Colette Ballou
I'm a sucker for start-ups. Srsly. If I was independently rich I'd STILL be doing this. Owner of PR agency Ballou PR.

DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital media, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation and inspiration. Chairmen of DLD are publisher Hubert Burda and serial digital investor Yossi Vardi.

The #1 European Internet event, where 3000 entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, bloggers, journalists from 60 countries will gather together for 3 days in Paris. LeWeb brings together the most influential audience in the Internet ecosystem. Top industry entrepreneurs, executives, investors, senior press & bloggers gather to focus on the key...

Not sure what plans you all have for Thursday evening, but we are hosting an orphan Thanksgiving. We'll have Turkey and all the trimmings. The Marylebone has a good wine list and allows us to bring our own food. Please RSVP as soon as possible so we can gauge how big of a Turkey we'll need. Whole Foods is catering for 12 GBP/person. ...

Get to know TechStars and what it can do for you. TechStars provides seed funding from over 75 top venture capital firms and angel investors who are vested in the success of your startup, as well as intense mentorship from hundreds of the best entrepreneurs in the world.  Come meet Managing Director, Katie Rae and understand why TechStars might...

JOIN US IN LONDON THIS OCTOBER!  October 25, 2011 What can be done with an API is limited only by imagination. However, what should be done using your API may have a more definable answer. Whether you are planning to leverage your API to extend your business model into new channels or to capture new revenue, it is The Business of APIs. The...

BOTTOMS UP! It's my birthday and I'm 24 again! ... and so comes the annual round of apologies for not showing up to all my friends' parties, while expecting them to show up for mine. So, yeah. Sorry about that, everyone, but I promise there were really good reasons for every single no-show. This year they included lost passports,...

#startupweek is the leading Entrepreneurship forum for the European startup eco-system.

Our startups are back on tour with Springboard Investor Day 2011 - London Style! Two months after our final Cambridge showcase, we're reuniting to announce our plans for Springboard 2012 and see how far our founders have come. We proudly present our ten Springboard 2011 teams with pitches & demos and invite startups, mentors and close...

FailCon France

FailCon is a one-day conference for technology entrepreneurs, investors, developers and designers to study their own and others' failures and prepare for success.  

In 2009, we surpassed all expectations of what a show on failure could do, attracting incredible speakers like Mark Pincus, Max Levchin, Sandy Jen, Max...

As some of you already know I will soon be leaving London to return to the Motherland. Since all of us have such busy lives here, I'm getting this into diaries early so that hopefully I can see as many of you as possible before I go in September. The venue might change but, The MapleLeaf seems appropriate and nice and central, if you're...

Please join us for our July Pont Party in honor of Brad Feld, all-round good guy and co-founder of the Foundry Group, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage IT companies.   Brad is also co-founder of TechStars and on the board of directors of companies such as BigDoor, Cheezburger Networks, Fitbit, Gnip, Oblong, Orbotix,...

Your Presence is Requested by PeopleBrowsr  For an exclusive, invitation-only event to celebrate... The Official Launch of PeopleBrowsr UK   Please Join   Jodee Rich (@wingdude) CEO and Founder Andrew Grill (@andrewgrill) PeopleBrowsr's Newly Appointed UK CEO   Along with London's top Marketing, PR, Advertising, and Social...

  The event is free for attendees of the SABRE Awards EMEA dinner, taking place on the evening of 18 May at Prague Castle. Please contact Celeste Picco to reserve a seat at the dinner. Agency leaders Harris Diamond, Richard Edelman and Miles Young  will be among the headline speakers at The Holmes Report’s first ThinkTank Live conference,...

Join us, our panel of expert judges, a hundred of the best young technology companies in Europe and dozens of other influential members of the European start-up community for the Start-Up 100 Awards Ceremony, where we'll announce the winners of the most authoritative and trustworthy ranking of promising technology start-ups in Europe.

The...

As most of you know by now I'm sure, Jez and I go engaged last week, and as we both like any excuse for a cocktail or two, we thought it might to celebrate with some drinks.

Would love for you all to be there to celebrate with us, so hope you can make it!

GeeknRolla is the annual conference to bring together Europe’s technology startups to network with investors and talk about how they create and build themselves. This year we are stepping on the gas pedal. We want to launch 15-20 brand new startups there and our tagline this year is this: “Investor Dealflow. Startup Exposure”. If you are a...

Join a group of music technology companies including Topspin, MobileRoadie, Songkick, MPX4, Virb, Soundcloud, MusicMatters, and Hypebot for drinks & appetizers at The Belmont during SXSW Music.

DC Does Texas returns to SXSW with what might just be our best lineup yet.  Details about bands playing coming SOON!   PLEASE NOTE:  You do NOT need to bring an EventBrite ticket with you to get in.  You can ignore the tickets that EventBrite sends to you.  No need to waste paper or kill any trees -- we just wanna rock.

Get an exclusive sneak-peak at Evri for iPad at SXSW! From 5-8, eat and drink on us and meet folks from the Evri team at Bush Square Park, where we’ll have tasty grub, beer and other beverages, and live music featuring Uncle Lucius.

Get your RSVP in soon; due to space limitations the guest list will be capped.

We look forward to seeing you...

All guests must register to attend at www.crowdtap.eventbrite.com.

SXSWi's Can't Miss Party - The Crowdtap Launch Party at Austin's coolest venue, The Belmont. With a huge outdoor and rooftop space in addition to the super sleek indoors, the Crowdtap Launch party will host over 1,000 people.

Guests will be continually entertained...

The search is on!  You're invited to the hottest event at SXSW, The Search Party!     Chomp, the world's leader in app search technology is 'calling on the search' with co-hosts, web search sensation, Blekko and the future of flight search, Hipmunk.  The Search Party will be held on Sunday, March 13th from 8 - 11:30pm,...

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...