Growth Hacking London

Networking for founders, creators, freelancers + rebels ⚡

**Free monthly meetups for Rebels of all kinds, to connect, learn and share.** **Topic:** Beyond SEO: How to Rank on ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini **Guest**: Our guests this month are Sal Mohammed (Lang Sync) and Charlie Clark (Minty Digital)—two leading specialists in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). In this panel discussion, you will learn how AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini choose who to recommend, how to adapt your search strategy for the post-Google era, and the practical steps to ensure your business gets cited and recommended first. **Format:** 6:30 pm - Doors Open & Networking 7:00 pm - Fireside + Q&A 8:00 pm - Networking **About:** Founder-led networking events from founders, creators and successful business owners. There will be a fire side chat with opportunities to network before and after. No formal agenda, or dress-code (please wear *something* though). *** Est. 2013, meetups active globally 🌍 🚀 This event is free thanks to our members (join here: dffrnt.so/join), our partners (dffrnt.so/partners), our hosts [Rachael](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwelford/), [Vinay](linkedin.com/in/vinay-sharma-96432b9b/?skipRedirect=true), [Ken](linkedin.com/in/helloekow) and our generous hosting venue [Juntos](https://www.juntosoffices.com/). \-\-\-\- **Looking for a new co-working space?** A free day of coworking, plus 20% off all future paid meeting room and coworking bookings. Ask us how when you attend! **Offer Conditions** Only available for attendees of Rebel Meetups. **Want more from Dffrnt?** [Learn more](http://dffrnt.so/) or [join here](http://dffrnt.so/join).

Hackney Wick Badminton Group

Intermediate badminton players come join for an evening of badminton, followed with some optional socialising at Hackney Wick’s local bars.

Product London with Google Cloud.

Hello Product People! Hope you're all well! Very, VERY excited to announce our next instalment of Product London, this time hosted by Google Cloud!! Three highly-exciting talks across the evening: **Talk 1**: **Kimoon Kim** (Customer Engineer, AI/ML Startups at Google Cloud) with 'Mastering Product Strategy: A Live Demo of Gemini Enterprise' **Synopsis**: Mastering Product Strategy: A Live Demo of Gemini Enterprise explains how to shift your product strategy from managing scattered, individual tools to building a unified, agent-driven platform. Instead of getting stuck in repetitive manual tasks across different applications, you can use this platform to bring your data and workflows together in one place. Learn how to: 1. Cut down time wasted on data integration, so your team can focus on shipping products faster. 2. Build and test new consumer experiences with confidence, backed by secure, enterprise-grade governance. 3. Transform your team's day-to-day work, helping them move from managing administrative tasks to focusing on creative, high-value problem solving. **Bio**: Kimoon Kim is a Startup Architect Lead at Google Cloud and a two-time startup founder/CTO. With 15+ years of experience across AI/ML and cloud-native systems, he helps founders turn early-stage AI prototypes into resilient, scalable production products. **Talk 2**: **Frankie Woodhead** (CPTO at Thrive) with ‘Building an AI Native learning & enablement platform for 10m+ users in 70+ countries’ **Synopsis**: Frankie will share how Thrive has grown & built a best in class product to millions of users in so many different business verticals. Thrive enables customers such as Google, Frasers Group, Aston Martin F1, Nandos, Emirates & Volvo Cars with enablement for their future workforce. **Bio**: Frankie has 20 years in senior product & engineering leadership roles covering Financial Services, FinTech & LearnTech and he'll be drawing on all of this across the evening. **Talk 3**: **Evie Brockwell** (Podcast Host, Product Leadership Coach & Product Operations & Experimentation at New Look) with 'From Stressed to Strategic: tangible shifts to be an effective Product leader' **Synopsis**: Let's be honest: leading a product team was never just about the roadmap. It's about staying clear when your calendar is chaos, backing your own judgement under pressure, and giving your team inspiring direction to go off, even when it's chaos around you This talk isn't about frameworks. It's about the inner work that makes you genuinely effective: the confidence, presence and clarity that let you thrive as you lead teams and inspire everyone around you. **Bio**: Evie leads Product and Experimentation at New Look, bringing five years of experience as an independent product coach to her work. She’s partnered with over 100 product professionals and teams to uncover what truly drives success, and how to create meaningful, sustainable change that lasts. Address: 1-13 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8AG Looking forward to seeing you there, don't miss this one!! Alex

Black Arrows Badminton Club @ UEL Sports Dock

\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* From the **August sessions**, we will unfortunately need to increase the session fee to **GBP 15** due to the rising cost of the shuttle service. We believe this is still a competitive price and hope for your understanding. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Come and join a friendly but competitive bunch of players each and every Tuesday at UEL Sports Dock. If love playing Badminton for fun or competitively then pay us a visit. Cost of session £15 (Payment must be made before the session starts. The details of bank transfer to be advised by email, once you RSVP.) Feather shuttles are used. • There is a large car-park at UEL (FREE 5.30pm onward). • Nearest DLR stations are Gallions Reach and Cyprus, then a 5 minutes walk to UEL Sports Dock. • Session are more suited for Intermediate to Club standard players, although we cater for all standards of play. Simple "If"Rules: • If you want to attend, you must RSVP • If you want to bring a friend you MUST RSVP for them • If you do not RSVP, you will be turned away If you RSVP and DO NOT attend you will be fined £20, unless you remove your RSVP at least 24hrs before the session start time. Please respect the session limit, they are for your own good as over crowding means less games for you! The organisers decision on all matters is final. Important Note: Your are responsible for your own well-being. Black Arrows Badminton Club or the management at UEL are not responsible for any injuries or loss of items.

AI Builders and Databases London

Join us in London for an evening dedicated to real-time analytics at scale. Coming straight from our full-day [ClickHouse training](https://clickhouse.com/company/events/202610-EMEA-London-Real-time-Analytics-w-ClickHouse)? Even better: stick around, grab some food, and keep the conversation going. Connect with fellow data enthusiasts, hear insights from speakers in the field, and dive into what's new in the world of ClickHouse. Speakers will be announced soon, so watch this space! New to ClickHouse? It's the open-source columnar database built for real-time analytics at scale, used by teams at Meta, OpenAI, Tesla, and thousands of others. Everyone's welcome: engineers, data practitioners, founders, and the curious. Current Agenda: * 6:30 PM: Arrivals, Check-In and Networking * 7:00 PM: Welcome and Introductions * 7:05 PM: **“How using full text indexes improved my needle in haystack queries”** by Willie Engelbrecht, Senior Solution Architect EMEA at ClickHouse * 7:35 PM: "**Self Healing Analytics**" by Oliver Laslett, Co-founder, CTO at Lightdash * 8:00 PM: "**A Visual Journey into ClickHouse Through Open Source Tools**” by Filippo Macchiettini, Independent * 8:25 PM: Q&A * 8:40 PM: Networking & Food * 9:30 PM: Close 👥 Spots: Limited, so RSVP to secure yours! Want to share your ClickHouse story on stage? Fill out our [CFP form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpYbh0k3hmLOQ7JLXrubvEbiIul4TxJDp1AVewXHSdzHcmzA/viewform?utm_source=meetup) and we'll be in touch.

Typelevel Open Source Hack

Calling all Scala enthusiasts! Join us for a fun night of hacking, collaborating, and contributing to [Typelevel open-source projects](https://typelevel.org/). Whether you’re a seasoned Scala developer or just getting started, this is the perfect opportunity to level up your skills, meet like-minded coders, and contribute to Open Source! **Agenda** 10:00am - 🥐 Doors open. Come along, mingle and grab some breakfast. 10:30am - 💻 Quick introduction & find your hackmates! 1:00pm - 🥙 Lunch: Join us for some free food and drinks! Vegan and vegetarian options are provided. Let us know if you'd like something special - we'd be happy to accommodate. 2:00pm - 💻 Keep hacking! 3:30pm - 🥤 Join up and share what we've been working on. 4:00pm - ☕ Join us in a coffee shop to keep going! **What will happen on the day?** After a quick introduction, we will help everyone find a project they want to work on and disperse into groups. At end of the afternoon we'll gather up and share what we've done and learned that day :) **Frequently Asked Questions** ***I am a novice Scala developer, is this the right event for me? 📚*** Yes! One of the best ways to improve your Scala skills is by working on Open Source library and projects! ***I don't know what projects I should contribute to.. ↔️*** We have a list of Typelevel-related projects that would love to have some contributions. Other than get-work-done libraries, we have cool projects like game engine, frontend framework, synthesiser! ***I have an idea for a Open Source project but it's a bit daunting. Can you help? 🏔️*** Yes! We'd love to see more open source Scala projects and contributors! We can help you get started and provide technical guidance whenever you need it. ***Help! I'm stuck outside the building / somewhere!*** Joining our discord is probably the best way to be heard! Discord server invite link: https://discord.com/invite/aRCVCHmHES **Donations** The Typelevel foundation is a charity and is looking for funding! You can donate to it via [Global Giving](https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/typelevel/). \-\-\- 📜 This event operates under the Typelevel Code of Conduct: https://typelevel.org/code-of-conduct/. We encourage each of you to report the breach of the conduct, either anonymously through [this form](https://forms.gle/9PMMorUWgBnbk1mm6) or by contacting one of our team members. We guarantee privacy and confidentiality, as well as that we will take your report seriously and react quickly.

Meet and Greet and Accountability Catch up

Our first Zoom event to share what we're building, what stage we're at (just starting out or otherwise) and where we're heading! Zoom link shared with positive RSVPs on the day

E-Commerce over Breakfast #13 London [register via Luma]

A curated meetup for e-commerce operators to share learnings, strategies, and ideas. Free for e-commerce operators (approval required). Apply via Luma: [https://luma.com/boo193jz](https://luma.com/boo193jz) Exact location will be shared after approval.

What Breaks When You Let an Agent Loose on Your Repo

​Everyone's demoing agents that write code. Almost nobody shows you what breaks when you let one loose on your repo. Two builds, two honest reports, zero hype. 📅 **Date:** Thursday, October 22 ⏰ **Time:** 18:00-20:30 PM 📍 **Location:** Tessl AI Limited, 210 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JY, United Kingdom ✍️ Limited spots so make sure you grab yours! 🖇️ ​Agenda * ​18:00 Venue opens * ​18:30 Talk 1: **A Software Factory Build Report: What Worked, What Broke, What I'd Do Again** by Simon Maple * ​19:00 Talk 2: **Harness Engineering is not new** by Carly Richmond * ​19:30 Networking with pizza and drinks * ​20:30 THE END 🗣️ **Talks** *​**Talk #1 A Software Factory Build Report: What Worked, What Broke, What I'd Do Again*** ​In this session I'll present a full, honest account of building an autonomous issue-to-PR factory for my open-source project. I'll cover how I built a factory in layers, the decisions that paid off (versioned review lenses, deterministic gates), and the ones that cost me. I'll show where autonomy earned trust and where a human still has to step in, and how the developer's job quietly shifted from writing code to architecting changes the pipeline can execute via issues. The goal is to give you a realistic build plan, with potholes marked, so you can follow the same route with fewer scars. ​**Simon Maple, Developer Relations at Tessl** ​Simon Maple is the Head of Developer Relations at Tessl, and AI Native Dev co-host. Previously, Simon was the Field CTO, and VP Developer Relations at Snyk, ZeroTurnaround, and IBM. He became a Java Champion in 2014, JavaOne Rockstar speaker in 2014 and 2017, Duke’s Choice award winner, Virtual JUG founder and organiser, and London Java Community co-leader. ***Talk #2 Harness Engineering is not new*** ​Prompt engineering. Context engineering. And now Harness engineering. We love acronyms in the AI ecosystem. Yet much of the differences between context and harness engineering lies in practices, with a few tweaks, that we would consider traditional software engineering best practices. Join me as I walk through harness engineering and show what is a changing discipline, such as aspects of prompt and context engineering, and what is a traditional best practice in a different guise such as CI/CD pipelines, testing, monitoring and evaluation. ​**Carly Richmond, Developer Advocate Lead at Elastic** ​Carly is Developer Advocate Lead at Elastic, based in London, UK. Before joining Elastic in 2022, she spent over 10 years working as a technologist at a large investment bank, specialising in front-end web development and agility. She is a UI developer, who occasionally dabbles in writing backend services, a speaker and a regular blogger.

Networking Breakfast ☕🧋

We're excited to announce our next breakfast networking event! ☕ Join us at [Redemption Roasters (Holborn)](https://redemptionroasters.com/pages/locations_sub_page/holborn), for a tea or coffee and a chat before you start the working day! This event will be relaxed and informal, with the chance to meet and connect with other Women in Product London members. There's no presentations, it's just about making connections and starting the day feeling energised and refreshed. Free to attend, you can buy hot or cold drinks and breakfast items from the cafe. Children 👶🏼 welcome. Please note this is not a private space, so you'll see us at the venue securing some tables inside the venue. The main host will be there until 8:30am but feel free to stay until 9:00am!

AI in the Wild #2: practical AI for marketing and sales

Upstairs at the The Perseverance, 63 Lamb's Conduit St, London WC1N 3NB Following on from our first event in August, we'll be back for our second instalment in October. The basic premise for the event is pretty simple: We've been to a bunch of conferences where AI and its role in marketing and commercial were covered with great titles but didn't really get into the nitty-gritty of how AI was implemented, what went wrong, how they approached things, and what they would do differently. We created AI in the Wild because we wanted to put on the type of event we want to go to: informal, laid-back, and focused on the practical implementation of AI. Agenda * **Beyond the Slop: Scaling Authentic, Human-Led Video with AI (speaker Ben Moura, Screencult)** Audiences instantly spot generic "AI slop". Synthetic avatars might be quick but they erode audience trust. The true power of AI is in removing production overhead. Discover how practical AI tools enable teams to quickly and easily scale up authentic, human-led video. * **Before you build: How to get your first AI project right** Your first AI project is exciting, but setting it up for success is critical. In this session, we’ll look at how to choose the right opportunity, how to measure success, assess your data and processes, build the right team, and move from idea to a practical MVP. We’ll also cover the common pitfalls: from starting with the technology rather than the problem, to underestimating data quality, governance, integration and change management - and how to build something that delivers measurable value rather than becoming another AI Pilot failure. * **Agentic AI: More Autonomy, More Opportunity….More Risk?** Agentic AI moves us beyond simple copilots and chatbots into systems that can plan, make decisions, use tools and take actions on our behalf. That creates huge potential: faster workflows, lower operating costs, better customer experiences and teams freed from repetitive work. But as autonomy increases, so do the challenges: more integrations, more governance, greater security and compliance exposure, harder-to-predict behaviour, and potentially significant implementation and running costs. This session looks at where agentic AI can genuinely create value, how complexity changes the risk profile, and how to decide when the additional autonomy is actually worth paying for. **Agenda** 18:00 Arrive, food 18:30 Introductions 18:40 Talk one 19:10 Talk two 19:40 Talk three 20:00 Drinks and conversation 20:30 Close **Who this is for** AI in the Wild is for people in marketing and the commercial functions around it, the people expected to turn AI into revenue, efficiency or a better customer experience. You will feel at home here if you work in: * Marketing (brand, demand generation, digital, content, campaigns) * CRM, lifecycle and customer marketing * Ecommerce and digital commerce * Sales and revenue operations * Customer experience and service * Data and analytics in a commercial context * Business owners and leaders responsible for growth **Who this isn't for** We are not an engineering or machine-learning meet-up. If you want to go deep on model architecture, engineering, or building AI systems from the ground up, there are excellent London groups for that, and we'd be happy to point you to them. .

UK Entrepreneurs - Founders & Business Networking Night