Building the Brighton Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Join me for an unconference-style discussion to find the best way to help build the startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brighton. 🎯
I feel very lucky to have met and been introduced to lots of awesome people already working in this space over the past year. 😊
My goal is to gather everyone I have met so far, as well as others who are interested and already working in this area, to hear ideas and suggestions for what is needed. 🤗
Barclays Eagle Labs are very kindly hosting us.
I would love to hear your views on where the gaps are, what initiatives could be created and where you might want to partner/collaborate with myself or others.
Ultimately, i want to see if I could start a new organisation, support existing ones, create new partnerships or whatever else can drive the local startup agenda forwards! 🚀
Very excited to meet (or re-connect) with you to help me in this endeavour! 🙏
Topics from my discussions so far:
Business type focus: 'tech' 'startups', SMEs, freelance and micro-businesses, sustainable business, sectors
Awareness-and market-building in B&H
Product-led v. agency & freelance time-for-money models
Technical skills development and hackathon platforms
Partnerships, collaboration and ecosystem joining up
Skills & labour divide
Entrepreneurship and business model skills development
Structured course or programs v. networking, community-building
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Hi 👋
If we haven't already met, I'm Amanda Green 😊
🌊 I moved to Brighton last year after 8 years working in early stage tech startups.
I'm a coach, angel investor and now moving into the community and ecosystem-building arena. 🏗
👀 I want to combine my VC-backed, high-growth, tech startup background with my wider business interests in sustainability, responsible tech/tech ethics, digital wellbeing and a wider variety of funding and business models and find the best way to help build the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Brighton and the South East. 🎯