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Female Internet Heroes Event
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!!
TheNextWomen has joined forces with FreshIdeasevents.com to hold an event about FEMALE INTERNET HEROES in London. Date: December 3, 2008. 6.30pm-9.30pm. Location: UBS, 1 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5UB.
If you want to be placed on a waiting list contact simone[at]thenextwomen.com.
Agenda
ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION
06.30 - 07:10 pm
Welcome, overview and speakers+pitches
07:10 - 08:40 pm
Speakers include:
Jackie Brennan, Founder Freshideas Events (see bio below)
Katarina Skoberne (see bio below)
Co-founder, OpenAd.net
Starting and growing an online business
Lulu Phongmany (see bio below)
Marketing & Business Development, iVillage
Development of Internet companies
Andrea Cockerton, Mudhut (see bio below)
Getting investment for your business
Simone Brummelhuis, founder TheNextWomen
Pitching your business on stage in front of a panel:
Julia Macmillan, CEO www.toyboywarehouse.com
Sue Guerrieri, Founder of SugaPlum Shop
Anna Colclough, Founder of Tourdust.com
Alicia Navarro, Founder of Skimbit.com
Prize for the best pitch: free consultancy of Mudhut consultancy
Panel also to include Polly Gowers and Jenny Fielding
Exhibitors, pitching their business with a stand at the event will include:
Paula Wynne, Founder - Remote Employment
Laura Vale, Founder - The Language Of…
Gemma Trebble, Web Design & Production - MintTwist
Cherie Lehman, Founder of Blubangle
Michelle Peers, Founder - Socialite London
DRINKS, NETWORKING & EXHIBITORS (8.40 - 9.30pm)
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SPEAKERS:
JACKIE BRENNAN
Founder of Freshideas Events
Jackie Brennan is the Director of FreshIdeas Events and has extensive experience in marketing, communications, event and project management in leading companies in the UK and Ireland. She has also been appointed an official ambassador for the national Girls! Make Your Mark campaign. T
KATARINA SKOBERNE
Co-founder, OpenAd
At OpenAd.net, Katarina is enacting real change in the world of advertising by leading the world’s first company to sell advertising ideas online. This year, as she launches OpenAd in the US, she is poised to further revolutionise the way that marketers seek out and develop marketing solutions.
The service offers marketers, access to an online community of 11,000 creatives in 125 countries. It’s a new model for the ad industry and Katarina is finding success with an innovative approach that provides marketers with the choice of ideas from around the world. Katarina was recently cited by the Daily Telegraph in the top 100 most powerful people in technology and telcoms in British business.
In her early years, prior to OpenAd, Katrina launched successful ad agency the Vision Factory in Ljubljana in 1993. There, she ran the Fiat/Alfa Romeo account and the Seita-owned Gauloises and Gitanes brands.In 1996, she left to create her own primetime TV show on advertising for the public broadcaster, TV Slovenia. This saw her interviewing many of the world’s top ad people, including filmmaker Wim Wenders, actor and director Dennis Hopper and Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
LULU PHONGMANY
iVillage
Lulu is responsible for planning, creating and executing all media partnerships for iVillage.co.uk, UK’s largest women’s website. She has worked with many of the biggest fmcg brands to integrate their campaigns into iVillage.co.uk’s award winning editorial content as well as collaborating with Diva TV to run the site’s first TV sponsorship campaign. Lulu recently set up a major deal with Fremantle Media, for a new online docudrama series, Parentshood, launching in January 2008.
Lulu has eight years of experience in the digital market. Prior to joining iVillage.co.uk, Lulu was at Sympatico/MSN in Toronto, Canada where she was Content Integration Manager, responsible for planning and developing channel sponsorship opportunities for Lifestyle, Health and Fitness, Travel and Real Estate Channels, working with well known global brands such as L’Oreal, Nestle, Kraft and publishers such as Random House and Harper Collins.
Lulu studied Communication and Publishing at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.
JENNY FIELDING
UK Advisory Board , Astia
Jenny is an advisor with Astia, this is a programme for women-led high-growth start-ups and has been launched in London by its UK-based Advisory Board.
For start-ups at all stages, the Astia programme provides entrepreneurs access to capital and expertise for achieving and sustaining high growth. Its US counterpart has consistently delivered results for the clients it serves, with greater than 60% achieving funding or an exit within 1 year of engaging in the services.
POLLY GOWERS
Founder, Everyclick
PollyGowersPolly founded Everyclick.com, the website that enables consumers to give to any UK charity in the way that they want. Everyclick.com is a search engine that gives half of its revenue to charity. It’s technology has been specifically created to provide a sustainable, no cost fundraising tool for all charities. It provides any internet user with a free and hassle-free way to raise money for the charity of their choice.
Polly was voted WEBA Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 and a Blackberry Woman in Technology Award winner in 2008.
ANDREA COCKERTON
Founder, Mudhut
Andrea is founder of Mudhut, the Cambridge-based venture market consultancy that has worked alongside almost 300 entrepreneurs on pitching for venture funding and for business critical commercial deals.
Previously a director of the Great Eastern Investment Forum, one of the leading business angel networks in the UK, and prior to that one of the original management team behind Virtual Business Network, some of Andrea’s recent projects include recurring projects with Microsoft on the global Imagine Cup competition, pitch workshops for around 50 entrepreneurs as part of Running the Gauntlet, working closely with various fast growing SMEs in sectors including telecoms, games, biotech and the events industry on both commercial & investor pitches, working with a UK university on a pitch to Richard Branson for project funding, and helping three young entrepreneurs pitch directly to Bill Gates in Seattle.
Andrea is a frequent public speaker on the subject of investor pitches and communicating business critical information under pressure.
Background information for the FEMALE INTERNET HEROES EVENT
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of businesswomen setting up their own internet companies and obtaining prominent positions in the internet industry. However, in the general business and tech media, businesswomen in internet companies are less visible. This is also the case at awards competitions, venture capital forums and pitching events.
Yet a presence and visibility in these media and events is the key to obtaining market share for companies, receiving start-up seed capital, obtaining further financing and being invited to apply for senior executive positions. Events and media are also valuable networking and education opportunities.
The Inspiring Women series: Female Internet Heroes, presents an excellent opportunity for greater participation and visibility in the internet industry of women entrepreneurs, executives and investors.
The programme will include talks on setting up an online business, business models, raising finance, pitching your business and developing the UK and European market.
Agenda
The event will offer an overview of internet companies led, founded and funded by businesswomen.
This will include a presentation by The NextWomen on female leadership in internet businesses, specifically internet entrepreneurs, executives and VCs. The presentation will discuss the top 250 female internet heroes, some key start-ups, capital allocation and women and social media.
The evening will also include the following keynotes:
Top online female entrepreneur - on starting the business, financing the start and growing business, web development, setting up a team, marketing the business, using social media and pitching for awards.
Top executive in the online industry - on the European development of internet companies, challenging established companies, innovation in large companies and the use of internet in companies.
Investor in the online industry - on pitching your business, drafting a business plan and financing for women-led companies..
There will be pitches by start-ups, stands by women entrepreneurs and networking.
If you want to take part, drop us an email at simone[at]thenextwomen.com
Pitches
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO APPLIED THE PITCHES & STANDS ARE NOW TAKEN
PITCH YOUR BUSINESS
This is a chance to pitch to an audience of prospective customers, partners and investors. This is also an opportunity for you to share a challenge you have with your business and get feedback from the judges. There will be four companies pitching and each pitch will be 3 minutes.
Home-based Business
SpareRoomStartUp
One of the chosen businesses will be a home-based online business, so if you have an innovative home-based business that you want to let the world know about, make sure to enter quickly. This pitch is sponsored by Enterprise Nation, the home business website.
The company chosen to make the pitch will get a free copy of Emma Jones’ book, Spare Room Start Up.
EXHIBITORS STANDS
There are also a limited number of exhibitor stands available.
This is another excellent opportunity to showcase your business to a wider audience of prospective customers, partners and investors at this event.
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