Presenting… the MiniBar Weekend Workshop at Ravensbourne

We are delighted to announce that MiniBar is presenting a weekend workshop this October as part of Ravensbourne’s ERDF Commercialising Digital Technology programme.

MiniBar has designed The Web Business Tool-Box: Practical Lessons for Web Companies and Entrepreneurs to address common business issues in web and tech companies through a no-nonsense approach. All our presenters are successful practitioners who are known and respected for the business results they deliver.

Each day will consist of 4 hours of presentations interspersed with break out sessions lasting 1 hour each plus one hour for networking and reflecting on the day. The events will be filmed and made available online to participants.

For the full programme, see below:

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Saturday

9:30 to 10:00
Registration and light breakfast

10:00 to 10:15
Introduction to the Weekend – Christian Ahlert

10:00 to 11:00
Workshop 1: Effective Software Development Management.
Presented by Jay Bregman.

11:00 to 12:00
Breakout Session 1 – Making a Development Plan.
Presented by Jay Bregman.

12:00 to 12.30
Report from Breakout Session

12:30 to 13:30
Networking Lunch

13:30 to 14:30
101 of Online Marketing
Presented by Margaret Gold.

14:30 to 15:30
Breakout session 2 – Drafting a Marketing Plan.
Presented by Margaret Gold.

15:30 to 16:00
Report from Breakout Session

16:00 to 17:30
Networking and Drinks

Sunday

9:30 to 10:00
Registration and light breakfast

10:00 to 10:15
Introduction to the Day – Christian Ahlert

10:15 to 11:00
Workshop 3: Search Engine Optimization.
Presented by Malcolm Coles.

11:00 to 12:00
Breakout Session 3 – Using Analytics Products.
Presented by Daniel Sim.

12:00 to 12.30
Report from Breakout Session

12:30 to 13:30
Networking Lunch

13:30 to 14:30
Workshop 4 – Fundraising and Investment
Presenter TBC.

14:30 – 15:30
Breakout session 4 – Working on your Business Plan.
Presented by Jon Bradford.

15:30 – 16:00
Workshop 5 – Lessons learned and Business Model Development.
Presented by Jon Bradford.

16:00 – 17:30
Networking and Drinks

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Participants will gain practical business insights and be guided through how to improve their business by the highly experienced mentors for the course, who range from CEOs, CTOs and specialists in their respective areas. Our mentors come from top technology start ups such as eCourier, cutting edge investment funds such as SeedCamp, and innovative companies such as PayPal, Google, or Microsoft.

We will discuss how to choose the right programmers and development framework, how to manage software projects, how to conduct effective online marketing , Search Engine Optimization and Analytics, how to optimize your sales strategy, fundraising and investment strategies, basics of business management and accounting.

Location:
Ravensbourne
Greenwich Peninsula
(see map here)

Dates:
Saturday October 16th 2010 9:30am – Sunday October 17th 2010 5:00pm