CraftHub Meetups

🎟️ Participation is FREE but requires registration on the event's official Eventbrite site, HERE!

📅 Date: 21 May 2024 from 6pm
Schedule (GMT+1):
6:00 - 6:30 Registration
6:30 - 7:00 Keynote by Sparring
7:00 - 7:45 Panel with Sparring, Captiwate & Mitzu Second
7:45 - 8:00 Q&A
8:00 - 9:00 Networking

Official language of the event: English

Venue
Create26
Budapest, Király u. 26, 1061

Join our event where we'll discuss key strategies for CEE entrepreneurs entering the U.S. market. Topics will include:

• The strategic and legal implications of scaling to the US
• The journey of starting a business in the US remotely from CEE
• How to seek investment for a US-focused business

The topics will be covered by seasoned experts, such as Marek Krizka who spent his whole professional life in the field of transatlantic VC investments. He is the co-founder and CEO of the law firm Sparring, as well as the US Growth Lead and US Trademark Attorney at Trama, a global leading trademark registration service. In this interview, Marek shares his views on what it takes to modernize legal services and why he thinks that lawyers won’t draft documents themselves any longer in the not-so-distant future.

After the talk we will sit down with the founders of Captiwate and Mitzu, to discuss early-stage strategies to Americanize your startup from flipping to raising money and finding Product-Market Fit. Both of these startups are winners of the Startup Program by CraftHub, your one-stop hub for top tech hackathons and conferences in Hungary, attracting tech enthusiasts from across Europe to share and gain knowledge.

Krisztian Berecz is the co-founder of Captiwate, a startup focused on enhancing real-time interactions on websites through live user activity insights and direct communication via chat and video calls. Prior to founding Captiwate, Krisztian was a key figure at SEON, where he started as the founding sales representative and rose to VP of Sales, leading the revenue team through significant growth phases including a post-Series B funding of over $100 million. He later joined Testgorilla's leadership team to develop their sales-assist and sales-led strategies following their $70 million Series A funding.

Istvan Meszaros is the founder and CEO of Mitzu.io, an innovative platform designed to empower data-driven decision-making without sacrificing data quality, security, or performance. Prior to Mitzu.io, Istvan served as the Engineering Manager (Data) at Shapr3D, where he crafted the long-term data engineering strategy and managed a team focused on tooling for data analysis and quality. His experience also includes leading the Data Analytics and Engineering Team at Skyscanner, further solidifying his expertise in the field.

By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed and give permission to use your likeness in promotional and/or marketing materials.

You'll have the chance to grab a signed copy of The Software Engineer's Guidebook. The number of available books are limited!

🎟️ Participation is FREE but requires registration!
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📅 Date: 28 May 2024
Schedule (GMT+1):
5:30 - 6:00 Registration
6:00 - 7:00 Join in on the Fireside Chat about how and why the software development career is changing with Gergely Orosz
7:00 - 8:30 Networking

Official language of the event: English

Venue
Tesco Technology office
Budapest, Váci út 187, 1138

About the talk:
The world of technology is constantly changing, and so we must change with it. Come join us on the quest to unrawel the challanges and opportunities of today, in the form of a Fireside chat, a fomat that allows you to ask all your burning questions, and engage in meaningful conversation with the ones who row in the same boat.
Together we will look for the answer to the question:
How the software development career is changing nowadays and why?

Speaker: GergelyOrosz, Software Engineer & Author of The Pragmatic Engineer

Host: Matthias Reik, Head Of Software Development at Tesco

Sponsor
Tesco Technology:
At Tesco Technology, we're crafting cutting-edge retail platforms for seamless online and in-store experiences. Our Budapest Technology Hub, established in 2019, boasts a team of 200+ engineers and managers. Together, we're enhancing solutions in fulfillment, supplier management, product handling, and loss prevention. With a focus on UX, UI, and data science, we aim to revolutionize the market. Collaboration, teamwork, and ownership drive our success, with our people involved in every stage, backed by dedicated support from managers and scrum masters.

By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed and give permission to use your likeness in promotional and/or marketing materials.

• 29 May 2024, Thursday, from 6 pm
• Create26, Budapest, Király u. 26, 1061

To participate in the meetup you need to complete a short Google form!
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Please note that the event's official language is English!

Schedule
5:30 - 6:00 Registration
6:00 - 6:40 First talk by Barbara Fazekas from Bobcats Coding
6:40 - 7:20 Second talk by Sára Hanniker from Finshape
7:20 - 9:00 Networking

First talk info
The AI Gold Rush: Make smart investments in product development
Barbara Fazekas, Co-founder and CEO, Bobcats Coding
Everyone wants AI. In everything. But not everyone for the right reasons, and not everyone at the right time. The purpose of the presentation is to help decision-makers who are considering AI implementation but do not want to waste their resources on fleeting trends. Step beyond the AI buzz and into practical, impactful adoption strategies with our presentation. Explore the dos and don’ts of AI investment, understand the common pitfalls, and discover how to allocate resources wisely in the AI Gold Rush.

Second talk info
From Concept to Application: Showcasing Finshape’s GenAI Interpretation and Knowledge-based Chatbot Innovation
Sára Hanniker, AI Business Partner and GenAI Team Lead, Finshape
We will delve into the generative AI strategy of Finshape, a Hungarian-Czech fintech company. We'll explore use cases in fintech and productivity enhancement, and discuss the criteria for selecting these cases. Experience a live demonstration of our knowledge-based chatbot, complete with an evaluation of its responses. I will share insights into the challenges we've encountered, the lessons we've learned, ongoing issues, and the future prospects of our chatbot technology.

Sponsors and partners
Create26: A coworking space in the heart of Budapest with a thriving community and extraordinary benefits.

Bobcats Coding: A digital product development company dedicated to turning their clients' visions into digital products. Comprising a team of expert coders, visionary designers, and seasoned serial entrepreneurs, they specialize in delivering holistic digital solutions. Their services encompass everything from Full-stack development and IT product management to product design, UX research, data engineering, and cutting-edge AI solutions. At Bobcats Coding, they don’t just work for their clients, they collaborate as dedicated partners, crafting each project with precision and a deep commitment to bringing each vision to life.

Finshape: Finshape blends digital banking platform and deep personalisation capabilities to accelerate banking transformation for banks in Europe and the Middle East. Over the past three decades, they've brought together more than 400 experts who all share the same ambition: to become banks’ trusted partners as they reconnect with customers in the digital world. They work with 100+ clients worldwide, including Raiffeisen Bank Romania, Erste Bank, KBC Bank, Banca Transilvania, OTP Bank, MBH Bank, and more.

By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed and give permission to use your likeness in promotional and/or marketing materials.