Welcome to This Week in Startups London Meetup, otherwise known as TWiSTldn. This is our 4th official meetup! We're still buzzing after the success of TWiSTldn 3, which saw YReceipts emerge victorious, beating Minutebox, Going Going Bike, UbiCabs, Adavengers and Iconic.FM to the post. After previous winners Tripbod, along with UbiCabs and Adavengers represented the UK contingent at...
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Welcome to This Week in Startups London Meetup, otherwise known as TWiSTldn. This is our 4th official meetup! We're still buzzing after the success of TWiSTldn 3, which saw YReceipts emerge victorious, beating Minutebox, Going Going Bike, UbiCabs, Adavengers and Iconic.FM to the post. After previous winners Tripbod, along with UbiCabs and Adavengers represented the UK contingent at February's much hyped Launch Conference, in San Francisco, the US community is taking note. The UK, and London in particular, is on the march! IF YOU'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA OR A STARTUP BUSINESS AND YOU WANT TO PITCH, email STEVE {at} TWISTLDN.COM or go straight to the online video application and submit yours HERE ____________________________________________________________________________________________ This Week in Startups is the flagship show of the This Week In network, hosted by internet entrepreneur and Angel Investor Jason Calacanis. The show has broadcast over 100 episodes and has featured guests like Gary Vaynerchuck from WineLibrary.TV, Tony Hsieh from Zappos, Dave McClure from 500 Startups and many more. In 2011, The TWiST Europe network will be holding quarterly European meetups in cities such as London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Hamburg, Brussels and more are coming online - taking over the whole show. Well, welcome to London, baby. The event will consist of 6 super high quality elevator pitches from new companies and entrepreneurs. Those pitches and the business ideas are rated by the audience in a quickfire voting round. The top 3 companies the get the honour of representing their city and country, with a 60 second pitch LIVE to Jason Calacanis, guests and global audience on the This Week in Startups show - watched by more than 100,000 people worldwide from the startups, investor and technology communities. You've got to be in it to win it! The event is very informal and provides an excellent opportunity for you to network with your entrepreneurial peers, investors and technical/creative types. The event will take place on 21st June 2011. Starts approximately 6.30pm. Venue - Orrick Offices, 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN. Could your new company benefit from TWiSTldn like Tripbod, YReceipts, UbiCabs and Adavengers did? This event is almost FREE to attend. Being entirely self-funded, any donations towards the costs of organising and hosting will be gratefully received. If you wish to make a donation, add a value in the box above - it can be as little as £1, as we hope that this will limit the number of people that register and don't show, taking up valuable places for others who might not get a ticket... If you wish to SPONSOR TWiSTldn, contact steve {at} twistldn.com for more details. Visit www.TWiSTldn.com for updates and information