Co-Founder Speed Dating & Pitching #9

The ORIGINAL and still the BEST co-founder speed dating & pitching event EVER!!!!!

If you are looking for co-founders or connections in general; if you want to pitch your idea/product/service/skills/etc. or if you just want to come and watch an entertaining, rapid fire event, then this is THE one to attend.

This evening is being run in partnership with City Unrulyversity (http://www.unrulymedia.com/city-unrulyversity), Tech City's free pop-up university.

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FORMAT:

7.00pm - Welcome from the organisers
7.05pm - A word from our and sponsors (WizEmail (http://www.wizemail.co.uk), Develapps (http://www.develapps.co.uk))

7.15pm - Guest Speaker: Dr Yves Pigneur (https://twitter.com/ypigneur), co-author of the Business Model Generation (http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book), will be talking to us about "Business Model Innovation & Design".

This talk aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas (http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas) for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation and industry changes will be illustrated with examples such as Nespresso, SunEdisson, and AirBnB. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas, lean startup and customer development will be briefly presented for testing business models.

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Dr Yves Pigneur is Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Lausanne since 1984, and has served as visiting professor at Georgia State University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the University of British Columbia. He earned his doctoral degree at the University of Namur, Belgium. He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Systèmes d’Information & Management. Together with Alexander Osterwalder, they authored the international bestseller Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book) (23 translations).

In 2012-2013, he was visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and at HEC Montreal. In the last 12 months, during his stay in Asia and North America, Yves gave 70 keynotes, talks and workshops on Business Model Design (Singapore, Tokyo and Kyoto, Beijing and Shanghai, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Vienna, Paris, Lausanne, Brussels, Berlin, Montreal, Toronto, Boston and New York).

8.15pm - STRICTLY '30 second' speed pitching*

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*Suggested breakdown for 30 second pitches (Remember: practice makes perfect!): 10s - Who you are. 10s - What you do/are working on. 10s - Who/what you are looking for.

9.00pm - 'Dating' and socialising

PS - If you would like to be one of the Key Note speakers, please email rob@robertfenton.net for more details and/or to apply.

PPS - If you would like to become one of our sponsors, please email rob@robertfenton.net for more details and/or a sponsorship pack.

NB - On the off chance that you might be confused by the title of the event, this is NOT a romantic event, it is purely for BUSINESS!! ....... although what happens afterwards, well, that's up to you! :)