital communities for an impressive list of clients including Amnesty International, the British Council, Cambridge University, the Department for Education and MTV.
As the founder and managing director of community agency BrightLemon, Leon is a keen supporter of Drupal - and the value of building effective social networks by applying social psychology, user experience and technology.
Leon has presented on online communities at numerous events and his article "Build your own social network" was featured this year in .net magazine.